World Gone Awry
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Things are pretty messed-up in the world today. Terrorism. Wars on Terror. Terrorizing War. George W. Bush has come to symbolize most of the problems in the world. This lens is dedicated in part to Dubya.
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- 2 questioned in killing of adoptive couple
- Detectives are questioning two people in connection with the killing of a couple known for adopting special-needs children, the Escambia County sheriff said Saturday. Investigators also have found a red Dodge van seen on surveillance cameras leaving the Beulah, Florida, home of Byrd and Melanie Billings, who were found dead in their home Thursday, Sheriff David Morgan said.
- Source: Cheney kept CIA info from Congress
- The CIA withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress during the Bush administration on direct orders from then-Vice President Dick Cheney, current CIA director Leon Panetta told members of Congress, a knowledgeable source confirmed to CNN.
- Mexican gangs gun down police in eight cities
- Coordinated attacks in at least eight Mexican cities killed three federal police officers and two soldiers Saturday in what officials called an unprecedented onslaught by drug gangs. The attacks were in retribution for the capture early Saturday of Arnoldo Rueda Medina, a high-ranking member of the Michoacan Family drug gang, the state-run Notimex news agency reported, citing federal police.
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- Peruvian President Alan Garcia brings in a new prime minister, a month after political violence whic...
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International News
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- The monsoon is late, the wells are running dry and in the teeming city of Bhopal, water supply is no...
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- MPs want to be sure the Met is not trying to hide embarrassing payments to officers by reporters The...
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- The C.I.A. was said to have withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congre...
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- The F.B.I. is looking into a group of Somali-Americans who are the focus of what may be the most sig...
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- Supreme Court candidates have learned how to avoid answers that could scuttle their nominations.
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Activist Links
- American Civil Liberties Union
- The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty. We work daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Our job is to conserve America's original civic values - the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
- Amnesty International
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- Human Rights Watch stands with victims and activists to prevent discrimination, to uphold political freedom, to protect people from inhumane conduct in wartime, and to bring offenders to justice.
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