Archive for November 17th, 2009

Vancouverite/ BlackListed News 11/17/09 OTTAWA – In a shocking surge, 24 Ontario residents have died in less than 72 hours from Swine Flu, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported on its website. Ontario’s startling fatalities reported between November 10 and 11 a.m. EST on...

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A British Army Colonel threatened to shoot an Iraqi prisoner in the face, according to a former soldier who claimed British troops routinely abused and threatened detainees. The Telegraph 11/17/09 Former Army corporal Donald Payne, Britain’s only convicted war criminal, said that his commanding officer,...

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Infowars 11/17/09 By Kurt Nimmo The attack against Tea Party activists in the video below is a direct result of the concerted campaign by the corporate media — in particular Chris Matthews — to portray Tea Party activists and supporters as racist. It’s an example...

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The Huffington Post 11/17/09 A brutal report issued Monday by a government watchdog holds Timothy Geithner — then the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and now the nation’s Treasury Secretary — responsible for overpayments that put billions of extra tax dollars...

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Al Jazeera 11/17/09 Afghanistan has been rated by Transparency International the second-most corrupt nation in the world, with public sector corruption worsening over the past two years.Only war-torn Somalia rates worse on the Berlin-based organisation’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) of 180 nations, which was released on Tuesday. Levels...

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AP 11/17/09 By RUSS BYNUM SAVANNAH, Ga. – An Army cook and single mom may face criminal charges after she skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan because, she said, no one was available to care for her infant son while she was overseas. Spc. Alexis...

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The Independent 11/17/09 Allied troops must stay in Afghanistan to prevent the Taliban filling any “vacuum”, the Foreign Secretary said today. David Miliband told delegates at the Nato Parliamentary Assembly that Britain would be “ready” to send more troops as part of an agreed strategy....

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Times Online 11/17/09 By Jane Macartney President Barack Obama today urged his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao to allow his country’s currency to rise in value following strains over trade between the two economic giants. After a summit in Beijing, Mr Obama took the opportunity to...

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The Times of India 11/16/09 LOS ANGELES: The CIA has paid millions of dollars to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) since 9/11, accounting for as much as one-third of the foreign spy agency’s annual budget, says a media report. The ISI also collected “tens of millions...

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