Chomsky on World Ownership

"Chomsky on World Ownership Michael Shank | January 23, 2008 Editor: John Feffer Email this page to a friend Comment on this article Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org Noam Chomsky is a noted linguist, author, and foreign policy expert. On January 15, Michael Shank...

Senator Duncan Hunter ends Presidential Bid

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Canada Puts U.S. on Torture Watch List

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News Focus: Former critics show sympathy for ailing Soeharto

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Clyburn is calling for and end to the Obama-Clinton spat.

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Afghan Prison Looks Like Another Guantanamo

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Pregnant Marine dead before reported disappearance: new evidence

An update on the story of Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, as first reported by member mpress last week; authorities have confirmed that the charred remains found a Jacksonville, NC backyard are those of...

Romney Pulls All Ads in South Carolina, Florida

The AP is reporting that Governor Mitt Romney, following his loss in New Hampshire, has pulled all his ads in South Carolina and Florida. He had been advertising here since January of last year. It was very...

Bill Gates begins goodbyes to Microsoft

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Intel Won't Give Laptops to Children

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Former "Dateline" reporter blasts NBC

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Beijing allows Hong Kong to elect its leader by 2017

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British Columbia: Stoner enters Police Roadblock, Joint dangling from mouth.

Certainly speaks volumes of British Columbia's Drug mentality which seems straight out of a Cheech and Chong Movie, when a stoner, joint hanging between his lips, enters a Police Roadblock.  "Man rolls up to...

Nevada Car Accidents Cause 3 Deaths Within just a few Hours

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UN chief hails decision to focus on climate change meeting in Bali

""It is more and more connected with issues at the top of the United Nations agenda, from terrorism and conflict to natural disasters, epidemics, poverty and climate change," Ban said. He commended the Assembly...

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