http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4530744.stm


Informant: Friends

Former media mogul Conrad Black has pleaded not guilty to four new charges in the United States. The U.S. Attorney's office in Chicago has laid four new counts – involving racketeering, obstruction of justice, money laundering and wire fraud – in addition to eight counts of fraud filed earlier.

http://www.ottawabusinessjournal.com/336768291877424.php


From Information Clearing House

Copley columnist Doug Bandow resigned as senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute on Thursday after admitting that he had accepted payments from indicted Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff for writing articles favorable to his clients.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001699832


From Information Clearing House

More US Aid Flows Through Pentagon:

U.S. aid in Latin America is becoming increasingly militarised, according to a new report, which warns that both the U.S. Congress and the State Department are losing control over Washington's assistance to the region as more of it is channeled through the Pentagon.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=31445


From Information Clearing House

In the early 20th Century, Theodore Roosevelt invented "Dollar Diplomacy," Gunboat's twin sister. "Diplomacy" became a euphemism for encouraging corporate investment in Lat America and then defining those loans or investments in bananas and minerals to define U.S. interests in the region.

http://www.counterpunch.org/landau12162005.html



In the footsteps of Che Guevara: Democracy in South America

Thirty-eight years after the revolutionary perished in the Bolivian foothills, Evo Morales is poised to become the first indigenous president of the impoverished country which has been run by politicians of European descent since independence in 1825.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11319.htm



Defiant Bolivia clashes with US over coca crops

The US now seems determined to put an end to this situation, despite stern opposition from Evo Morales - a leader of the Chapare coca growers and favourite to win next Sunday's presidential elections.

http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=2415212005


From Information Clearing House

President Bush signed a secret order in 2002 authorizing the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals in the United States, despite previous legal prohibitions against such domestic spying, sources with knowledge of the program said Thursday night.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/13421397.htm



Bush Silent On Spy Allegations:

President Bush refused to say whether the National Security Agency eavesdropped without warrants on people inside the United States but leaders of Congress condemned the practice on Friday and promised to look into what the administration has done.

http://kyw.com/topstories/topstories_story_350200457.html


From Information Clearing House

The trial of Saddam Hussein is the lynchpin of America's bid for global hegemony and the verdict is already in: America looses

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/773/re5.htm



Charley Reese: We'll Miss Saddam:

We committed what international law forbids – a war of aggression. And it is true that American invaders are, in effect, trying Saddam. The law and the courts were set up during the occupational government, and the judges were trained by Americans.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese245.html


From Information Clearing House

An Interview with Lila Rajiva:

There were actually reports on torture right from the start, right after 9-11. But it didn't become a mainstream "story" until three years later, after the CBS report in late April 2004.

http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/2399/1/136/


From Information Clearing House

The media has been totally misled on the alleged Bush-McCain agreement on torture.

By Martin Garbus

Today, for two separate reasons, has been an incredible day in America. First, the United States has legitimized torture and secondly, the President has admitted to an impeachable offense.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11320.htm



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