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  • Mike Robertson Arrested As He Climbs The Eiffel Tower For Burma
    20 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Filmed by a Bellaciao’s friend
    by Mick Ryan
    Mike Robertson (45) of Wareham, Dorset, the deep-water soloist, photographer and recent Banff award-winning author of Deep Water was arrested on Monday whilst climbing the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
    Mike was protesting against Total’s - the French oil company, based in Paris - continued involvement in Burma, despite the elected Prime Minister and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma), Aung San Suu Kyi’s wishes that they (…)

  • IRAQ: FALLUJAH Now Under a Different Kind of Siege
    20 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Ali al-Fadhily
    FALLUJAH, Nov 20 (IPS) - Three years after a devastating U.S.-led siege of the city, residents of Fallujah continue to struggle with a shattered economy, infrastructure, and lack of mobility.
    The city that was routed in November 2004 is still suffering the worst humanitarian conditions under a siege that continues. Although military actions are down to the minimum inside the city, local and US authorities do not seem to be thinking of ending the agonies of the over (…)

  • THE MAN WHO BOMBED HIROSHIMA
    17 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by Anthony Gregory
    The man who flew the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima passed away last week at the age of 92. Paul Warfield Tibbets, Jr. did not die from war wounds or violently at the hands of other people, years before his time. He died in hospice care, in a bed, from heart problems and strokes.
    In stark contrast, the more than 100,000 civilians who were killed at Hiroshima 62 years ago were burnt, melted, vaporized, in an apocalyptic act of warfare. Many died (…)

  • Sensitive Guantánamo Bay Manual Leaked Through Wiki Site
    16 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Ryan Singel
    A never-before-seen military manual detailing the day-to-day operations of the U.S. military’s Guantánamo Bay detention facility has been leaked to the web, affording a rare inside glimpse into the institution where the United States has imprisoned hundreds of suspected terrorists since 2002.
    A detail from the "Camp Delta Standard Operating Procedures" manual shows a camp layout at the Guantánamo Bay military detention facility. Image: Wikileaks.org
    The 238-page (…)

  • Tasering is Torture (video)
    15 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    With more than enough manpower to subdue this individual, police choose instead to use their torture toys.
    Dziekanski stands with his back to the counter and the officers fan around him. Crack - the sound of the 50,000 volts of electricity zapping from an officer’s gun can be heard. Dziekanski winces and starts screaming, his hand waving a stapler madly in the air. He grabs at his chest and lunges through a doorway, howling. Crack - a second shot, electricity sizzles, and Dziekanski (…)

  • EU polls would be lost, says Nicolas Sarkozy
    15 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels
    Referendums on the new European Union Treaty were "dangerous" and would be lost in France, Britain and other countries, Nicolas Sarkozy has admitted. - EU subsidies ’shifting away from real farmers’ - Your view: Are referendums dangerous? - Paris faces strike gridlock
    The French president’s confession that governments could not win popular votes on a "simplified treaty" - drawn up to replace the EU constitution rejected by his countrymen two years ago - (…)

  • Biofuel: a Real Danger to Poor Countries
    14 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Ramine Abadie
    Energy. Experts and NGOs are concerned about the perverse effects of this type of production in a world that faces hunger shortages.
    While the European Union plans to promote biofuel, experts in food, development, and NGOs are sounding the alarm bell about the risks linked to its production - more particularly the harmful effects on food production. According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organisation) figures, there are more than 850 million people in the world who face (…)

  • Dems Put War Costs at $3.5 Trillion Through 2017
    14 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Jim Lobe
    U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could cost U.S. taxpayers as much as $3.5 trillion through 2017 if both direct and indirect, or "hidden," costs are taken into account, according to a new report released Tuesday by Democrats in Congress.
    The 27-page report, entitled "War at Any Price?" [.pdf], concluded that the total economic costs incurred to date – including "hidden" expenses, such as higher oil prices, interest on borrowing, and the long-term care of injured soldiers – (…)

  • GMO : Seeds of Destruction
    10 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    by F.William Engdahl
    The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation
    This skillfully researched book focuses on how a small socio-political American elite seeks to establish control over the very basis of human survival: the provision of our daily bread. "Control the food and you control the people."
    This is no ordinary book about the perils of GMO. Engdahl takes the reader inside the corridors of power, into the backrooms of the science labs, behind closed doors in the corporate (…)

  • BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES...
    9 November 2007 par (Open-Publishing)

    Bolivian President Evo Morales on Indigenous Rights, Climate Change, Iraq, Establishing Diplomatic Relations with Iran, Che Guevara’s Legacy and More on Democray Now (Amy Goodman)
    In a Democracy Now! special, we spend the hour with Evo Morales, the first indigenous president of Bolivia. In a wide-ranging conversation, Morales discusses the impact of the war in Iraq on Latin America, warns against the use of biofuels to reduce carbon emissions and highlights the importance of indigenous (…)