Three years in jail for TV journalist who threw shoes at Bush
Link: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=30569
Reporters Without Borders condemns the three-year jail sentence which a Baghdad court passed today on journalist Muntazer Al-Zaidi of the Iraqi TV station Al-Baghdadia for throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush during a news conference in Baghdad on 14 December.
PermalinkU.S. household wealth falls $11.2 trillion in 2008
U.S. households suffered a record 9 percent drop in wealth and pared debt in the fourth quarter as a deepening recession battered confidence and finances, Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday.
Michael Parenti: Economic Crisis the Inevitable Result of “Capitalism’s Self-Inflicted Apocalypse”
Link: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/12/parenti
Michael Parenti is a longtime political analyst and author of twenty books, including Democracy for the Few and Superpatriotism. Parenti writes, “Free-market corporate capitalism is by its nature a disaster waiting
US extends sanctions against Iran
Link: http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=88434§ionid=351020101
Obama claims that Iran continues to pose threats to US national security.
The US has extended a set of sanctions against Iran for another year over claims that Tehran is still a threat to US national security.
Seymour Hersh: 'Executive Assassination Ring' Reported Directly to Cheney Office
Link: http://www.alternet.org/blogs/rights/131144/seymour_hersh
"Under President Bush's authority, they've been going into countries ... finding people on a list and executing them and leaving." MinnPost: Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh describes 'executive assassination ring'.
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