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Summer Olympic Games Open in Beijing, Pro-Tibet Protester Deported to US; "This is the Olympics the West Wanted" – Dave Zirin on US Corporations Entering China, Athletes Speaking Out and the Games from ’68 to Today; The Wrecking Crew: Thomas Frank on How Conservatives Rule. Headlines * Bin Laden Driver Given Lenient Sentence * … Continued
Salim Hamdan Found Guilty in First US War Crimes Tribunal since WWII; Rwanda Accuses Top French Officials in 1994 Genocide; South Korea Commission Probes Civilian Massacres by US in Korean War; South Koreans Fill Streets of Seoul to Continue Protest Against US Beef Imports. Today’s Headlines * Bin Laden Driver Convicted in Gitmo War … Continued
Army Recruiter Suspended for Threatening High School Student with Jail Time, Sparks Bipartisan Call for Investigation. Today’s Headlines * Rwanda Accuses France in 1994 Genocide * Family of Detained Pakistani Accuses US of Rape, Abuse * Shunning ICJ, Texas Executes Mexican National * Audit: Iraq Could Have $79B Surplus * Ex-Israeli General Who Called … Continued
American Foreign Policy Brought to You by China: Advisers to Obama, McCain Tied to US Multinationals that Profit from Beijing; Chevron Lobbies White House to Pressure Ecuador to Stop $12 Billion Amazon Pollution Lawsuit; Ex-UN AIDS Chief Slams CDC as Being "Completely Irresponsible" for Withholding Data Showing US Gov’t Had Understated Number of New AIDS … Continued
Anthrax Mystery: Questions Raised over Whether Government Is Framing Dead Army Scientist for 2001 Attacks; Leading Gun Control Activist Exposed as Gun Lobby Spy; FCC Rules Against Comcast for Blocking Web Access. Headlines * CDC Underestimated Number of New AIDS Cases by 40% * World Health Organization: AIDS Epidemic Is Far from Over * … Continued
Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Ni’lin, Site of Nonviolent Anti-Wall Demonstration; NYPD Officer Caught on Tape Body-Slamming Cyclist During Critical Mass Ride; And Colorado "Fusion Center" to Step Up Intelligence Gathering During DNC; US Northern Command to Play Role. Headlines * Anthrax Suspect Dies in Apparent Suicide * Hersh: US Considered Ways to … Continued
Raj Patel on the Collapse of the World Trade Organization Talks; Plan Mexico and the US-Funded Militarization of Mexico; And GOP Congressional Candidate Accuses Al Jazeera of Trying to Kidnap Him in Florida. Headlines * Olmert to Resign Amid Corruption Investigations * House Committee Finds Karl Rove in Contempt * Turkish Court Rejects Ban … Continued
Field of Schemes: Congress Probes How New Sports Stadiums Turn Public Money into Private Profit; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Defends Her Opposition to Impeachment: "If Somebody Had a Crime that the President Had Committed, That Would Be a Different Story." Black America: A Neglected Priority in the Global AIDS Epidemic; Report: Vast Majority of African … Continued
Newspapers Suffer Spate of Layoffs, Decline in Circulation, Ad Revenue, Stock Price: A Roundtable Discussion on the State of the Industry; The Big Squeeze: Steven Greenhouse on Tough Times for the American Worker. Today’s Headlines * At Least 60 Killed in Baghdad Suicide Attack * 6 Die in US Missile Strike in Pakistan * … Continued
Obama Holds Brief Q&A Before Thousands of Journalists of Color at UNITY Convention; How Chicago Shaped Obama: A Look at the Rise of a Politician; House Judiciary Committee Holds Historic Hearings on the Case for Impeachment. Today’s Headlines * Reversing Account, US Admits Killing Iraqi Civilians But Won’t Prosecute Soldiers * Obama Wraps Up … Continued
