Week Ending: Saturday 10th July 2004

Child abuse report names Brazil elite
A year-long investigation into child sex abuse has named politicians, judges, priests and business leaders among 200 people who may face criminal prosecutions.

Actual Account Of Choppers Downed In Iraq
Details surrounding the downing of two American helicopters in Iraq early this week are now in and tell a totally different story than published by mainstream press.

Will you get 'chipped'?
Whether you're finding the proverbial Pvt. Ryan on the front lines of combat or in search of a recently disappeared Marine held hostage in Iraq, warfare tactics make a good case for creating a global technology to identify the location of active military personnel anywhere, anytime and automatically.

Pakistani 'saw Iraq beheadings'
A Pakistani man who has returned home after being freed by hostage-takers in Iraq says three fellow captives were beheaded in front of him.

Cuba seizes Colombia 'drug chief'
Colombian police say one of the country's biggest drug-traffickers has been captured in Cuba. Luis Hernando Gomez Bustamante, who is also wanted by the US, was arrested after entering Cuba on a false Venezuelan passport.

Exposed: how M&S uses wood from rainforests
Marks & Spencer was accused yesterday of contributing to the destruction of rainforests and the extinction of rare species by selling furniture made of wood from some of the world's most endangered areas.

US soldier on fresh abuse charges
The US military has announced more charges against Private Lynndie England, who faces a possible court martial over prisoner abuse in Iraq.

U.S. House of Representatives votes against Bush’s anti-Cuba measures
The U.S. House of Representatives dealt a blow to President Bush yesterday, Wednesday when it opposed one of the measures imposed by the administration, that of restricting the gift parcels that people in the United States can send to relatives in Cuba.

Sudan warns US against 'new Iraq'
Sudan has warned the United States against creating another Iraq-style situation by getting too involved in the Darfur conflict.

Row over BNP councillor's race equality appointment
A council's race equality committee is facing collapse after Conservative leaders appointed a BNP member in a move denounced by opponents as "a joke".

Pentagon Says Bush Records of Service Were Destroyed
Military records that could help establish President Bush's whereabouts during his disputed service in the Texas Air National Guard more than 30 years ago have been inadvertently destroyed, according to the Pentagon.

British PM Blair 'Considered Resigning'
British Prime Minister Tony Blair considered resigning last month and had to be persuaded to stay on by senior colleagues. Blair's office made no comment on the report, saying he had repeatedly insisted when asked about his future that he would lead his ruling Labor party into a third general election.

Mentally Ill Children Held in Detention Centers
Thousands of mentally ill American children, some as young as seven, are locked up in juvenile detention centers because there is nowhere else for them to go, a congressional report found

The man who thinks he's George Clooney. A story of today's Kabul
When Afghan police burst into the large suburban house in Kabul, they were not expecting to see three men strapped to the ceiling and hanging by their feet.

Pastor 'shames' Blair and Bush at funeral of Scottish soldier
A church minister addressing mourners at the funeral of a British soldier killed in Iraq blamed Tony Blair and President George Bush yesterday for his death.

Don't Mess With Wal-Mart's RFID Pilot
At a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Denton, Texas, a hallway leading to the retail floor has two pairs of gray and black, 6-foot-high silhouettes with yellow eye-like lights within 10 feet of each other. The mission: Detect and record goods that contain tags emitting radio waves.

International court to rule against Israel's wall
The international court of justice will rule that the wall Israel is building around the West Bank is illegal and should be removed, according to a leaked copy of the report.

US removes radioactive material from Iraq in secret airlift
What does the US have to hide about radioactive materials flown out of Iraq? Why has the international community not been allowed to monitor the secret airlift which the US has just confirmed? Where is the inventory accounting for nuclear materials that have been found to date?

Bilderberg 'performance' key to Edwards VP pick
Sen. John Edwards' standout "performance" at the super-secret Bilderberg meeting in Italy last month may have been a key reason for his selection as John Kerry's vice presidential running mate.

Chavez defiant over crunch vote
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he will stand for the country's highest office again if he loses a referendum on his rule on 15 August.

Afghans Arrest Americans in Abuse Case
Afghan forces arrested three Americans, including a purported former Green Beret, after raiding a jail they were allegedly running in the Afghan capital and finding prisoners hanging from their feet.

Iraq Insurgency Far Larger Than Thought
The Iraq insurgency is far larger than the 5,000 guerrillas previously thought to be at its core, U.S. military officials say, and it's being led by well-armed Iraqi Sunnis angry at being pushed from power alongside Saddam Hussein.

Police Begin Random Bus Searches In Londonderry
Police in Londonderry started random searches of bus riders headed from New Hampshire to Boston Wednesday morning. Specially trained dogs were used to search luggage and passengers for explosives.

Bulgaria firm over hostage threat
Bulgaria has vowed it will not change its policies on Iraq after two of its nationals were taken hostage by militants and threatened with death.

Marine's kidnapping 'may be hoax'
Pentagon officials have launched a criminal investigation into the case of a missing US marine amid growing evidence that his "kidnapping" may have been an elaborate hoax.

US disowns Kabul 'bounty-hunters'
The US State Department says three US citizens arrested in Afghanistan are counter-terrorism mercenaries operating outside Washington's command.

Schwarzenegger Endorses DNA Fingerprint Initiative
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced his support for Proposition 69, the DNA Fingerprint, Unsolved Crime and Innocence Protection Act, that establishes an all-felon DNA database for California.

CIA braced for 'damning' report
US senators are due on Friday to issue a highly-critical report on pre-war intelligence about Iraq.

To go on trial alongside Saddam Hussein
Those responsible for helping Saddam Hussein to gain power and those who supplied him with weapons of mass destruction — gas, chemical and biological weapons, conventional weapons, etc – should go on trial with him and face the same punishment.

Blair admits cracks in Bush union
Prime Minister Tony Blair has acknowledged some friction in his close relationship with United States President George W. Bush, and the political problems the friendship causes at home.

The Sergeant Who Wants To Come In From The Cold
An American sergeant who slipped into North Korea in 1965 may soon emerge from his time-warp existence, if he can dodge a U.S. court martial for allegedly deserting the army and defecting to the communist regime.

Slipping toward Armageddon: Israel in Iraq
There it was, in black and white, the worst news one could imagine staring back at me. I was seeing it, but still not really believing: the latest Sy Hersh report in the New Yorker, “Plan B, Israel Looks to the Kurds”

Beijing 'brainwashes Sars hero'
The Chinese doctor who exposed Beijing's Sars cover-up last year is undergoing "brainwashing sessions" in custody, according to media reports.

Tony Blair calls Guantanamo an ‘anamoly’
Prime Minister Tony Blair said that the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was an “anomaly” that has to end and confirmed that he had personally asked US President George W Bush to free the remaining four Britons detained in the camp.

Translator in Eye of Storm on Retroactive Classification
Sifting through old classified materials in the days after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, FBI translator Sibel Edmonds said, she made an alarming discovery: Intercepts relevant to the terrorist plot, including references to skyscrapers, had been overlooked because they were badly translated into English.

'Radical' cleric allowed into UK
A controversial Muslim cleric who is banned from entering the US has been given permission to visit Britain.

WMD may never be found - Blair
Mr Blair said he had "to accept we haven't found them and we may never find them" - but that did not mean Saddam Hussein had not been a threat.

Japan arrests cult members
Police in Japan say they have arrested three former members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, for attempting to kill the country's police chief in 1995.

9/11 Panelists Rebut Cheney on Information
The leaders of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday disputed Vice President Dick Cheney's suggestion that he probably had access to more intelligence than the commission did about possible ties between the Qaeda terrorist network and Iraq.

Conspiracy in the Urantia movement
The purpose of the CIA's MKULTRA was to research and develop methods of covert control of unwitting people for exploitation by government defense and intelligence agencies. Drugs, hypnosis, electronics, and psychology (including parapsychology and the occult) were their basic research areas.

Iraq brings in tough security law
Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has signed a law allowing him to impose emergency security measures.

Tunisia prisons 'abusing rights'
Dozens of political prisoners in Tunisia are being held in solitary confinement for years, says New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch.

Militant group threatens death for al-Zarqawi
A previously unknown militant group in Iraq is threatening to kill the most-wanted terror suspect in that country: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Sex claims 'bankrupt US archdiocese'
A Roman Catholic archdiocese in the US is to declare bankruptcy because it cannot meet the cost of claims by people allegedly abused by its priests.

CIA held info on abandoned WMD
The Central Intelligence Agency failed to pass on information that Baghdad had abandoned its program to develop weapons of mass destruction to President George W. Bush before the Iraq war, The New York Times reported on its website late today.

Norwegian troops back from Iraq
Norwegian troops were scheduled to return home from Iraq today on completion of their mission there following the transfer of power to the Iraqi authorities, Norwegian news agency NTB reported.

Equatorial Guinea: Stop the killings
The Government of Equatorial Guinea must immediately bring an end to extrajudicial executions, torture and rape by security personnel, Amnesty International called today.

ElBaradei Seeks to Press Israel on Nuclear Issues
U.N. nuclear watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei hopes to get Israel to begin talks on ridding the Middle East of nuclear weapons, whether it admits to having them or not, when he flies to the Jewish state.

CIA to save the world from Saddam
The legal hearing over Saddam Hussein will be remembered as one of the most notorious and scandalous trials in history.

Dead Spooks Don't Lie (And Don't Deal Drugs Either)
According to many credible reports, Ted Shackley was involved in covert and illicit drug trafficking and weapons sales as late as the notorious Iran-Contra scandal, in which a huge quantity of weapons fell into terrorist hands.

'Bonesmen' for president
President Bush and John Kerry were both members of the secret organization ‘Skull and Bones.’ ‘Temporary’ was Pres. Bush’s nickname under the group, and if he winds up losing the presidential election this fall, that name is going to haunt him the rest of his life.

Why can't Arabs understand it's all part of the show?
We here in the Axis of America want to register our disgust at your continued broadcasting of gruesome casualties and kidnappings in the Middle East.

Microsoft wins patent to exploit network potential of skin
Call it the ultimate wireless network. From the ends of your fingers to the tips of your toes, the human body is a moving, throbbing collection of tubes and tunnels, filled with salty water and all capable of transmitting the lifeblood of the 21st century: information.

A video nasty: Terror chief shows off his deadly work
The deadly efficiency of the foreign-led militants behind a series of terror attacks and assassinations across Iraq became clear yesterday with the release of a chillingly professional promotional video.

Americans increasingly unwilling to surrender civil liberties
The last three years have been difficult for thinking patriots - for those of us who believe that this grand democratic experiment demands dissent; for those who believe their duty is to form a more perfect union; for those who cannot forsake liberty in pursuit of security. We frequently have been denounced as traitors.

'Fahrenheit' Banned in Iowa Theaters for Inciting Terrorism
Despite expanding its run to 1,710 screens nationwide, "Fahrenheit 9/11" won't be shown at select theaters in Iowa. R.L. Fridley, the president of the Des-Moines-based Fridley Theatres in Iowa and Nebraska, is refusing to show the incendiary documentary, claiming it incites terrorism.

Fox infobabe shocked by Bones drug-running
Kris Millegan, editor of Fleshing Out Skull & Bones appeared on Fox News Channel on June 19th. Interviewer Page Hopkins is shocked and draws the interview to a hasty closure.

Legality of Iraq occupation 'flawed'
The senior Foreign Office lawyer who resigned after ministers ignored her advice that the war in Iraq was illegal has issued a damning legal critique of the occupation, claiming that the alleged abuse of prisoners "could amount to war crimes".

Saudis freed Britons in a secret swap of prisoners
Six Britons convicted on terrorism charges in Saudi Arabia were released last year as part of a secret three-way deal in which the US set free a number of Saudi prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay. The deal was brokered to obtain Saudi support for the invasion of Iraq.

Rumsfeld 'Can't Imagine' Revived Military Draft
The Bush administration is expressing steadfast opposition to reviving the military draft despite the stress placed on America's all-volunteer force by large-scale operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Shaddam Shaddam's New Vaudeville Scam!
To say that New York's latest propaganda initiative got off to a bad start would be the understatement of the year. When an Iraqi judge asked whether or not he was Saddam Hussein, the response was affirmative but no photographs of Saddam Hussein are allowed due to high security.

Try The Fanatics and The Real War Criminals
The fanatical Western media driven by ulterior motives is not interested to discuss the real war crimes committed by Bush and Blair despite such clear evidences. Hence like the UN Security Council the democratic nations of the US and UK has a veto and total immunity on this point of war crimes.

Air Crash Victim Was Weapons Expert
The pilot of an aircraft, Dr Paul Norman, who died alongside three passengers when it crashed into a field was an expert in chemical and biological weapons

Saddam Could Call CIA in His Defence
Evidence offered by a top CIA man could confirm the testimony given by Saddam Hussein at the opening of his trial in Baghdad Thursday that he knew of the Halabja massacre only from the newspapers.

The Reincarnation of Saddam Hussein
"I am Saddam Hussein, president of the Republic of Iraq." So began the surreal public appearance of Saddam Hussein, his first since being dragged out of a spider hole by the "coalition forces" six months ago.

Woman cited for passing out voter registration forms
All she did was hand out voter registration forms to movie patrons on their way out of the controversial film "Fahrenheit 9/11" on Saturday night.

Spy chiefs to censor hard-hitting Butler report
The intelligence services are to censor Lord Butler's report into their own failures in the run-up to the Iraq war. The revelation will fuel controversy over next week's report which will criticise Downing Street for its role in the 2002 dossier on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.

Iraq slams neighbours on fighters
Iraq has accused its neighbours of failing to stop foreign fighters entering the country. Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that several countries had made promises of border co-operation but these had not materialised.

Venezuela gears up for referendum
Venezuela's government and opposition have launched campaigns for August's referendum on whether President Hugo Chavez should continue in office.

New motorway lanes for car-sharers
Car-sharers are to be given dedicated motorway lanes stretching hundreds of miles, ministers will announce this week.

Third US hostage 'killed by militants'
An Islamic militant group claimed last night it had beheaded American Marine Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun, the second reported killing of a kidnapped US soldier in Iraq last week.

Iraq militants deny US beheading
The Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sunna has denied reports it has beheaded a US marine in Iraq.

Army Stage-Managed Fall of Hussein Statue
The Army's internal study of the war in Iraq criticizes some efforts by its own psychological operations units, but one spur-of-the-moment effort last year produced the most memorable image of the invasion.

Congressman suggests Bush hiding Osama
In a speech to business leaders in India, Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., gave credence to a rumour that the U.S. has captured Osama bin Laden and for political reasons is waiting for the right moment to reveal it, according to the Indo-Asian News Service.

Musharraf Government is protecting Osama, says Benazir
Mocking the wild-goose chase for Osama bin Laden, the former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto today suggested that the best place to look for him was in the "basement of the presidency of Pakistan".

US investigates new Afghan abuse allegation
The United States military, under intense scrutiny for its treatment of Islamic militant suspects, is looking into a new allegation of prisoner abuse in Afghanistan.

Warheads found in Iraq not chemical weapons, military says
Multinational forces in Iraq said on Friday that more than a dozen missile warheads said to contain mustard gas or sarin have tested negative for chemical agents.

Biometrics tracks street kids
A Western Cape biometrics project aims to register and track street children as part of a social services project which was instituted by the Provincial Administration of the Western Cape in response to complaints made by politician who raised questions about why street children were being held in adult prisons.