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Saturday, December 31
Africa: The good news and bad news from 2005
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Bill Doskoch
on Sat 31 Dec 2005 02:55 AM EST
Tuesday, December 27
'Seeing Terrorism as Drama With Sequels and Prequels'
by
Bill Doskoch
on Tue 27 Dec 2005 02:09 AM EST
Winning hearts and minds in the Philippines
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Bill Doskoch
on Tue 27 Dec 2005 12:28 AM EST
Prosecutors in the Philippines are set to charge four U.S. Marines with sexual assault over an alleged incident from November. more »
London's mayor on terror threats facing his city
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Bill Doskoch
on Tue 27 Dec 2005 12:20 AM EST
Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London, tells the BBC that the terror threats to his city mainly come from disorganized groups of disaffected people. more »Monday, December 26
'Crypto Man' says the NSA's spying is illegal
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Bill Doskoch
on Mon 26 Dec 2005 09:28 PM EST
Salon speaks with James Bamford, the pre-eminent American journalist when it comes to investigating the National Security Agency. He says the agency's latest shenanigans are illegal. more »Saturday, December 24
NSA spying much greater than acknowledged
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Bill Doskoch
on Sat 24 Dec 2005 02:10 PM EST
The U.S. National Security Agency has analyzed much more telephone and Internet traffic flowing in and out of the United States than the Bush administration has admitted to date, the NYT reported today.
And they did it with the co-operation of some of the U.S.'s largest telcos. more » Wednesday, December 21
Dubya, spying and Iraq
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Bill Doskoch
on Wed 21 Dec 2005 04:37 PM EST
A bit of a catch-up post (mainly for personal note-taking purposes) on Dubya's speech from Sunday and his assertion on Monday that he would keep up with the spying on Americans because it could save millions and jillions of lives. Whitehouse.gov: Transcript of Bush's speech NYT: Asking for patience, Bush cites progress in Iraq NYT: In Sunday speech, Bush is more humble but firm (analysis) BBC: Bush defends phone-tapping Somewhat bizarrely, from my perspective, is the fact that Globe and Mail columnist and editorial page editor Marcus Gee spanked Dubya over this one. It's in Wednesday's paper. Monday, December 19
Selling yourself online
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Bill Doskoch
on Mon 19 Dec 2005 01:11 PM EST
One cynical definition of news is anything that scares mothers. If that's true, this NYT story about teenagers who make money selling images of themselves online is a doozie. more »
'Latin America looks leftward again'
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Bill Doskoch
on Mon 19 Dec 2005 01:06 PM EST
Chile is likely to elect a socialist leader in January. Bolivia just did. This NYT story talks about why Latin American is shifting leftward again. more »Sunday, December 18
The slow exodus of New York's creative class
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Bill Doskoch
on Sun 18 Dec 2005 03:24 AM EST
Artists, architects, fashion designers ... New York used to be a magnet for them. But as the cost of real estate and health care skyrockets, and other locales are willing to cut them a deal, many are fleeing the metropolis. more » |
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