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AMERICA has told Britain that it can “kidnap” British citizens if they are wanted for crimes in the United States.
A senior lawyer for the American government has told the Court of Appeal in London that kidnapping foreign citizens is permissible under American law because the US Supreme Court has sanctioned it.
The admission will alarm the British business community after the case of the so-called NatWest Three, bankers who were extradited to America on fraud charges. More than a dozen (…)

Transcript – NPR Weekend Edition – Saturday December 1, 2007
John Itzky interviews Juan Forero in Caracas concerning the December 2nd Constitutional referendum. The italics are mine. (Flávio Américo dos Reis).
ITZKY: Venezuelans go to the polls tomorrow to vote on proposed constitutional changes that would give president Hugo Chávez more power. Chávez says the changes would streamline bureaucracy, and give power to community councils run by the people. But opponents say it’s a power (…)

Venezuelan Government Uncovers Video of Opposition Destabilization Plan
By Chris Carlson
Global Research, November 30, 2007
Venezuelanalysis.com
Caracas, November 30, 2007
Venezuelan Telecommunications Minister Jesse Chacon presented a video revealing the opposition strategy of destabilization for Sunday’s referendum at a press conference on Thursday. In the video, opposition leaders call on their supporters to reject the results of the referendum and to take part in nation-wide (…)

Before even taking office, Australia’s new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is distancing himself, and the country, from the Bush administration and the “Anglo-American War of Terror”. Until now, UK and Australia have been two of the staunchest allies of the Bush administrations and its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, however, the situation has seriously changed, marking what seems to be the beginning of things to come for the US.
Rudd has promised to immediately sign the Kyoto Protocol on global (…)

Hagel: Bush administration is ’incompetent’ and he would consider joining a Dem ticket
"This is one of the most arrogant, incompetent administrations I’ve ever seen personally or ever read about," the always blunt and frequently quotable Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., said yesterday during an appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
"This administration in my opinion has been as unprepared as any administration I’m aware of," Hagel added, "not only the ones that I have been (…)

Friendless dollar is turned away at the gates of the Taj Mahal
Ashling O’Connor in Bombay – The Times November 20, 2007
The Taj Mahal and other top tourist sites in India are refusing to accept dollars to pay for admission, dealing another blow to the prestige of the weakened American currency.
Entry tickets to the world famous Mughal tomb in Agra and about 120 sites run by the Archaeological Survey of India will be available only at a fixed rupee rate after the dollar lost more than (…)

“It was revealed last week that firefighters are being trained to not only keep an eye out for illegal materials in the course of their duties, but even to report back any expression of discontent with the government.”
“A year ago, Homeland Security gave security clearances to nine New York City fire chiefs and began sharing intelligence with them. Even before that, fire department personnel were being taught ‘to identify material or behaviour that may indicate terrorist activities’ and (…)

by Eva Golinger
Last night CNN en Español aired the above image, which captions at the bottom "Who Killed him?" by "accident". The image of President Chavez with the caption about killing him below, which some could say subliminally incites to assassination, was a "production error" mistakenly made in the CNN en Español newsroom.
The news anchor had been narrarating a story about the situation between Colombia and Venezuela and then switched to a story about an unsolved homicide but - (…)

Recently in a debate Hillary was asked about the increasing pressure her opponents were applying. That’s to be expected, she said, because "I’m winning." Not leading. But winning. Really?
Not one vote has been cast. Not one caucus convened. But, somehow, magically, Hillary proclaims to be winning. You don’t have to be Freud to recognize a textbook example of wish fulfillment when you see it.
The lack of clear differentiation in this case is no mere trifle. It illustrates a fervent sense (…)

“On 16 March 2003 in Rafah, occupied Gaza, 23-year-old American peace activist Rachel Corrie from Olympia, Washington, was murdered by an Israeli bulldozer driver. Rachel was in Gaza opposing the bulldozing of a Palestinian home as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement.”
This was a pivotal moment for many around the world. It proved once and for all that there are brave and selfless Americans who are willing to sacrifice their lives to undo what has been done. Israel has (…)