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Registry tallies over 2,000 wrongful convictions since 1989
The national database, said to be the largest of its kind, covers the period since DNA testing came into common use. Its sponsors hope to shed light on the legal system’s failings. By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — More than 2,000 people have been freed from prison since 1989 after they were found…
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Settlers filmed shooting at Palestinian protesters
An Israeli human rights group has released a video that appears to show Israeli soldiers standing by while Jewish settlers open fire on stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in the West Bank, wounding one of them, reports the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield Hayes. It is the sort of incident that we often hear about, but almost never get…
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Imperialism Didn’t End. These Days It’s Known as International Law
A one-sided justice sees weaker states punished as rich nations and giant corporations project their power across the world by George Monbiot The conviction of Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, is said to have sent an unequivocal message to current leaders: that great office confers no immunity. In fact it sent two messages:…
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Obama signs 10-year deal on surprise Afghan trip
by Ben Feller President Barack Obama slipped into Afghanistan under the cover of darkness last night on the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden to sign an agreement cementing US commitment to the nation after American combat troops leave. Alongside the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Mr Obama declared, “Together, we’re now committed to…
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More Than Half of Greek Police Officers Voted For Neo-Nazi Party
By A. Papapostolou More than half of all police officers in Greece voted for pro-Nazi party Golden Dawn in the elections of May 6. This is the disconcerting result of an analysis carried out by authoritative newspaper To Vima in several constituencies in Athens, where 5,000 police officers in service in the Greek capital also…
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The Subsidized Student Loan Scam
How the US Government is Profiteering Off of Struggling Students by DAVE LINDORFF The Senate is currently deadlocked on taking action to prevent the interest on new Stafford guaranteed student loans from rising on July 1 from 3.4% to 6.8%, with Democrats saying they want to “pay for” keeping the current “lower” 3.4% rate by…
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Prisoners’ hunger strike escalates
by Ruth Pollard RAMALLAH: The number of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails has grown to at least 2800, human rights groups say, while two of the inmates hovered close to death as they entered their 69th day without food. The Israeli prison service disputes the numbers. Israel’s practice of jailing people without…
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Daniel Chong, U.S. Man Left In Cell For 4 Days, Entered ‘Survival Mode’
By JULIE WATSON and KEVIN FREKING SAN DIEGO — The case of a detained college student who was forgotten in a holding cell for more than four days suggests a breakdown in procedure and oversight within the Drug Enforcement Administration, a California federal lawmaker said Thursday. Republican Congressman Duncan Hunter said in a letter sent…
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Black Africans Put in Zoo, Forced to Eat Libya’s Flag: Obama and NATO’s post-Gaddafi Libya
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuCJcaQRIuA] NewsRescue- Sadly feels like we are back to the early 90′s, when the Darwin racist evolutionary theories were fresh, and Africans were kept in US zoos. Many of us remember the story of Ota Benga, the pigmy from the Bachichiri family in the Congo, who was locked up, exploited and put on exhibition…
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