Archive for September, 2007
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Klein shows how the crony capitalists running the Bush administration saw post-invasion Iraq as the perfect proving ground for all their pet free-market policies. The fantasy was that a privitazied and corporatized Iraq would become a free-market utopia that would spread the gospel of the market throughout the Middle East. ...
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Time to impeach? Defense Secretary Robert Gates will ask Congress on Wednesday to approve nearly $190 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008, increasing initial projections by more than a third.Read the full story
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Security forces in Myanmar opened fire Wednesday on demonstrators, and witnesses said police beat and dragged away dozens of Buddhist monks. The government said at least one person was killed, while dissident groups and media reported up to eight dead.
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Iran has released from jail peace activist Ali Shakeri, the last of four Iranian-Americans imprisoned in recent months after being accused of stirring up a revolution, a judiciary spokesman said Tuesday.Read the full story
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
Microsoft Corp is talking to Facebook about buying a minority stake in the fast-growing online social network that could value the company at $10 billion or more, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.Read the full story
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
The Democratic National Committee has said it will strip the Sunshine State of its 210 nominating convention delegates if it doesn\\\\\\\'t abide by the party-set calendar, which forbids most states from holding primary contests before Feb. 5.Read the full story
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
An MIT student wearing what turned out to be a fake bomb was arrested at gunpoint Friday at Logan International Airport and later claimed it was artwork, officials said.Read the full story
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop and activist for many causes, passed away on September 10, 2007. Create your own video tribute to Anita Roddick, and upload it to QuantumShift.tv.Read the full story
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
Steve Jobs, Apple Inc.'s chief executive, has been subpoenaed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to answer questions in a stock-options backdating case against Apple's former general counsel, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
While America’s food, drug and toy manufacturers struggle with a lack of transparency in their supply chain, American consumers live with the consequences of poisoned food, lead coated toys and sick and deceased pets.
Recently, I traveled to Peru with American importer Equal Exchange and saw a much different kind of ...
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