UPDATE: 9:45PM EST - After the speechRaul Castro has warned residents to be prepared of the consequences of the global economic food crisis. He did not announce any new economic polices as he was expected to do. PREVIOUSLYCuban President Raul Castro will be addressing the...
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""But the Constitution of the United States, as a restraining influence in keeping the federal government within the carefully prescribed channels of power, is moribund, if not dead. We are witnessing its death-agonies, for when this bill becomes a law, if unhappily it...
This is one of many published Letters to the Ed. from the lovely Pauline Bleach, of the Tara Appreciation Society, based in both Galway, Ireland and Sydney, Australia. She has written an excellent analysis of the M3 Planning Process, titled "Why the Planning Process is...
It was a matter of time before someone called Hillary on her ridiculous statements about OPEC and who better than Josh Marshall:"What is Hillary talking about? She's going to break up the OPEC oil cartel? Because...
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"GORDON BROWN was warned last night that he faced a second election disasterunless he made further concessions in the row over the abolition of the 10pincome tax band.In the wake of Labour’s worst local election performance in 40 years andBoris Johnson’s historic triumph...
"The government had launched a massive manhunt for Alfredo Reinado, formerly of the military police, when he escaped from jail in August 2006. President Jose Ramos-Horta called off the search in June in a bid to start a dialogue."I will give Alfredo and Salsinha (one of...
This looks like it will be an on going story. This is what Reuters has so far. As it sais, mainly journalists. I am not sure how many foreigners are in the hotel."By Karen Lema and Raju Gopalakrishnan
MANILA (Reuters) - Rebel Philippine soldiers holed up in a luxury Manila...
"The tanks are parked. Kids are kissing in Tiananmen Square. And if a new documentary is right, it's the kissing that's leading to more personal liberty than any form of rebellion since the Cultural Revolution began.
According to China's Sexual Revolution, by Miro Cernetig...
Apparently sexiness is the new black in China. A great Tyee article from a great writer and editor there, discussing a new documentary about China's bourgeoning libido."The tanks are parked. Kids are kissing in...
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It ought to have been published since. It's great that it is now ben brought to light. Better late than never.The rising was sparked off by Catholic fears of an impending invasion of Ireland by anti-Catholic forces...
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"President Hugo Chavez accused the U.S. on Wednesday of trying to spur a military rebellion, saying the CIA is behind the distribution of leaflets inside army barracks calling for his ouster.
Speaking to dozens of army officers at Venezuela's largest military base, Chavez...
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The Republican National Committee, hit by a grass-roots donors' rebellion over President Bush's immigration policy, has fired all 65 of its telephone solicitors, The Washington Times has learned.
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"GOP House Minority Whip To Aid Group Seeking Nuclear War, Holocaust
Posted by Bruce Wilson on March 1, 2007 at 4:28 PM.
US House minority whip Roy Blunt flew to San Antonio, last week, to pay tribute to Texas Pastor and apocalyptic nuclear war advocate John Hagee. In a...
"When I heard about the Terra Pass gift cards being handed out at The Oscars, it reminded me of the Catholic Church’s practice of selling indulgences. I thought about Luther, The 95 Theses, and the righteous rebellion against money and influence. Apparently, I wasn’t the...
" Specter: Now wait a minute, wait a minute. The Constitution says you can't take it away except in the case of invasion or rebellion. Doesn't that mean you have the right of habeas corpus?
Gonzales: I meant by that comment that the Constitution doesn't say that every...