Files obtained by the website Wikileaks have revealed that the US believed many of those held at Guantanamo Bay were innocent or only low-level operatives. The files, published in US and European newspapers, are assessments of all 780 people ever held at the facility. They show that about 220 we... Read more...
At the beginning of the civil rights era in May 1961, a racially mixed group of men and women traveled by bus together from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans to test compliance with Supreme Court rulings that had outlawed segregated waiting rooms, lunch counters and restroom facilities for intersta... Read more...
The FBI on Friday is investigating more than three dozen suspicious letters containing a white powdery substance sent to schools in the capital area, leading authorities to race across the city to check for possible threats. No hazardous substance was found and no illnesses or injuries were r... Read more...
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25/04/2011,
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Matthew Williams, a professor at Washington College of Law, mentioned this in his impressively and refreshingly balanced blog post on the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) blog earlier today, but I wanted to emphasize the United States Patent and Trademark Office (... Read more...
The 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is less than five months away. It was one of the worst days in the history of the United States and irrevocably changed our nation, most notably in lower Manhattan where reconstruction is not complete. That day also will mark the opening wee... Read more...
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07/04/2011,
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The Republican budget proposal will eliminate the national debt while still preserving costly entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security, Rep. Paul Ryan told CNBC. Speaking just hours before the spending plan gets its formal introduction before Congress, Ryan, head of the House Budg... Read more...
Could wiki technology find Osama bin Laden? Imagine if any Pakistani could send an anonymous text message to the authorities suggesting where to look. Each location could be plotted on a map. The dots would be scattered widely, perhaps, with promising leads indistinguishable from rubbish. Bu... Read more...
On a chilly afternoon, along a worn shopping strip, the music legend is being greeted like the pope in Rome. As he strolls by the discount stores, the beauty-supply shops, and the vacancies pulling down Point Breeze Avenue, people drown Kenny Gamble in smiles, shouts, and handshakes. "Hey, brot... Read more...
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21/12/2010,
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U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski speaks to the media on the importance of net neutrality, Dec. 1, at the headquarters of the FCC in Washington, DC. U.S. communications regulators were poised to adopt Internet traffic rules on Tuesday that would allow providers... Read more...