‘Philip Ruddock is a hypocrite when parading his Amnesty International membership.

‘"This war is a serious situation. It involves the worst foreign policy mistake in the history of this country," Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, told CNN's "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer."

from john pilger …..

‘Must a Native-American recognize the right of the United States of America to exist?

‘An Italian judge gave approval Friday for what will be the first overseas criminal trial of CIA officers involved in a covert counter-terrorism operation, as a court in Milan indicted more than two dozen Americans on charges of kidnapping a radical Muslim cleric four years ago.

from the Centre for American Progress …..

‘A Judge delivered an embarrassing rebuke to Tony Blair's nuclear energy policy yesterday, with a ruling that could delay the construction of a new wave of reactors.

from the Centre for American Progress …..

‘"It's hard for me, living in this beautiful White House, to give you an assessment, firsthand assessment. I haven't been there," said Bush, who has visited Baghdad's Green Zone, headquarters for US military and the Iraqi government, and the Baghdad airport but has not travelled beyond.’

‘Humankind is doing more things, faster, across a greater space than ever before, producing changes of a size and speed never seen before.