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Subject: Judge Orders Release of Spying Documents
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:10:43 -0800
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Federal judge orders release of documents from warrantless
surveillance program; UN calls Guantanamo torture camp; Cindy
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Judge Orders Release of Spying Documents
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021606R.shtml
A federal judge dealt a setback to the Bush administration on
its warrantless surveillance program, ordering the Justice
Department on Thursday to release documents about the highly
classified effort within 20 days or compile a list of what it is
withholding.
UN Calls Guantanamo a US Torture Camp
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021606S.shtml
The United States must close its detention facility at
Guantanamo Bay because it is effectively a torture camp where
prisoners have no access to justice, a UN report released
Thursday concluded.
Cindy Sheehan and Sam Bostaph | The Human Cost of War
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/021606T.shtml
According to Cindy Sheehan and Sam Bostaph the human lives and
money that are being poured into the sands of distant Iraq are
harming our very humanity. Rather than accolades, the American
people are receiving worldwide hatred in return. Rather than
greater security, they are receiving less. Rather than expanding
freedom in the world, they are losing their own to a mindless
expansion of federal government power.
EPA Board Says Teflon Chemical a Likely Carcinogen
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021606EA.shtml
A group of scientific advisers to the Environmental Protection
Agency voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a recommendation
that a chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon and other
nonstick and stain-resistant products should be considered a
likely carcinogen.
The Los Angeles Times | The Trees for the Forest
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021606EB.shtml
In a neat bit of circular reasoning, the Bush administration is
proposing to sell parts of America's national forests in order
to save them.
Jury Urges Millions in Penalties for Nuclear Contamination
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021606EC.shtml
A federal jury has determined that cold-war military contractors
building nuclear bomb components contaminated lands owned by
12,000 neighbors with plutonium waste, and has recommended $554
million in payments and penalties. Lawyers for the companies,
Dow Chemical and Rockwell International, said they would appeal
the decision.
Asbestos Bill Is Sidelined by the Senate
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021606HA.shtml
The Senate decided on Tuesday night to all but kill legislation
to create a $140 billion fund to compensate victims of asbestos
poisoning. Supporters of the measure, led by Senator Arlen
Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, fell just short of the 60
votes needed to waive a budget objection raised about the
legislation. The final vote was 58 to 41, and with powerful
interests on both sides it did not break down along party lines.
Eye on Presidency and Ear on Hotel Workers' Grievances
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021606LA.shtml
The nation's largest hotel union opened a nationwide campaign on
Wednesday to improve workers' wages with an unusual strategy -
it had John Edwards, the former Democratic candidate for vice
president, sit with hotel workers to hear their complaints.
UAW Pushes 'Marshall Plan' for Auto Industry
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021606LB.shtml
A "Marshall Plan for the US auto industry," on a scale similar
to US aid to devastated Europe after World War II, was among the
legislative priorities for United Auto Worker delegates at their
conference in Washington.
Internet Campaign Aims to Curb Tesco Power
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021606LC.shtml
An increasingly bitter campaign is being waged against Tesco by
an umbrella alliance of campaigners, trade unionists,
environmentalists and charities protesting its "devastating"
impact on communities. Campaigners opened a new front against
the retail giant yesterday by helping local people organize
through a new website, Tescopoly.
Zimbabwean Women Protesters Held
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021606WA.shtml
About 200 women are in police custody in the Zimbabwe capital,
Harare, after a protest on Tuesday over food prices and human
rights violations.
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