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ALABAMA THE BACKWARDS TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO BACKWARDS ALABAMA, APARENTLY THE COUNTRIES MOST UNEXPOSED DIRTY LITTLE SECRET. WHY YOU ASK WOULD ONE WRITE SUCH INSULTING AND TELLING WORDS ABOUT GOOD OLD ALABAMA THE...

FAA proposes $7.1 million fine against American

In some news that the airline industry could do without, the FAA has proposed a massive $7.1 million fine against American Airlines, saying that "American Airlines knowlingly flew planes that needed saftey repairs"....

Man sets himself ablaze in anti-China protest

A man from China's Xinjiang provence set himself on fire during a protest on behalf of ethnic Uighurs. The protestor was extinguished by several others, and was taken to hospital."Other demonstrators jumped on the man and quickly extinguished the flames with a blanket, said...

Motorcade Map Found at House Of Bomb Suspect

Sounds like it is a good thing that the police were able to figure this one out. This could have turned out a lot worse than it did. Age is no longer a factor in the damage that a person can do."Police found a map of...

SA Judge Nominated as UN Rights Chief

South African Navanethem Pillay, has been nominated as the next UN high commissioner for human rights."Ms Pillay has a background defending anti-apartheid activists in South Africa and is currently a judge at the International Criminal Court. The UN General Assembly still has...

Being black can mean being a suspect

Do black people have to look in the past?! This surely left a deep trauma for black people. Let gone be by gone!! Let the true color live in harmony." The 39-year-old former Marine said he's never had any trouble...

Wiranto: Timor Leste case`s closed case

The case was closed.. you are safe the General! "Makassar, (ANTARA News) - General Chairman of the People`s Conscience Party (Hanura) Gen (ret) Wiranto assumed that the case of the Timor Leste riot had been settled....

Both Indonesia, Timor Leste have responsibility for rights violations

Don't make the new wound... "He said what had happened in Timor Leste in September 1999 must be accepted with responsibility where both governments must expressed regret to their peoples. Juwono added that besides the principles, the CTF finding must also be responded...

Televangelist under investigation for Obama comments

With all the investigation going on over tv televangelist’s now Florida-based televangelist Bill Keller says he’s being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for getting involved in politics. But now the...

Ghost-Written Journalism: "Hey, I Wrote That!"

There's a great discussion going on this morning about intellectual property and reporting, and this throws an interesting spin on it: What happens when the original article is itself an unattrbuted quote?"Well-known...

Jeff Jarvis to the AP: "FU"

Wow, a serious fight is underway between the AP and the blogosphere.  Jeff Jarvis posted this on his blog yesterday:"I talked to a reporter this week about the embattled Associated Press and said three times...

White Plains Landlord Submetering Electricity Without PSC Approval

http://pulpnetwork.blogspot.com/2008/06/white-plains-landlord-submetering.html                                 &...

Guantanamo Bay: Illegal Detention, Torture, and Denial

"The U.S. Naval Base at Guantánamo Bay, the oldest existing U.S. military base outside U.S. territory, sits on a 45-square-mile area (117.6 square kilometers) about the size of Manhattan Island." In "Subject to...

Human rights commission receives over 100 complaints per month

"The complaints come from individuals or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in all parts of the country and vary widely in substance with most of the cases related to conflicts over natural resources and agrarian matters, Syafruddin Ngulma, a Komnas-HAM member for...

Fans riot, vandalize downtown Montreal

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWell Europe have their Soccer Hooligans, Montreal has their Hab (Montreal Canadiens) Hockey Hooligans.Watching the news last night, it looked more like a War Zone than a...

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