US: world empire of chaos

The US seems not to understand that its current global war on terrorism is an asymmetrical war, and that the last military superpower is losing its engagements. The resistance in occupied and bombarded lands can still claim victory when the US fails to impose its will.

US asserts military control over space

The Washington Post reports a new US space policy that asserts its military control  and denies access to anyone "hostile to U.S. interests." "President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy that...

Burundi refugees to settle in US

"Thousands of Burundian refugees are to resettle in the US after spending close to three decades in Tanzania, says the UN refugee agency, UNHCR."

The new detention camps in the United States

POLL:    Illegal Immigrants / Dissident U.S. Citizens.

Web could be terror training camp in U.S., politician says

Disaffected people living in the United States may develop radical ideologies and potentially violent skills over the Internet and that could present the next major U.S. security threat, U.S. Homeland Security...

Microcredit pioneers win Nobel Peace Prize

"Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their pioneering use of tiny, seemingly insignificant loans — microcredit — to lift millions out of poverty. Through Yunus's efforts and those of the bank he founded,...

Today in history - Oct. 13

"Today is Friday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2006. There are 79 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia. On this...

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Bush sees no need to change U.S. policy toward N. Korea

President Bush on Wednesday reaffirmed his faith in tough, multinational diplomacy to deal with North Korea and declared that the United States had no intention whatever of invading that country.

Watching & Reading: Education is Never Free in the New US

"To track anti-American sentiment all you need is a $10 bucket of paint and a map of the globe. A quick look at the polling data shows that we don't have many supporters left. Take this dramatic example: six out of ten Iraqis favor attacks on US forces, and we liberated them."

Reinventing Retirement - Women Underserved in Financial Planning

"Decades of steady gains in education and clout in the workplace by women are paying off for them in a big way:b Women are on track to control 60 percent of wealth in the United States by 2010.Yet, amazingly, these strides haven't made women feel financially secure. Indeed,...

Security high after Mindanao bomb

"Security has been stepped up across the southern Philippines, a day after six people were killed in a bomb explosion on the restive island of Mindanao. "

U.S. Group Reaches Deal to Provide Laptops to All Libyan Schoolchildren

The government of Libya reached an agreement on Tuesday with One Laptop Per Child, a nonprofit United States group developing an inexpensive, educational laptop computer, with the goal of supplying machines to all...

President Clinton Jails 938,000 Illegal Enemy Combatants

A mere two weeks into her tenure, President Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced a sweeping roundup of illegal enemy combatants, the first step in a comprehensive program designed to protect the American...

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