US seeks lead in crafting Asia trade vision
© AFP/Getty Images Joe Raedle AFP BIG SKY, Montana (AFP) – The United States is looking to forge a new vision on free trade that…
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US Senate blocks bill targeting oil firm subsidies
© AFP/Getty Images/File David Paul Morris AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Senate defeated a bill taking aim at some $2 billion in annual subsidies…
BARDA awards $3 billion in vaccine contracts for eradicated smallpox
Dees Illustration Rady Ananda, Contributing Writer Activist Post At the 64th World Health Assembly underway right now in Geneva thru May 24, a major review…
NATO helicopter attacks Pakistani army post
Wiki Commons Ishtiaq Mahsud and Heidi Vogt Associated Press/Yahoo! News DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – Pakistani troops and a NATO helicopter that crossed into Pakistani…
Bin Laden raid ‘not assassination’: US law chief
© AFP null AFP LONDON (AFP) – The US commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden was “not an assassination”, US Attorney General Eric Holder…
US: New Libya regime should aid Lockerbie probe
© AFP/File Roy Letkey AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States would “encourage” any new Libyan government to help a new investigation of the 1988…
Wilkerson: Bush “didn’t want to get bin Laden” because the war would end (Video)
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House Dems protest GOP’s plans for permanent war against terror
Wikimedia Commons Image Pete Kasperowicz The Hill Nearly three dozen House Democrats are calling on Republicans to withdraw a section of the 2012 defense authorization…
MUST READ: Unchecked Executive War Power Could Slip Through the House
Amanda Simon ACLU Tucked inside the National Defense Authorization Act, being marked up by the House Armed Services Committee this week, is a hugely important…
10 Indications The United States Is A Dictatorship
“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely” — Lord Acton Dees Illustration Activist Post For a people to be free, they must first be honest…
Mothers crying over raw milk
Stephen Dinan The Washington Times Four weeks after the government moved to shut down Amish farmer Dan Allgyer for selling fresh, unpasteurized milk across state…
NATO Continues Killing Spree in Africa And Asia
Rick Rozoff Global Research On May 13 President Barack Obama welcomed North Atlantic Treaty Organization secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen to the White House and…
Kerry arrives in Pakistan after bin Laden warning
John Kerry gives a press conference at the US embassy in Kabul © AFP Shah Marai AFP ISLAMABAD (AFP) – US Senator John Kerry arrived…
US administration divided on ties with Pakistan: report
© AFP/File Jewel Samad AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The administration of US President Barack Obama is divided over the future of its relationship with Pakistan…