LUCKNOW, India (AFP) – Police in India shot dead a man suspected of links to triple bomb attacks that killed 23 people in Hinduism’s holiest city and sparked a nationwide terror alert. Counter-terrorism forces gunned down the suspect just hours after the blasts in Varanasi, which also left 68 people wounded and raised fears of […]
From ABC News Australia Pakistani police on Saturday put opposition politician and former cricket star Imran Khan under house arrest and detained dozens of people protesting against the visit of US President George W Bush. “I have been placed under house arrest just to appease George Bush. You would think I was Osama bin Laden the […]
Bloomberg.com have reported further detail on the nuclear agreement between the USA and India, whats interesting is Bush has said that both countries are in the fight againt terrorism TOGETHER. Sure looks like a bit of… “we will give you assisatance with your civil nuclear capabillities and you back our actions in Iraq and Afganistan, give […]
From BBC News A court in the US has been asked to ban the practice of force-feeding detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The case is being brought on behalf of Mohammed Bawazir, a Yemeni who has been held there since 2002. The action is the first test for a new law explicitly outlawing torture of […]
The BBC have reported on the deal between the US and India to allow india access to US Civil Nuclear Technology The US and India have finalised a controversial nuclear deal after talks in Delhi between President George W Bush and Indian PM Manmohan Singh. Energy-hungry India will get access to US civil nuclear technology and […]
Well here is one of the “checks and balances” that Bush must really hate: A federal judge on Thursday ordered the U.S. Justice Department to respond within 20 days to requests by a civil liberties group for documents about President George W. Bush’s domestic eavesdropping program. The ruling was a victory for the Electronic Privacy […]
It will be interesting to see how the administration tries to downplay this report: United Nations inquiry has called for the immediate closure of America’s Guantanamo Bay detention centre and the prosecution of officers and politicians “up to the highest level” who are accused of torturing detainees. The UN Human Rights Commission report, due to […]
Bloomberg has this interesting yet troubling piece of news regarding Bush’s new budget: Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — Under President George W. Bush’s new budget, the federal deficit would decline gradually until 2010 and then start rising again, as the full impact of his requested permanent tax cuts and other proposals is felt. Bush’s budget for […]
This really has me thinking: “The government of Syria’s failure to provide protection to diplomatic premises, in the face of warnings that violence was planned, is inexcusable,” he said in a statement from Texas, where President George W. Bush is staying at his Crawford ranch. Read full articlehere. So we are blaming the Syrian government […]
It is not only Democrats, the Press and 76% of Americans who think the White House should come clean on Abramoff. Republican lawmakers are also included in that bunch now: Republican lawmakers urged President George W. Bush on Sunday to release records of White House contacts with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, the center of a […]