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UK agrees missile defence request
Britain has agreed to a US request for the RAF Menwith Hill monitoring station in North Yorkshire to be used as part of its missile defence system. Defence Secretary Des Browne said the system was 'a building block to enhance our national and collective security'. CND said it was "outraged" by the move which it said had been done without consulting MPs or the public.

Korey Rowe - Loose Change Movie creator charged
An Oneonta man who helped produce a 9/11 conspiracy documentary that became an Internet hit was arrested Monday for allegedly deserting the Army.
Korey Rowe, 24, a veteran of Afghanistan and Iraq, was picked up by deputies at about 10:45 p.m. Monday, Otsego County Sheriff Richard Devlin Jr. said.

Secret US plan to stay in Iraq
The US military command in Baghdad has prepared a classified plan outlining a significant American role in Iraq until at least 2009, despite the growing chorus in Washington for a withdrawal. The detailed plan represents the co-ordinated strategy of the top American commander and the US ambassador to Iraq and calls for restoring security in local areas, including Baghdad, by the northern summer of next year, reports said yesterday.

PM considers 56-day terror limit
Gordon Brown is considering doubling to 56 days the period terrorism suspects can be detained without charge. He is expected to stick to plans to extend the 28-day limit, first outlined by former Home Secretary John Reid, when he unveils his strategy on terror.

Senators challenge Gonzales at hearing
U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales drew fire at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday where lawmakers challenged his truthfulness and ability to lead his battered Justice Department. 'The attorney general's lost the confidence of the Congress and the American people,' said Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat. He described the department as 'shrouded in scandal,' and told Gonzales: 'I don't trust you.'

Gadafy frees Bulgarian health workers in HIV case
Libya took a giant step back to international respectability yesterday after finally freeing six Bulgarian medical workers accused of infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus and using their high-profile release to improve its relationship with the European Union. Colonel Muammar Gadafy ordered the six freed after talks involving the European commission and Cécilia Sarkozy, the wife of the French president.

US ex-army officer pleads guilty to taking bribes in Iraq
A former US army reserve major pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from US government contractors while deployed in Iraq, the US Department of Justice said Monday. Separately, federal agents arrested an active-duty army major on charges of taking millions of dollars in bribes while working as a contracting officer stationed in Kuwait

Smith in new push to extend terror detention beyond 28-day limit
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, has signalled a new move by the Government to give police the power to hold terror suspects without charge beyond the current 28-day limit. Eighteen months after Tony Blair suffered a humiliating defeat over an attempt to allow 90 days' detention, she said there was now evidence to suggest going beyond the current limit.

George W. Bush's Grandfather Plotted Fascist Coup to overthrow America
New investigation sheds light on clique of powerbrokers, including Prescott Bush, who sought to overthrow U.S. government and implement Hitlerian policies. A BBC Radio 4 investigation sheds new light on a major subject that has received little historical attention, the conspiracy on behalf of a group of influential powerbrokers, led by Prescott Bush, to overthrow FDR and implement a fascist dictatorship in the U.S. based around the ideology of Mussolini and Hitler.

Dozens killed in Iraq Hilla blast
At least 26 people have been killed and 69 others wounded by a suicide lorry bombing at a market packed with shoppers in the centre of Iraq's southern city of Hilla. Police and hospital officials said the driver of the lorry detonated his payload in the middle of the Bab al-Mashhad district on Tuesday morning.

Iran raises stakes in war of nerves over enriching uranium
Iran warned yesterday that it would consider taking "illegal" steps, including possible abrogation of the non-proliferation treaty, if further UN sanctions are imposed because of its nuclear programme. The warning was given by a senior Iranian official in an increasingly fraught war of nerves with the US and its allies over Iran's enrichment of uranium.

Cameron flies home to whispering campaign and threat of early election
David Cameron flies back to London today to answer the growing whispering campaign against his leadership of the Tory party. Speaking from Kigali, the Conservative leader sent a defiant message to Tory critics, saying there would be no retreat into the "hinterland" and no "looking backwards" because of recent bad poll results.

Death toll rises in southern Europe's heatwave
Southern Europe sizzled in record-breaking temperatures yesterday with the heatwave being blamed for deaths in Hungary and Romania, power cuts in Macedonia and forest fires from Serbia to Greece. Up to 500 people have died in Hungary because of the heatwave with deaths attributed to heatstroke, cardiovascular problems and other illnesses aggravated by high temperatures which reached a record high of 41.9C (107F) in the southern city of Kiskunhalas.

Clinton and Obama clash after YouTube debate
Bickering broke out yesterday between the camps of the two main contestants for the 2008 Democratic nomination with Hillary Clinton's team seeking to portray Barack Obama as naive in his approach to foreign policy in the wake of an experimental debate organised by CNN and YouTube. Mr Obama said he would meet without preconditions the leaders of countries with which the US has strained relations - Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea.

D.C. Madame: 'Big Names' May Be On Client List
Palfrey speaks out on federal harassment, media blackballing and hypocrisy of compromised politicians. Deborah Jeane Palfrey, better known as the D.C. Madame, says that anything up to a hundred notable individuals remain undiscovered on the infamous phone numbers list, and that "big names" may also feature.