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Date: 2009-09-25 10:02:23
A World without Law

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A World without Law
Editorial
By William Cook   
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Consider the consequences of the Israeli PR blitz that is now blanketing the world as its defiant answer to the United Nations’ authorized investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity by the state of Israel, known as the Goldstone Report. Ironically, the existence of the United Nations as an internationally accepted body charged with protection of all world citizens through its Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,..

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Is Obama a socialist?
Op_ed
By Robert Jensen   
Friday, 25 September 2009

For months, leftists have been pointing out the absurdity of the claim that Barack Obama is a socialist. But no matter how laughable, the claim keeps popping up, most recently in the form of the Republican Party chairman’s warning of “a socialist power grab” by Democrats.

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Police State Raids Against Immigrants
Investigating Reports
By Stephen Lendman   
Friday, 25 September 2009

In 2003, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established its largest investigative and enforcement branch - the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement arm (ICE) "as a law enforcement agency for the post-9/11 era, to integrate enforcement authorities against criminal and terrorist activities, including the fights against human trafficking and smuggling violent transnational gangs and sexual predators on children (who are) criminal (and) terrorist" threats to the nation.

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Non-Violent Responses To Prevent Aggression
Society + Culture
By Sherwood Ross   
Friday, 25 September 2009

People the world over must find non-violent ways to oppose American military force lest they suffer the fate of the Vietnamese and the Iraqis.

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The Conyers-Bybee Love Story
Political Views
By MWC NEWS   
Thursday, 24 September 2009

There is strong evidence that John Conyers, Patrick Leahy, and most of the rest of us are in love with torture-lawyer Jay Bybee. I'm not talking about sexual love and wouldn't, because people's lives are lost to such bread-and-circuses journalism every day. I'm talking deep personal devotion.

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Zhao Ziyang- Major Opportunity Lost for China
Society + Culture
By MWC NEWS   
Thursday, 24 September 2009

The publication this year of Prisoner Of State-The Secret Journal of Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang  contains important insights into modern China by a leader who for almost 15 years played a key role in the management of its economy. Tienanmen Square events in mid-1989 sidelined Zhao, but party-state governance has probably worsened since and his observations recorded before his death in 2005 are useful to any student of China.

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Is Thomas Friedman worried about his manhood?
Political Views
By Ace Hoffman   
Thursday, 24 September 2009

When I first read Thomas Friedman's most recent use of denigrating terminology ("wimps") to describe those who disagreed with him, I thought he was just a bit emotional.

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Full text of Ahmadinejad's Speech to the UN General Assembly
MWC Corner
By MWC NEWS   
Thursday, 24 September 2009

The following is a copy of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's speech to the United Nations General Assembly early Wednesday morning, as translated by the Presidency of the Islamic Republic of Iran News Service:

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Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the UN General Assembly
MWC Corner
By MWC NEWS   
Thursday, 24 September 2009

Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen,

Nearly 62 years ago, the United Nations recognized the right of the Jews, an ancient people 3,500 years-old, to a state of their own in their ancestral homeland.

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Iran discloses new enrichment plant
Top_news
By Agencies   
Friday, 25 September 2009

Iran has informed the UN nuclear watchdog that the country has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction.

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G20 under pressure to reform IMF
Top_news
By Agencies   
Friday, 25 September 2009

G20 members are under pressure to back reform of the International Monetary Fund in order to give emerging economies more clout.

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Iraqi soldiers die in bomb accident
Top_news
By Agencies   
Friday, 25 September 2009

At least 11 Iraqi soldiers have been killed in a bomb disposal accident in northern Iraq, a defence ministry official has said.

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Ex-Israeli PM appears in court
Top_news
By Agencies   
Friday, 25 September 2009

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has appeared in a Jerusalem court to face three counts of corruption, the first premier to face criminal charges.

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US troop deaths rise in Afghanistan
Global
By Agencies   
Friday, 25 September 2009

Five US soldiers have been killed in three separate incidents in southern Afghanistan, the US military says.

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Japan probes JAL revival plan
Economy
By Agencies   
Friday, 25 September 2009

The Japanese government has set up a special team to study a rehabilitation plan for struggling Japan Airlines, which is seeking a public bailout to survive the economic downturn.

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Netanyahu urges UN action on Iran
Global
By Agencies   
Thursday, 24 September 2009

Binyamin Netanyahu has told the United Nations General Assembly it must prevent Iran's "tyrants of Tehran" from obtaining nuclear weapons - and accused the world body of bias towards the Palestinians.

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UN council backs nuclear arms curbs
SCI-TECH
By Agencies   
Thursday, 24 September 2009

The UN Security Council has unanimously backed a US sponsored resolution aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

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