Archive for September, 2007

Blackwater Probed For Weapons Smuggling , Feds Investigate Suspicions Security Firm Employees Sold W

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled weapons into Iraq that might have been sold on the black market and ended up in the hands of a U.S.-designated terror organization, U.S. officials say. Read the full story

Blacksmiths of Lebanon: Breaking Explosion in Beirut - Updated!

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

A massive explosion is being reported in the Horsh Tabet neighborhood of Beirut, near the Metropolitan Hotel and the Librarie Antoine.Read the full story

Inteligenta Indiĝena Indigenismo Novaĵoservo: Anti-Syrian official killed in blast near Beirut - I

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

A powerful bomb killed a pro-government Parliament member and four others Wednesday in a Christian suburb east of the Lebanese capital, security officials said.Read the full story

Daily Kos: Republicans Block Voting Machine Testing in Ohio

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

This is not good for Democrats in Ohio. Voters there need to rally and organize to countermand this grievous public injustice. All votes must be counted and all votes must count.Read the full story

Inteligenta Indiĝena Indigenismo Novaĵoservo: Waxman: State Dept. Official Thwarted Probes

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

"Howard J. Krongard, the State Department's inspector general, has repeatedly thwarted investigations and censored reports that might prove politically embarrassing to the Bush administration, the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform charged today in a 13-page letter.Read the full story

granma.cu - 200 anti-war protesters arrested

Monday, September 17th, 2007

WASHINGTON, (PL).— Police arrested close to 200 anti-war protesters this past Saturday during a demonstration in front of the U.S.Read the full story

Man dies after internet gaming binge | Guardian Unlimited

Monday, September 17th, 2007

A Chinese man dropped dead after a three-day internet gaming session, state media reported today.Read the full story

©P a l e s t i n e F r e e V o i c e: Palestinian Bomber Star of Israeli Film

Friday, September 14th, 2007

A Palestinian suicide bomber is the unlikely star of a new Israeli film billed by its director as an effort to destroy prejudices that fuel conflict in the Middle East.Read the full story

6 Arrested In Brutal Attack On Black Woman, Authorities Say Black Woman Was Stabbed, Beaten And Sexu

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

(CBS/AP) Authorities said Tuesday they are considering hate crime charges in the case of a woman who was tortured while being held captive for at least a week, and they are investigating the possibility that she was lured by a man she met on the Internet.Read the full story

‘Aids drugs’ flood black market: Africa: Zimbabwe: News24

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

Harare - Aids drugs - some of them contaminated, diluted or faked - are being sold at flea markets and hairdressing salons in the face of growing shortages in clinics linked to Zimbabwe's economic crisis, says the health ministry.Read the full story