Day May 24, 2006

Toast

Speaker Hastert Federal officials say the Congressional bribery investigation now includes Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, based on information from convicted lobbyists who are now cooperating with the government. Congressman Jefferson “I have been racking my brain all day…

Vladimir Putin and the rise of the petro-ruble

On May 10, Russian President Vladimir Putin ignited a firestorm that is bound to sweep across the global economy. In his State of the Nation speech to parliament,, he announced that Russia was planning to make the ruble â┚¬Å“internationally convertibleâ┚¬Â…

This is different

Hastert tells President Bush FBI raid was unconstitutional House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) told President Bush yesterday that he is concerned the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) raid on Rep. William Jefferson’s (D-La.) congressional office over the weekend was a…

Craig Murray on the title of his book

Six weeks after Craig Murray started his job as British ambassador to Uzbekistan in 2002, a packet of photos landed on his desk. Inside were pictures a mother had taken of her son’s mutilated corpse. The young man, a political…