Link: http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=108195

The Sunday Herald has reported that hundreds of powerful US "bunker-buster" bombs are being shipped from California to the British island of Diego Garcia. In January, the US government signed a contract to transport 10 ammunition containers to the island, the Scottish newspaper wrote on March 14.

Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/bost-m15.shtml

Boston residents face new threats to city services, as the Boston Public Library system, along with community centers and public swimming pools are targeted for cutbacks. The cuts, spearheaded by Democratic Mayor Thomas Menino with support from Democratic Governor Deval Patrick, will have a deep impact on both services and jobs.

Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/educ-m15.shtml

President Obama released plans Saturday to overhaul the No Child Left Behind law, embracing the main thrust of the right-wing education plan adopted under the Bush administration, while proposing modifications that would in many cases make even greater inroads into the principle of universal, high-quality public education.

Link: http://wsws.org/articles/2010/mar2010/pers-m15.shtml

A report released March 11 by a bankruptcy court-appointed examiner concludes that in the months leading up to its September 2008 collapse, the Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers issued financial statements that were “materially misleading” and its top executives engaged in “actionable balance sheet manipulation.”

Link: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/03/201031364327872566.html

The US state of California has one of the most troubled economies and highest unemployment rates in the United States.

Link: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/03/2010311185514211830.html

The annual report of US State Department on human rights has warned of increasing concern that discrimination against Muslims was on the rise in Europe.

Link: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/03/201031553915888403.html

The United States has stepped up pressure on Israel over its plans to build more settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem, despite an apology from the Israeli prime minister over the timing of the announcement.

Link: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article7061693.ece

Further damaging revelations about the collapse of Lehman Brothers are being held up in the US courts by Barclays. A 2,200-page examiner’s report into the collapse of the 158-year old institution, published last week, uncovered in forensic detail evidence that Lehman used “balance sheet manipulation” to mislead investors and regulators. It is expected to fuel a series of lawsuits that former Lehman executives and their auditors are already facing in the US courts.

Link: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7061983.ece

The drug wars in Mexico took an ominous turn over the weekend when a US consulate employee and her husband were killed as they left a children's birthday party in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's most violent city. Only minutes earlier gunmen also killed the Mexican husband of another member of the consular staff and wounded his two children.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/health/policy/16medicaid.html?ref=us

Carol Y. Vliet began chemotherapy to treat her cancer, but lost her doctor because he stopped seeing Medicaid patients. As she began a punishing regimen of chemotherapy and radiation, Mrs. Vliet found a measure of comfort in her monthly appointments with her primary care physician, Dr. Saed J. Sahouri, who had been monitoring her health for nearly two years.

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8569380.stm

Democrat senators have unveiled proposed new laws that will give the US Federal Reserve more regulatory powers over big US banks. The new banking regulation bill proposes the establishment of a new consumer protection agency at the Fed, with powers to regulate all lending.

Link: http://www.redress.cc:80/zionism/ahart20100315

Alan Hart views the myth and reality of anti-Semitism and argues that the myth, created and propagated by Israel and Zionism, is the single biggest potential threat to Jews the world over. There are two definitions of anti-Semitism in its Jewish context. One was born in real history and represents a truth. The other is part and parcel of Zionist mythology and was invented for the purpose of blackmailing non-Jewish Europeans and North Americans into refraining from criticizing Israel or, to be more precise, staying silent when its leaders resort to state terrorism and demonstrate in many ways their absolute contempt for international law.