Law
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Staying Human: The Heroic Legacy of Vittorio Arrigoni (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Apr. 20, 2011 -- “Dear Mary,” wrote Italian justice activist Vittorio Arrigoni to a friend. “Do you (know who) will be on the boats?... I’m still in Gaza, waiting ...
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Spain Declines to Investigate Alleged Guantanamo Bay Torture after Receiving US Assurances (AP)
Apr. 14, 2011 -- MADRID (AP) -- A Spanish judge has thrown out a request that he probe six senior Bush administration officials accused of creating a legal framework for the torture of terror ...
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The False Debate on the Debt (Robert Scheer)
Apr. 13, 2011 (TruthDig.com) -- In the ever-so-smug company of the rich and powerful it is a given that there is never to be any expression of remorse or other acknowledgement of the pain they have ...
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Fed announces formal enforcement actions against 10 big banks to address a pattern of misconduct and negligence (Federal Reserve Bank)
Apr. 13, 2011 (FederalReserve.gov) -- The Federal Reserve Board Wednesday announced formal enforcement actions requiring 10 banking organizations to address a pattern of misconduct and negligence ...
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The Real Housewives of Wall Street: Look Who's Cashing In On the Bailout (Matt Taibbi)
Why is the Federal Reserve forking over $220 million in bailout money to the wives of two Morgan Stanley bigwigs? Apr. 12, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- America has two national budgets, one official, one ...
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A Militarized Economy Cannot Balance the Budget (John Perkins)
"Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative. Together we must learn how to compose differences, not with arms, but with intellect and decent purpose.” --Gen. Dwight D. ...
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‘Matter of Policy’: Gaza War and Goldstone’s Moral Collapse (Ramzy Baroud)
Justice Richard Goldstone Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust April 14, 2011 -- Shocking is not a sufficient term to describe Justice Richard Goldstone’s decision to recant parts of the 2009 report on ...
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100 Reasons for Revolution (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust April 12, 2011 -- There comes a time when the Gordian knot must be cut, when the systems and processes that might have been used to correct the errors and ...
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Military Tribunal May Keep 9/11 Motives Hidden (Ray McGovern)
Apr. 6, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) -- The Obama administration’s decision to use a military tribunal rather than a federal criminal court to try alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four ...
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What the Patriot Act Does For You (Philip Giraldi)
Mar. 31, 2011 (AntiWar.com) -- Incessant warmaking overseas will someday end when the United States runs out of money or soldiers or both. But less well understood is the collateral damage here at ...
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The Capitalist Follies (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Mar. 28, 2011 -- There are days in this world when the events overwhelm us. Forces of nature batter us and remind us of how frail our lives and our societies ...
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