Archive for May 3rd, 2009
AIPAC Set to Push U.S. Legislation Against Iran at Major Conference Biden Will Attend
1-3 May 09 | JPo, Politico, PTV
Some 6,500 American Israel Public Affairs Committee activists attending the organization’s annual conference will be hitting Capitol Hill next week to stress the importance of the US-Israel relationship and push legislation imposing sanctions on Iran. Read the rest of this entry »
Global Press Freedom Declines in Every Region for the First Time in 2008
1 May 09 | Freedom House
Journalists faced an increasingly grim working environment in 2008, with global press freedom declining for a seventh straight year and deterioration occurring for the first time in every region, according to Freedom House’s annual media study. The rollback was not confined to traditionally authoritarian states; with Israel, Italy and Hong Kong slipping from the study’s Free category to Partly Free status. Read the rest of this entry »
Iran Bows to Pressure to Review U.S. Reporter’s Jail Sentence
Iran said on Saturday it would review the eight-year prison sentence handed down to Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi after she was convicted of spying for the United States.
Gilani: U.S. Only Supporting Dictators in Pakistan; Taliban Pact Under Strain
The United Nations and Afghanistan’s main rights body have called on Taliban fighters to take part in the country’s forthcoming presidential elections rather than attack the polls.
Morales Nationalises Fuel Supplier on May Day; Carter Prepping for U.S.-Bolivia Relations
Bolivia’s president has brought the local unit of British aviation fuel supplier Air BP under state control.
Sri Lanka Calls Images ‘Fake’ Denying Hospital Shelling, as Propaganda War Intensifies
The Lobby Wants War with Iran
by Justin Raimondo
1 May 09 | AWC
The Israel lobby has been running into a few problems lately, but it’s nothing they don’t think they can handle: a charge of treason, a strong suspicion of obstructing justice, and a gathering storm of criticism from a few dissident intellectuals and policy types. Read the rest of this entry »
