Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project

"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....

What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You

" Paul Armentano  What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling You Posted June 24, 2008 | 04:20 PM (EST) ...

Ruling finds Japanese man died from overwork

"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...

Explosion at Mississippi paper plant kills one

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...

Japanese Official Demoted Over 780,000 Visits to Porn Sites on Office Computer

"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...

Houston Woman Pleads Guilty to Forced Labor Charges

"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...

Inmate Freed After 14 Years On Death Row

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...

Two Canadian Soldiers Killed as LAV Rolls Over

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...

Horrific Superbug Kills 345 + Chief's Payoff

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...

Billions of dollars withheld from Australian Aborigines: study

"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...

U.S. must pay $101.7 million to men framed by FBI

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...

Dems Subpoena Attorney General

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...

Sex slavery plagues Romania and Bulgaria

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,...

Key Shiite cleric opposes Iraq national unity plan

"Shiite lawmakers said Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric withheld support Saturday for a U.S.-backed plan to build a coalition across sectarian lines."Sistani will never do anything that will undermine Sadr's influence. He also wants American troops out of Iraq, but he want...

North Korean trafficking victims speak

"Ms. L (age 35) was on her way home from work in North Korea in July 2001, when a man approached her. He whispered to her, "Are you satisfied with your life here? If you go to China, you can make much more money." This caught Ms. L's attention. Ms. L's life in North Korea was...

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