"The Central Intelligence Agency withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress for eight years on direct orders from former Vice President Dick Cheney, the agency’s director, Leon E....
"TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm. The man who died...
An explosion at a Mississippi plant earlier today has killed one worker and injured 17 others." The blast at the International Paper plant in Vicksburg was caused by a boiler explosion about 3:15 p.m., said Nicole Vera, deputy director of 911 services. Warren County Coroner...
created by Amy Judd | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 1174 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
"TOKYO — A Japanese civil servant was demoted for logging more than 780,000 hits on pornographic Web sites on his office computer over nine months, an official said Friday. The man, a Kinokawa city government employee in western Japan, visited porn...
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"Houston Woman Pleads Guilty to Forced Labor ChargesHOUSTON - Rozina Mohd Ali pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in federaldistrict court in Houston, Texas, for her role in holding an Indonesian woman inforced labor as a domestic servant, the Justice Department has...
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What an upheaval of one's life it must be to go from imprisonment and a death row sentence to being a free man, overnight.But that is an adjustment that I'm sure freed inmate Glen Edward Chapman is only too happy...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 371 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
"The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is planning an updated programme in its 'Conspiracy Files' season to be shown on the same night the Diana Inquest verdict is delivered at London's High Court. In the...
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This is at least the second major rollover accident that hurt or killed Canadian troops in the last year or so. "Two Canadian soldiers were killed instantly yesterday when their light-armoured vehicle rolled over during an operation in southern Afghanistan.
Military officials...
You can go into hospital for a minor operation and leave in a coffin. All due to cleanliness or rather a lack of it."The health secretary, Alan Johnson, described the outbreak as "awful" and "a scandal", but...
created by liamssoft | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 602 views | 14 recommendations | 5 comments
"Australian government bodies withheld billions of dollars from Aboriginal workers, stockpiling the money while children were dying of malnutrition, a study released Wednesday said.
The wages, pensions and child...
created by uusjio | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 259 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Question: If the damaged parties were African, Native or dirt poor, would
there even be a case against the FBI much less a financial settlement
of such an astronomical amount? I doubt it. - The...
created by angryindian | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 478 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
"September 11th Advocates
Regarding Declassification and Release of Documents
June 18, 2007
The Public's Right to Know - Declassification and Release of Documents petition (http://www.petitiononline.com/july10/petition.html ) surpassed 15,000 signatures. As promised, we have...
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Democrats in Congress are drawing some sort of line in the sand over the firings of eight district attorneys; this action seems like a symbolic protest against a White House they see as running roughshod over the other branches of government. "Democrats subpoenaed Attorney...
Anca thought girls who spoke on television about being sold into sex slavery were paid to invent such stories to boost tv show ratings.
That was until she answered a friend's invitation to join her in Germany and work as a dishwasher in a town near Hamburg.
When she arrived,...
created by alaaron | 3 years ago 1443 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments