Archive for November 3rd, 2009

Times Online 11/3/09 By Oliver August The British oil giant BP will today take control of Iraq’s biggest oilfield in the first important energy deal since the 2003 invasion. The move has created uproar among local politicians invoking resentful memories of their nation’s colonial past....

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Reason Blacklisted News 11/2/09 A WorldNetDaily story reports that the bill sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) that would call for an audit of the Federal Reserve has been “gutted” in a congressional committee. The legislation, H.R. 1207, would also close loopholes that prevent transparency...

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Campaign for Liberty 10/31/09

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Press TV 11/3/09 North Korea has announced progress in weaponizing plutonium following the United States’ refusal to acknowledge Pyongyang’s interest in direct nuclear negotiations. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Tuesday said the country had ‘successfully completed reprocessing 8,000 spent fuel rods by...

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Vows US Will Never Allow Changes to Proposal Anti-War.com 11/2/09 By Jason Ditz Though Iran has expressed interest in a draft proposal for third party uranium enrichment, they have also sought additional talks and a handful of clarifications before finalizing the pact. The US appears...

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Prison Planet 11/2/09 By Paul Joseph Watson The U.S. government has appointed what the media is ludicrously billing as an “independent” group of health advisors whose job it will be to whitewash adverse reactions to the swine flu vaccine and “explain” them to the public...

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Lawyer: Ruling places executive officials ‘above the law’ Raw Story 11/2/09 A Canadian citizen who was wrongly identified as a terrorist suspect and reportedly tortured in a Syrian prison for nearly a year after US authorities sent him there has lost his bid to sue...

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Al Jazeera 11/3/09 A prominent Russian businessman has been shot dead in the Russian capital of Moscow, police have said.Shabtai von Kalmanovich, who had been convicted in Israel for being a KGB spy, died at the scene, investigators from the state prosecutor’s office said on Monday. Kalmanovich,...

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Examiner 11/2/09 Tensions have flared between both China and India militaries along their disputed 2,175 mile-long border, with both sides alleging more frequent troop incursions in recent weeks. China is upset when the Indian prime minister recently visit the disputed region. China considers an Indian-occupied...

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The America 20xy Week in Review for 10/31/09 Hosted By Andrew Steele

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