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Halliburton Gets Contract For Possible Detention Camps In U.S.Martial law among fears in open-ended Department of Homeland Security contract for KBR to prepare building centers for "emergency influx of immigrants, or to support the rapid development of new programs"
FEMA Didn't Use Vehicles, Fed Workers Available For Katrina DisasterInterior Department offered boats, aircraft, bulldozers and 400 law enforcement personnel
Neocons See Iran's President As A 'Godsend'Best Über-villain since Saddam
Brit Spy Ring In Moscow Puts NGOs Under SuspicionLess than 2 weeks after Putin accused aid groups of fronting spies, money-launderers
Arrest Of Enterpreneur Shakes Japan's Political, Financial WorldsT-shirt clad businessman was poster boy for Japan's new capitalism
The Fortunate Brother: Making A Business Out Of Being BushNeil Bush is all about taking advantage of the family name
U.S. Misses Key Message In Bin Laden "Truce" OfferTelling U.S. and the world that this is a political, not a religious war
Two Groups Sue To Stop NSA WiretapsAs Al Gore accuses Bush of "repeatedly and insistently breaking the law"
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Canada's Conservatives Win Narrow VictoryUnlikely to push right-wing social agenda
U.S. Tried To Pressure Iran With Media DisinfoThreats of imminent attack on Iran began over a year ago via stories in European, Turkish press
U.S. Forgets It Started Iran's Nuke ProgramAfter 1972 and the oil crisis, the United States was rabidly pursuing investment opportunities in Iran, including selling nuclear power plants
Bolivia's New President Vows To Fight U.S. Policies" We are fighting for our water rights, for our right to plant coca, for control over our national resources"
Will U.S. Drug Warriors Allow Bolivia To Create A Coca Economy?"Coca is not cocaine," Bolivia's new president says. "The producer of coca leaf is not a drug trafficker and the consumer is not an addict, this must be clear"
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Little Sympathy For Tribes Exploited By Ambramoff From Other IndiansNative American media say that several Indian tribes are players, not victims
European Bird Flu Fears Grow Over Cases In TurkeyVirus takes a giant leap from East Asia to Turkey
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Yes, it's safer than it was 100 years ago, when hundreds died annually. But the tragedy at Sago and the events that preceded it are a side effect powerfully reflective of so many cozy, familiar relationships among business interests, Congress, and the current administration
Expect More Coal Miner Deaths Unless Fast ReformsBush has continued to indulge the mining companies by abandoning prior efforts to improve regulation, fining the operators less and less for safety violations, and often failing to collect even those nominal fines
'Suicidal' Oil Consumption Could Drain Reserves By 2030Without conservation, proven reserves will only meet demand for about 25 years
Bush Puts All Foreign Aid Under Control Of Controversial DirectorFormer AIDS czar forced abstinence ideology as requirement for U.S. help
Evangelicals Using USAID To Make Africa InroadsOne plan included orphanage as tourist attraction, complete with golfing
Bush Ignoring Africa At U.S. Peril, Says Major Think TankAlmost all aid for emergency assistance, not long-term programs
Want Examples of Prison Torture? Look HomewardJuxtaposed against recent disclosures that the Pentagon paid Iraqi journalists
U.S. Jury Convicts Former El Salvador Official For Torture "Command Responsibility"
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SHOW US THE PICTURES, GEORGE
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Editor: Jeff Elliott (editor@monitor.net)
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