Month December 2005

Poland orders probe into self

Poland’s prime minister said Saturday he has ordered an investigation into whether the CIA ran secret prisons for terror suspects in the country – an allegation the government repeatedly has denied. Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz said a "detailed" probe would be conducted…

No justice, no peace?

Authorities in Los Angeles are concerned about possible rioting if the co-founder of the Crips street gang, Stanley "Tookie" Williams. Robin Toma, executive director of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission, said the organization had received "credible" threats of…

Neocons lose again

Climate campaigners claim greatest ever success at Montreal Humiliation for Bush as last-minute twist means an isolated US is forced to sign up for future talks on global warming The fight against catastrophic global warming scored its greatest success to…

Out of control

 As horrific as it was to hear the sound of a man’s violent death, another nightmare quickly unfolded for the passengers of American Airlines Flight 924. Within seconds of Rigoberto Alpizar’s death at the hands of two air marshals who…

This is opposition?

President Bush has failed to outline an effective strategy for winning the war in Iraq, Sen. Jack Reed said Saturday in the Democratic Party’s weekly radio address. "The American people are eager to hear the president’s plan for success in…