US Judge Orders Release of Chinese Prisoners at Guantanamo

A US federal judge ordered the release of 17 Chinese-Muslim prisoners who have been kept at Guantanamo Bay for nearly seven years. District Judge Ricardo Urbina said there was no evidence that the detainees, who belong to the Uighur ethnic group, posed a security risk. The...

Europe Urged to Protect Innocent Guantanamo Detainees

RESTORE THE HUMAIN RIGHT.......Violation if humain rights doesnt make sence.UN and other organization who are taking care of the humain right should act aggressively..." In a statement on their Web site, the...

Need a Job? $17,000 an Hour. No Success Required.

"By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Published: September 17, 2008 Are you capable of taking a perfectly good 158-year-old company and turning it into dust? If so, then you may not be earning up to your full potential.You should...

Ex-Guantanamo detainees appeal to US Supreme Court

"Ex-Guantanamo detainees appeal to US Supreme Court ...

Jindal declares State of Emergency for Louisiana and Hurricane Ike.

Despite electricity going off in parts of the area, New Orleans is finally catching its breath.Southwest Louisiana is not, however, being on the right side of the storm landing near Galveston.More info on Hurricane...

Omar Khadr, controversial young Canadian detained at Guantanamo, trial postponed

As the world was remembering the 9/11 attacks, a judge in Guantanamo Bay postponed the trial of Canadian detainee Omar Khadr.  Khadr was arrested after the 9/11 attacks under suspicion of terrorism, and taken to...

Hurricane Ike Category 3: 250,000 Evacuated in Cuba as Fears Grow for Histori...

Cuba has mandatorily evacuated 250,000 Cuban citizens as fears grow for the historical city of Havana.  Experts believe that Hurricane Ike is headed in Havana's direction   "Havana - Cuba on Sunday had...

Haiti Death Toll Near 70, Mud Slides

" Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the Dominican Republic and Haiti. In Haiti, it has killed at least two people, but weakened to a tropical storm. Gustav''s winds fell to 95km/h (60mph), although experts warned...

Chomsky: Britain has failed US detainees

Noam Chomsky acuses the US of  'shameful acts' and Britain of failing detainees held in Guantanamo Bay. Some feel that intellectuals should keep from making public statements on political issues but others feel...

Pravda: The Sheer Hypocrisy of Bush and Rice

Below is an editorial from Pravda on the antics of Bush and Rice during the crisis in Georgia  and South Ossetia.  It is a measure of how completely unbelievable and irredeemable this duo and the entire US...

SpongeBob in NY torture sideshow

"Children's cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants is being used as part of an art installation to protest against water-boarding as a form of torture. The Water-boarding Thrill Ride by artist Steve Powers has been installed at Coney Island theme park in New York. A sign on...

Waterboarding an attraction at amusement park

This is an interesting story and not what you'd expect."NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man with a black hood pours water on the face of a prisoner in an orange jumpsuit strapped to a table: no, it's not Guantanamo Bay...

Hamdan gets 5 1/2 years on terror charge

I was very suprised by the sentence that was given to Hamdan in light of the way other terror suspects have been treated. Hoever, I cannot say that I disagree with the sentence, if he is indeed telling the truth then...

Waterboarding Thrill Ride at Coney Island

Artist Steve Powers is causing quite the stir.  He recently opened “The Waterboarding Thrill Ride” in the Coney Island arcade.  It’s not an actual ride, but an exhibit that uses robots to simulate...

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