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Gulf Oil Spill Plume Stretches 21 Miles, Not Breaking Down Much
A plume of oil some 700 feet thick and at least 21 miles long has been detected deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico. It originated at the Deepwater Horizon …
Insanity Is Deja Vu All Over Again
Out of all the famous quotations, few better describe this eerily familiar time than those attributed to George Santayana and Yogi Berra. The former, a philosopher, warned that "those …
Alexander Cockburn | War Without End?
The last American combat brigade in Iraq has left the country, so the Pentagon has announced. The 40,000 personnel from 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division began crossing into …
Security Concerns as Pakistan Floods Persist
Islamabad - Raging floodwaters have inundated almost one-fourth of Pakistan, forcing the country’s military to switch its focus from fighting the Taliban in the country’s restive northern tribal belt …
Four Mosque Battles Brew Across US
The bid to build a $100 million mosque and Islamic center two blocks from ground zero has ensnared a president and engrossed a nation. But New York isn't the …
California Assembly Votes to Report on Human Rights to UN Committees
On August 9, the California Assembly took the historic step of becoming the first state to agree to publicize the text of three ratified UN human rights treaties, and …
BP Told to Preserve Blowout Preventer as Evidence
Washington - The Obama administration on Thursday ordered BP to remove the failed blowout preventer from its Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico and preserve it as …
Green Daydreams: A Clean Gulf, Energy Efficiency, and More
Yesterday, Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) took Obama administration officials to task for encouraging Americans to believe that the majority of the oil in the Gulf of Mexico had dispersed. …
Why WikiLeaks Must Be Protected
On 26 July, WikiLeaks released thousands of secret US military files on the war in Afghanistan. Cover-ups, a secret assassination unit and the killing of civilians are documented. In …
Scientists Say Gulf Oil to Linger, Obama’s Estimates Rosy
Washington - Scientists heaped more criticism Thursday on the Obama administration's claim that most of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is gone, saying that it was too early …