Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime

Texas grand jury indicts Cheney, Gonzales of crime   HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury in South Texas indicted U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney...

Special Prosecutor Named in Attorney Firings Case

Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey appointed a special prosecutor to if criminal charges are called for in the firing of nine U.S. attorneys in 2006."The move came as the Justice Department released a report by its inspector general severely criticizing the process that led...

Contador Wins Cycling's Triple Crown in Record Time

Spain's Alberto Contador won on his home soil, taking the Vuelta a España with a time of 80 hours, 40 minutes, and 8 seconds. The 25-year-old Spaniard is one of a handful of cyclists to have won cycling's three...

Guarded Tour de France armed against doping

For the second year in a row the Tour will start without the previous year's winner in the peleton. Once again the specter of doping hangs over one of the oldest sporting events in the world. To add to the spice...

Argentine farmers end strike

After 16 days, Argentina's farmers have ended their strike against export tax hikes and have opened up the floor for dialogue."The country's four big farming organizations-enterprises, Argentine Rural Society (SRA), Coninagro, Argentine Rural Confederations (CRA) and...

Contador's Team Barred fromm Tour de France

Alberto Contador, Tour de France winner and this year's favorite, will not be riding in this year's flagship cycling event. Astana, Contador's team, has not been invited to participate in any of Amaury Sport...

First 100% Organic, 'Green' Restaurant Opens in NYC

Not that there's any shortage of great places to eat in New York, but a tasty (and certified) organic, 'green' restaurant, like Gusto Grilled Organics, is bound to do extraordinarily well in the Big Apple."Gunning for a national presence, New York City's first green- and...

Murder attempt on Mexican human rights activist, says report

"Murder attempt on human rights activist, says report November 29, 2007 · No Comments Alberto Capella Ibarra in his house, damaged by Tuesday morning's attackArmed men opened fire on the house of Alberto Capella Ibarra, a freedom of information advocate who lives in Baja...

Peruvian prosecutors to demand Fujimori get 30 years in prison

"Fujimori`s murder charges concern two massacres of Peruvian citizens allegedly committed by his military forces in 1991 and 1992 during a crackdown on leftist insurgents. In September, Chilean authorities handed...

Ann Coulter slams Dems on Gonzales

Ann Coulter with her acid pen takes on the Dems on Gonzales and points out how many Americans were killed by the Government under Janet Reno. " This week, congressional Democrats vowed to investigate Attorney...

Portugueses Seqüestrados na Venezuela: 15 em Agosto

Enquanto setores da esquerda mais festiva dão apoio aberto ao Chávez (PCdoB, PSTU, P-SOL, PCO) além de outros (PT, PCB, PSB) que fazem a linha de apoio velado, o "proto-ditador" da Venezuela segue com seus crimes. Saiu na imprensa portuguesa.Nominalmente os crimes estão...

Payback Time: FBI Raids Home of Suspected NSA Leaker

"Payback Time: FBI Raids Home of Suspected NSA Leaker Perrspectives | August 6, 2007 This past week, the Bush administration added insult to injury over its illegal program of NSA domestic surveillance . During...

Gato Got Latino Tongue on Gonzalez

I have been watching the political lynching of my fellow Latino Alberto Gonzalez by the out of control sham of a Congress, who has convinced most in the country that this man is a crook, torturer, liar, incompetent who should lose his job. All this while the Latinos in...

Why Bush Won't Ax Gonzales

"Without Gonzales at the helm, the Justice Department would be more likely to approve requests for investigations into White House activities on everything from misuse of prewar Iraq intelligence to allegations of political interference in tobacco litigation. And the DOJ...

The three stooges: The president won't fire Alberto Gonzales. He needs him to...

Sidney Blumenthal is beyond credible.  he is one of the very few professional reporters digging into why the American public is willing to go fascist for the benefit of corporate profits at the expense of...

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