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“We have guided missiles and misguided men.” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
On April 6, 2008, I drove by the farm in Gettysburg, PA, that the late President Dwight D. “Ike” Eisenhower called home after he retired from public office. The old warrior, loved by the people, would easily recognized it today, since little has changed over the years. Something, however, he wouldn’t recognize in 2008, is the Military-Industrial Complex. In his prophetic “Farewell Address” of 1961, President Eisenhower (…)

http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2059141586
ADN Kronos International (Italy) April 10, 2008
Kosovo: Serbia demands probe of former UN mission chief
Belgrade - Serbia decided on Thursday to ask United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon to probe the former chief of the UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Soren Jessen Petersen for allegedly obstructing the investigation of crimes against Serb civilians.
The Serbian National Council for Cooperation with UN’s Hague-based (…)

The victims of Agent Orange and other chemical weapons that were dropped on people.
Video (21’):
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-18604226.html

09.04.2008
Germany’s Green Party is setting up a branch in the United States. The bottom-up initiative aims to bring a more international perspective to the party’s work and combat anti-Americanism among some members back home.
The chapter is due to be officially founded next weekend in Washington DC. It hopes to tap into the experiences of the growing number of Germans working in the US capital in international organizations, foundations and think tanks, as well as in the media, the (…)

An American soldier who is serving in Iraq called his mother on the phone.
As soon as his mom answered, he started kissing the phone as if
Kissing his mom: ’moa moa moa moa moa moa moa moa moa moa moa moa ...
’The mom said:’
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Nevertheless, the Soldier continued kissing the phone 24 million times.
His mom asked him ’What are all these kisses for?’
He said, ’These are on behalf of all the Iraqi people. They love you so much’.
His (…)

Pearl Jam feat Neil Young - Rockin in the free world envoyé par slyfer91
http://internationalnews.over-blog.com/article-18516856.html
"Rockin’ In The Free World" There’s colors on the street Red, white and blue People shufflin’ their feet People sleepin’ in their shoes But there’s a warnin’ sign on the road ahead There’s a lot of people sayin’ we’d be better off dead Don’t feel like Satan, but I am to them So I try to forget it, any way I can.
Keep on rockin’ in the free world, Keep (…)

Global Research, April 6, 2008 The Independent
by Leonard Doyle
Editor’s note
In March, Global Research published an article by Brit Amos on the Decline of Bee Colonies in North America. The author attributes the death of the bees to the extensive use of GMO Crops.
The article posted below considers a related process: The death of the songbirds resulting from the extensive use of toxic pesticides and chemicals in export agriculture (fruits and vegetables) in Latin America.
It (…)

CounterPunch
Apri1 7, 2008
"Not You! You!!!"
"Hey! Take your hands off me! Not you! You!!!"—the voice of a young woman in the darkened cinema, an old joke.
"Hey! Take your hands off Tibet!" the international chorus is crying out, "But not from Chechnya! Not from the Basque homeland! And certainly not from Palestine!" And that is not a joke.
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LIKE EVERYBODY else, I support the right of the Tibetan people to independence, or at least autonomy. Like everybody else, I condemn (…)

By David R. Hoffman
For almost five years I have served as Legal Editor of Pravda.Ru. During this time I have been praised and criticized for my work. And I’ve appreciated them both. When someone praises my work, I know there is at least one kindred spirit out there in cyberspace, so I don’t feel so alone. When someone criticizes my work, I know they at least took the time to read what I wrote.
But now it is time to expand my horizons. I am no longer content to sit behind a (…)

By Geoffrey Lean
Brain expert warns of huge rise in tumours and calls on industry to take immediate steps to reduce radiation
Mobile phones could kill far more people than smoking or asbestos, a study by an award-winning cancer expert has concluded. He says people should avoid using them wherever possible and that governments and the mobile phone industry must take "immediate steps" to reduce exposure to their radiation.
The study, by Dr Vini Khurana, is the most devastating indictment (…)