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Common Dreams
- Blackwater Said to Approve Iraqi Payoffs After Shootings November 11, 2009by Mark Mazzetti and James RisenWASHINGTON - Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company off […]Array
Democracy Now!
- Watchdog: New York State Regulation of Natural Gas Wells Has Been "Woefully Insufficient for Decades." November 10, 2009The New York-based Toxics Targeting went through the Department of Environmental Conservation's own database of hazardous substances spills over the past thirty years. They found 270 cases documenting fires, explosions, wastewater spills, well contamination and ecological damage related to gas drilling. Many of the cases remain unresolved. The findings […]mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!)
AntiWar
- The Itch in Joe Lieberman’s Gitmo Finger November 9, 2009Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut may be the most destructive politician in the United States. Combining the worst ideas of the right, the left, and the religious, he essentially seeks to punitively tax the world in order to bomb it for the sake of Israel. Despite Lieberman’s “dual” loyalty — in quotes because I suspect [...]Jeremy Sapienza
International Day of Peace News and Updates
- Playing Now: 1st ever 24 Hour Peace Day Broadcast September 20, 2009Unity Foundation, Pathways To Peace, PeacePortal.mobi and Getzooks welcomes you to the PEACE DAY 24-Hour World Peace Celebration and Global Broadcast commemorating the 27th Annual United Nations’ International Day of Peace on September 21, 2009. This broadcast highlights the vitally important work of the United Nations and its humanitarian agencies, as […]mkwan
