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Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Key Benazir Bhutto assassination witness shot dead

Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot

Khalid Shahenshah, who was the former Pakistan prime minister's security chief at the time of her assassination, was killed in a drive-by shooting as he left his house in the southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, police said.

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ACLU Sues Arpaio Over Racial Profiling

Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from Kpho

Having witnessed this with my own eyes and being white I know for a fact they are only racial profiling. While they would wave and smile at me as I held up my non-US purple passport they just drove by. And then I proceeded to copwatch to protect the rights of others. Good thing the ACLU, AZ govonor, Phoenix Mayor, Mesa Police Chief and other rights groups are getting involved. Sheriff Joe is also a human rights violator by his degrading treatment of prionsers in 120 degree heat in tents as well as making prisoners wear pink underwear and running a racket on the consessions at prisons full of asbestos that are unsafe for humans beings.

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Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk

Posted by okami from Guardian UK

Ingrid Betancourt arrived in France today after being held captive for six years in the Colombian jungle, amid claims that a ransom was paid to free her.

The Colombian government said that she was freed in an audacious operation after the military tricked Farc into handing the French-Colombian politician over without a shot being fired.

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McCain Backer's Firm Pleaded Guilty To Funding Terrorist Group In

Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot

The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States.

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Bloomberg.com: Worldwide

Posted by theangryindian from Bloomberg

June 24 (Bloomberg) -- The world's biggest financial firms may lose as many as 175,000 jobs by this time next year as Citigroup Inc. and other banks shed workers amid slowing revenue and billions in writedowns, executive recruiters say.

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George Carlin: Comedian George Carlin Dead

Posted by okami from Feeds.gawker

Stand-up comedian George Carlin, whose routine about forbidden words on the airwaves led to a key Supreme Court decision on government broadcast oversight, died of heart failure near Los Angeles. He was 71.

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t r u t h o u t | US General Accuses Bush Administration of War Crimes

Posted by okami from Truth Out

Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba (now retired) served as the deputy commanding general for support for the Third Army for ten months in Kuwait during the early days of the Iraq occupation. In a statement released today, he bluntly accuses the Bush administration of war crimes and lays down a challenge for prosecution.

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