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Friday, September 22, 2006 |
Guardian: "America's most populous state, California, opened a new front in its struggle with climate change yesterday when it announced that it was suing the six largest carmakers in the US for allegedly contributing to global warming.
In the unprecedented lawsuit, the state accused Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, Chrysler and Nissan of creating a 'public nuisance' and costing it millions of dollars. Environmental campaigners hailed the lawsuit as a landmark event in the effort to deal with global warming."
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Adolf raps "Ich hock' in meinem Bonker...".
Next one about der alte Bush in the cooler, was Walter?
CommonDreams: "The Republicans are trying to keep George W. Bush out of jail. So far, the media and the Democrats haven't done much to stop them."
CommonDreams: "A federal judge on Wednesday denied a former Republican congressional candidate's request for a restraining order barring President Bush or Vice President Richard Cheney from bombing Iran or Syria."
Yahoo: "Torture in Iraq may be worse now than it was under Saddam Hussein, with militias, terrorist groups and government forces disregarding rules on the humane treatment of prisoners, the U.N. anti-torture chief said Thursday."
FinancialTimes: "The Bush administration had to empty its secret prisons and transfer terror suspects to the military-run detention centre at Guantánamo this month in part because CIA interrogators had refused to carry out further interrogations and run the secret facilities, according to former CIA officials and people close to the programme."
Reuters: "Violence and the use of torture has increased exponentially in Iraq since the United States-led occupation of the country began in 2003, according to local analysts."
RawStory: "Lieutenant-Colonel (ret.) Nigel Wylde, a former senior British Army Intelligence Officer, has suggested that the police and government story about the 'terror plot' revealed on 10th August was part of a 'pattern of lies and deceit'."
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