In response to two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits, "The government today handed over to the American Civil Liberties Union (one of dozens of documents comprising an unprecedented 130,000 previously secret pages, including) a detailed official description of the CIA's interrogation program."
On Labor Day we celebrate those who work - as opposed to those who inherit family wealth and those whose financial investments work so they don’t have to. Many workers who deserve to be honored on this special day have come from across the border. In a global economy, workers who strive for justice in their own country must, by necessity, unite with workers around the world.
Organ Donation and Theft in Contemporary Jewish Folklore
Society + Culture
By Gilad Atzmon
Monday, 31 August 2009
Donation According to Larry David
In his highly acclaimed TV satire ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’, LA screen writer and comedian Larry David engages courageously with subjects to do with American Jewish identity. In his fifth season (2005) David tackles the subject of organ donation.
The growing use of private armies not only subjects target populations to savage warfare but makes it easier for the White House to subvert domestic public opinion and wage wars.
The commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan is believed to have called for the Afghan army and police forces to be nearly doubled in size in a review of strategy in the country.
Saeb Erekat, the senior Palestinian negotiator, has said that any future peace talks with Israel rely on the US and Tel Aviv reaching agreement on settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and east Jeursalem.
The Dalai Lama has denied having any political motive to his Taiwan visit, describing the five-day trip as a "purely humanitarian" mission to comfort the victims of Typhoon Morakot.
Hundreds of migrant workers hired by a major construction company in Dubai have gone on strike over low wages, in the first sign of unrest in the emirate since the economic crisis.
The British government has denied that the release of Abdel Basset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber, had any connection to trade ties with Libya.
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The commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan is believed to have called for the Afghan army and police forces to be nearly doubled in size in a review of strategy in the country. 
