Last Updated:
Sunday, July 20, 2008 13:46
GMT Has
the new Batman plundered its plot from 9/11? New York’s alter ego, Gotham City, is
under attack. Bombs kill civilians indiscriminately. Panic spreads like
wildfire. The perpetrator, a mysterious self-styled “agent of
chaos”, has no apparent motive. Holy terror! Has the new Batman
flick plundered its plot from 9/11?
Jewish
terrorist document found
A document has surfaced in a UK auction, unveiling terrorist activities
of a Jewish group prior to the establishment of the Israeli regime.
Checkpoints
Resume After Spate of Violence
D.C. police yesterday resumed controversial checkpoints in the troubled
Northeast Washington neighborhood of Trinidad after a series of overnight
shootings and stabbings across the District.
GOP
cyber-security expert suggests Diebold tampered with 2002 election A leading cyber-security expert and former adviser
to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he has fresh evidence regarding election
fraud on Diebold electronic voting machines during the 2002 Georgia
gubernatorial and senatorial elections.
Kucinich
to investigate police surveillance of protest groups
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has figured prominently in recent political
news for his attempts to begin impeachment hearings against President
George W. Bush, today announced that the congressional subcommittee
he chairs will look into reports of peace groups being surveilled by
police and private investigators.
Ex-Mossad
chief: Iran not bluffing Former head of the Israeli intelligence service Mossad has warned
Tel Aviv against waging an air strike on Iran over its nuclear program.
Commercial
bankruptcies soar, reflecting widening economic woes
Driven by a sour economy and skittish consumers, U.S. business bankruptcies
saw their sharpest quarterly rise in two years, jumping 17 percent in
the second quarter of 2008, according to an analysis by McClatchy.
Iran
has two-week deadline for nuclear answer
Iran was on Sunday facing a two-week deadline to give a final answer
to world powers seeking a breakthrough in the nuclear crisis, after
talks with the EU foreign policy chief ended in stalemate.
Killing
Jobs to Save the Climate The price of European emission permits is rising
so rapidly that German companies are threatening to leave the country.
Thousands of jobs could be lost. And the environment may, in the end,
be no better off.
Did
Air Force divert terror funds to buy posh seats?
For three years, the Air Force's top leadership sought to spend counterterrorism
money on "comfort capsules" on military planes that ferry
senior officers and civilian leaders.
