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Senate Urges Pentagon to Rein in Afghan Contractors
New York - Failures in vetting, training and supervising Defence Department private security contractors are putting U.S. and coalition troops as well as Afghan civilians at risk and unwittingly …

As Fraud Scandal Grows, White House Opposes National Moratorium on Foreclosures
AMY GOODMAN: A coalition of as many as forty state attorneys general is expected to announce Wednesday a joint investigation into the recent revelations that major lenders may have …

The European Parliament Condemns the Death Penalty, Expresses Concerns Over Mumia Abu-Jamal
Berlin - What do the USA, China, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and North Korea have in common? The answer may surprise you. The European Parliament answered this question on …

GOP Buying Election 2010 with Foreign Cash What Obamas Talking About (2)
President Obama and other top Democrats in recent days have stepped up attacks on Republican-linked organizations for allegedly using foreign cash donations in Election 2010. Why are they making …

Iranian, Chinese Computers Also Discovered to Have Been Hacking DC Internet Voting System
A University of Michigan computer scientist and his team were not the only ones attempting to hack the Internet Vote scheme that Washington D.C. had planned to roll out …

Zach Carter | Will Obama Save Homeowners From Wall Street’s Latest Fraud Scheme?
A massive foreclosure fraud scandal is rocking the U.S. mortgage market. Wall Street banks and their lawyers are fabricating documents, forging signatures and lying to judges—all to exploit troubled …

GOP Buying Election 2010 With Foreign Cash? What Obama’s Talking About
President Obama and other top Democrats in recent days have stepped up attacks on Republican-linked organizations for allegedly using foreign cash donations in Election 2010. Why are they making …

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? I Only Earn Six Figures
I live in a very sheltered world, yet I know young people just out of college who can’t find employment; men in their late 50s who have lost their …

Froma Harrop | Real Patriots Demand Clean Energy
Those orange fireballs you see in the news are NATO oil tankers exploding along the Khyber Pass. Afghani insurgents regard convoys bringing fuel to American fighters as easy marks. …

China’s Pipelineistan “War”: Anteing Up, Betting and Bluffing in the New Great Game
Future historians may well agree that the twenty-first century Silk Road first opened for business on December 14, 2009. That was the day a crucial stretch of pipeline officially …