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Has WikiLeaks landed in cyberattack crosshairs? (Declan McCullagh)
Oct. 27, 2010 (CNET News) -- Forget China or Al Qaeda. In a twist that would have been inconceivable even a few months ago, the WikiLeaks.org Web site is being proposed as the first public target ...
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WikiLeaks and Assange Honored (Ray McGovern)
Oct. 25, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- You are not likely to learn this from the “mainstream media,” but WikiLeaks and its leader Julian Assange have received the 2010 Sam Adams Associates ...
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The Shaming of America (Robert Fisk)
Robert Fisk delivers a searing dispatch after the WikiLeaks revelations that expose in detail the brutality of the war in Iraq -- and the astonishing, disgraceful deceit of the United States Oct. ...
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Torture, Killing, Children Shot: How the US Tried to Keep it all Quiet (Emily Dugan, Nina Lakhani, David Randall, Victoria Richards and Rachel Shields)
The largest leak in history reveals the true extent of the bloodshed unleashed by the decision to go to war in Iraq -- and adds at least 15,000 to its death toll Oct. 24, 2010 (The Independent) -- ...
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Injustice in the Age of Obama (Cindy Sheehan)
Barack Obama, a former law professor, should have a healthy respect for civil liberties, but his actions suggest not Oct. 20, 2010 (Al-Jazeera) -- Since being the defendant in about six trials after ...
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Global Systemic Crisis: LEAP/E2020’s analysis of 39 countries’ risks 2010-2014
Global systemic crisis - LEAP/E2020’s analysis of 39 countries’ risks 2010-2014: A collective but contrasting dive into the phase of world geopolitical dislocation Oct. 16, 2010 (LEAP/E2020) -- ...
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The War On Terror (Paul Craig Roberts)
Oct. 15, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- Does anyone remember the “cakewalk war” that would last six weeks, cost $50 billion-$60 billion, and be paid for out of Iraqi oil revenues? Does anyone ...
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Leakers, Beware the Corporate Media (Ray McGovern)
Oct. 14, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- The following is a Code-Orange Advisory to patriotic truth-tellers, sometimes called whistleblowers or leakers: It is anachronistically naïve to expect ...
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Why the U.S. has Launched a New Financial World War, And How the the Rest of the World Will Fight Back (Michael Hudson)
“Coming events cast their shadows forward.” – Goethe Oct. 12, 2010 (Counterpunch) -- What is to stop U.S. banks and their customers from creating $1 trillion, $10 trillion or even $50 trillion on ...
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Currency wars are necessary if all else fails (Ambrose Evans-Pritchard)
The overwhelming fact of the global currency system is that America needs a much weaker dollar to bring its economy back into kilter and avoid slow ruin, yet the rest of the world cannot easily ...
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Over 60 percent of Afghans suffer mental health problems (Agence France-Presse)
Oct. 10, 2010 -- KABUL (Agence France-Presse) -- Scarred by decades of war, social problems and poverty, more than 60 percent of Afghans suffer from stress disorders and mental health problems, a ...
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