Path: news.ccsf.jp!shiino.jp!mmcatv.co.jp!jpix!nf.asahi-net.or.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!post01.iad01!post02.iad01!news.cv.net!not-for-mail Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:20:02 -0400 From: Reggie User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.activism.peacefire,alt.peace,fj.soc.war-and-peace,humanityquest.peace Subject: Top News-at-a-Glance from TvNewsLIES.org - 3/22 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 271 Message-ID: <47e5b044$0$25046$607ed4bc@cv.net> Organization: Optimum Online NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.185.3.119 X-Complaints-To: abuse@cv.net Xref: news.ccsf.jp fj.soc.war-and-peace:666 http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/latest-news-at-a-glance U.S. Pushed Allies on Iraq, Diplomat Writes Saturday, 22 March 2008 20:43 UNITED NATIONS -- In the months leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration threatened trade reprisals against friendly countries who withheld their support, spied on its allies, and pressed for the recall of U.N. envoys that resisted U.S. pressure to endorse the war, according to an upcoming book by a top Chilean diplomat. More... An Election Without Meaning Saturday, 22 March 2008 13:10 Will getting rid of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney without impeachment or indictment really make a difference? Will a 600 billion dollar war/defense budget be cut in half and used for desperately needed domestic spending? Will the ninety-three billion dollars profits in the private health insurance companies those parasitic intermediates between you and your doctor be used instead for full health care coverage for all? Will Habeas Corpus and Posse Comitatus be restored to the people? Will torture stop and the US withdraw from Iraq immediately? Will all students in public universities be able to enroll for free? Will the US national security agencies stop mass spying on our personal communications? Will the neo-conservative agenda of total military domination of the world be reversed? More... Pentagon Rules Out Including Fallon in Iraq Hearing Next Month Saturday, 22 March 2008 11:16 The Pentagon on Friday ruled out including Adm. William Fallon as a witness before Congress when the top U.S. military and diplomatic officials in Baghdad testify next month on the way ahead in Iraq. In declaring that Fallon would not join Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker as witnesses before Congress next month, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said the decision had nothing to do with Fallon's views on Iran or the reasons for his unexpected resignation and retirement. More... Craig keeps promise to retire Saturday, 22 March 2008 11:14 Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho), encumbered by a scandal since last summer, did not file for reelection by his state’s deadline Friday, keeping a promise he made and officially marking the end of his congressional career. Craig’s political future has been in doubt since his arrest and guilty plea on disorderly conduct charges filed after an incident in a men’s restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last June. More... Four US soldiers killed in Iraq Saturday, 22 March 2008 10:32 Four more US soldiers have been killed in Iraq, bringing the death toll since the invasion in 2003 close to 4,000. More... Top Yesha rabbi says Jewish law forbids renting houses to Arabs Saturday, 22 March 2008 09:49 The chairman of the Yesha rabbinical council and chief rabbi of Kiryat Arba, Rabbi Dov Lior, on Wednesday issued a halakhic ruling stating that it is forbidden by Jewish law to employ Arabs or rent homes to them. TVNL Comment: How is this not Nazi like behavior? More... U.S. contractor under fire for Katrina jobs Saturday, 22 March 2008 09:46 Of the dozens of building contractors punished by the state of Mississippi for preying on victims of Hurricane Katrina, one stands out from the crowd of mostly small-time, fly-by-night operators: Call Henry, a Florida-based firm with hundreds of employees that each year earns tens of millions of dollars from contracts with the Department of Defense, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency. More... White House: Computer hard drives tossed Saturday, 22 March 2008 09:39 Older White House computer hard drives have been destroyed, the White House disclosed to a federal court Friday in a controversy over millions of possibly missing e-mails from 2003 to 2005. More... Mayhem At Fox News: Anchor Walks Off Set, Wallace Rails Network For "Obama-Bashing" Saturday, 22 March 2008 09:32 Fox News' very own anchors are speaking out — and walking off — over what they perceive to be "Obama-bashing" on their network. More... 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