Crime
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Scariest speed camera of all... It checks your insurance, tax and even whether you are tailgating or not wearing a seatbelt (Luke Salkeld)
Nov. 3, 2010 (Daily Mail) -- Even the most law-abiding driver might feel a shiver down the spine when spotting this speed camera at the roadside. For as well as detecting speeding, it is packed with ...
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In new memoir, Bush makes clear he approved use of waterboarding (Jeffrey Smith)
Nov. 3, 2010 (Washington Post) -- Human rights experts have long pressed the administration of former president George W. Bush for details of who bore ultimate responsibility for approving the ...
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Chomsky: US-led Afghan War Is 'Criminal' (Press TV)
Nov. 3, 2010 (Press TV) -- Renowned Jewish-American scholar Noam Chomsky says the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was "criminal" since there is no evidence al-Qaeda carried out the 9/11 attacks. "All ...
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Plan To Lift Smoking Ban In Small Pubs (Reuters)
Nov. 4, 2010 -- AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -- Bowing to resistance to a smoking ban imposed on the nation's bars and cafes more than two years ago, the new Dutch government has opted to partially reverse ...
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Such is the Peace Process: Obama as a Salesman (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Oct. 28, 2010 -- It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to claim that the resumption of peace talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority have thus ...
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The Bush Lie (David Michael Green)
Oct. 24, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- First the Big Reagan Lie, now the Even Bigger Bush Lie. It was only a matter of time, of course, before conservatives would come out of hiding. Pummeled ...
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The Shaming of America (Robert Fisk)
Robert Fisk delivers a searing dispatch after the WikiLeaks revelations that expose in detail the brutality of the war in Iraq -- and the astonishing, disgraceful deceit of the United States Oct. ...
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Torture, Killing, Children Shot: How the US Tried to Keep it all Quiet (Emily Dugan, Nina Lakhani, David Randall, Victoria Richards and Rachel Shields)
The largest leak in history reveals the true extent of the bloodshed unleashed by the decision to go to war in Iraq -- and adds at least 15,000 to its death toll Oct. 24, 2010 (The Independent) -- ...
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Iraq War Logs: Secret Files Show How US Ignored Torture (Nick Davies, Jonathan Steele and David Leigh)
Massive leak reveals serial detainee abuse. 15,000 unknown civilian deaths in war Oct. 22, 2010 (the Guardian/UK) -- A grim picture of the U.S. and Britain's legacy in Iraq has been revealed in a ...
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Eight Epic Failures of Regulating Cryptography (Cindy Cohn)
Oct. 21, 2010 (Deeplinks Blog / EFF) -- Oct. 21, 2010 (DeeplingAs noted in late September, the FBI is on a charm offensive, seeking to ease its ability to spy on Americans by expanding the reach of ...
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Fraud Task Force Pursues Criminal Investigation of Mortgage Servicers (Carrie Bay)
Oct. 19, 2010 (DSNews) -- Allegations that some of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers cut corners in processing foreclosures and filed unsubstantiated paperwork could turn criminal. ...
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