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Iraqi diplomat gave U.S. prewar WMD details
Seeded on Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:12 PM EST (msnbc.com)
In the period before the Iraq war, the CIA and the Bush administration erroneously believed that Saddam Hussein was hiding major programs for weapons of mass destruction.
Wired News:
Seeded on Mon Mar 20, 2006 6:03 AM EST (Wired News)
Researchers hoping to ease America's oil addiction are turning sawdust and wood chips into bio-oil, a thick black liquid that could become a green substitute for many petroleum products.
Pink ipods for democracy, Firing up the propaganda machine
Seeded on Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:50 AM EST (CorpWatch)
The employees of Voice for Humanity, in a fever of righteous idealism, traveled six hours on donkeys and horses through the remotest parts of the Afghanistan countryside. They were on a mission: to deliver what they thought was an invaluable literacy tool for Afghans.
war cost $1 Trillion+; 2006 expenses increase 44%
Seeded on Sat Mar 18, 2006 8:44 PM EST (CNET News.com)
Before the war in Iraq, very few people asked a very important question: what's this thing going to cost?" At a time when the administration is pounding the drums of war, asking such a question would be supporting the terrorists.
Corn Dog - The ethanol subsidy is worse than you can imagine.
Seeded on Sat Mar 18, 2006 6:31 AM EST (Slate)
For the last generation, ethanol has been America's fuel of the future. But there has never been more hype about it than there is today.
Airline screeners fail government bomb tests
Seeded on Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:27 AM EST (msnbc.com)
WASHINGTON - Imagine an explosion strong enough to blow a car's trunk apart, caused by a bomb inside a passenger plane.
US evangelicals warn Republicans
Seeded on Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:18 AM EST (BBC News)
Prominent leaders from the Christian right have warned Republicans they must do more to advance conservative values ahead of the US mid-term elections.
Big new reservoir of water ice suspected under Mars
Seeded on Fri Mar 17, 2006 6:01 AM EST (Space.com)
A large and previously unknown reservoir of water ice may have been found below the surface of Mars, new radar observations suggest.
International News Article | Reuters.com
Seeded on Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:46 PM EST (Reuters)
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, on Wednesday compared the threat from Iran's nuclear programs to the September 11 terror attacks on the United States.
When $8 Trillion Isn't Enough
Seeded on Wed Mar 15, 2006 10:53 AM EST (The Washington Post)
THE GOVERNMENT, Treasury Secretary John W. Snow informed Congress last week, has now taken "all prudent and legal actions" to avoid bumping up against the debt ceiling. The limit, Mr. Snow told lawmakers, will need to be raised from its current level: $8,184,000,000,000.
Renowned Bird Flu Expert Warns: Be Prepared
Seeded on Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:09 AM EST (ABC News)
Robert G. Webster is one of the few bird flu experts confident enough to answer the key question: Will the avian flu switch from posing a terrible hazard to birds to becoming a real threat to humans?
Pa. seizes paper's computer hard disks
Seeded on Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:27 AM EST (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
n an unusual and little-known case, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office has seized four computer hard drives from a Lancaster newspaper as part of a statewide grand-jury investigation into leaks to reporters.
Tolls may slow Web traffic
Seeded on Tue Mar 14, 2006 8:47 PM EST (Christian Science Monitor)
The possibility of a future two-tiered Internet threatens today's notion of free travel on the information superhighway.
BREITBART.COM - Feingold Draws Little Support for Censure
Seeded on Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:49 AM EST (Breitbart)
Democrats distanced themselves Monday from Wisconsin Sen. Russell Feingold's effort to censure President Bush over domestic spying, preventing a floor vote that could alienate swing voters.
NASA lends weight to warming signs - Environment - MSNBC.com
Seeded on Tue Mar 14, 2006 7:02 AM EST (msnbc.com)
Following two recent studies on changes to Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets, NASA is touting a survey that it says confirms "climate warming is changing how much water remains locked in Earth's largest storehouses of ice and snow."
China, Russia Reject Iran Nuke Statement - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:49 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
UNITED NATIONS - Russia and China have rejected proposals from the United States and other veto-wielding members of the U.N.
Tests show Milosevic took wrong drugs before death - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:37 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Blood tests showed Slobodan Milosevic took drugs to worsen his health and bolster his case for treatment in Russia, a Dutch medical expert said on Monday.
British Rail flying saucer unearthed | The Register
Seeded on Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:43 AM EST (The Register (UK))
British Rail patented a design for a flying saucer powered by thermonuclear fusion back in 1973. The public transport body submitted Charles Osmond Frederick's maverick contraption, the Guardian reports.
NSA Bill could make it a crime to report President breaking the law
Seeded on Sun Mar 12, 2006 8:38 PM EST (glenngreenwald.blogspot.com)
Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies, said the measure is broader than any existing laws. She said, for example, the language does not specify that the information has to be harmful to national security or classified.
Donald Rumsfeld makes $5m killing on bird flu drug
Seeded on Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:52 AM EST (Independent.co.uk)
Donald Rumsfeld has made a killing out of bird flu.
Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs
Seeded on Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:31 AM EST (atimes.com)
Why Iran's oil bourse can't break the buck By F William Engdahl
State biodiesel plant will be world's largest | IndyStar.com
Seeded on Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:58 PM EST (The Indianapolis Star)
WASHINGTON -- A French company is about to begin building the world's largest biodiesel plant in Indiana, doubling the nation's capacity to make the alternative fuel.
Chicago Tribune news: Internet blows CIA cover
Seeded on Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:53 PM EST (Chicago Tribune)
WASHINGTON -- She is 52 years old, married, grew up in the Kansas City suburbs and now lives in Virginia, in a new three-bedroom house.
McAfee update exterminates Excel | CNET News.com
Seeded on Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:08 PM EST (CNET)
For a brief period on Friday, McAfee's security tools killed more than viruses.
Slobodan Milosevic Found Dead in His Cell - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Sat Mar 11, 2006 7:37 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Slobodan Milosevic, the former Yugoslav leader who orchestrated the Balkan wars of the 1990s and was on trial for war crimes, was found dead in his prison cell at the U.N. detention center near The Hague, the U.N. tribunal said Saturday. He was 65.
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