Last Updated:
Friday, August 1, 2008 14:30
GMT Chief
suspect in US anthrax attacks found dead The chief suspect in the 2001 anthrax postal
attacks in the US has died from an apparent suicide just as the Justice
Department was to file criminal charges against him.
Rightwing
parties in Israel push for early poll after Ehud Olmert resigns Israel's ultra nationalist parties yesterday
seized on Ehud Olmert's decision to stand aside as prime minister to
push for an early election, which would most likely return the hawkish
Likud leader, Binyamin Netanyahu, to the helm.
Google
Says Privacy Doesn't Exist, Get Used To Everyone Knowing Everything
About You The headline practically says it all. Google
is being sued by a Pittsburgh couple for posting images of its house
on the Internet in Google's Street Views pages. Google responded, in
court no less, that complete privacy simply doesn't exist in today's
world and the couple should stop crying about it.
Against
Jingoism and Hypocrisy Statement before the US House of Representatives,
July 30, 2008, on H. RES. 1370, Calling on the Government of the People's
Republic of China to immediately end abuses of the human rights of its
citizens
"Al
Qaeda's Mad Scientist" Rises From The Grave... And Is Killed Again Reports announcing that a man dubbed "Al
Qaeda's Mad Scientist" was killed by a CIA drone strike on the
Afghanistan-Pakistan Border have conveniently ignored the fact that
the same guy was already announced dead two years ago by Pakistani authorities.
Thug
NYPD Cops Beat Already Restrained Man Senseless The day after a video emerged of a cop knocking
a cyclist to the ground, a second video alleging police brutality surfaced
today in which an NYPD officer is seen whaling away at a man's legs
with a baton.
Pakistani
Intelligence Aided Attack in Kabul, U.S. Officials Say
American intelligence agencies have concluded that members of Pakistan’s
powerful spy service helped plan the deadly July 7 bombing of India’s
embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, according to United States government
officials.
Stressed
banks borrow record amount from Fed Banks borrowed a record amount of funds from
the Federal Reserve in the latest week as the year old credit crisis
took a persistent toll, while the commercial paper market continued
to contract, signaling tough conditions for short term borrowers.
Watchdog:
Bush turning intelligence agencies on Americans President Bush seems to be slowly turning the
nation's massive surveillance apparatus upon its citizens, and some
worry that administration assurances to protect civil liberties are
nothing but empty promises.
New
US defense strategy centers on 'long war' A new defense strategy released Thursday places
the "long war" against extremism above potential conventional
challenges from China and Russia as the top priority of the US military
in the coming years.
Flu jabs
'can't stop pneumonia' One of the main benefits of flu jabs for the
elderly - protection against pneumonia - may not exist, US scientists
have claimed.
Olmert
Declares Intent to Step Down
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, facing a widening corruption investigation,
announced Wednesday that he will not compete in his party's leadership
primary in September.
