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01 25 08 - Morning Edition
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Newsstories of interest:
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1 DISORDER
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Bush admin. pays Moussaoui tipster $5M
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_moussaoui_reward
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"Moussaoui recanted his testimony and denied any role in
9/11, saying he lied on the stand because he assumed he
had no chance of getting a fair trial."
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PARDON MOUSSAOUI!
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Judge wants answers on CIA videotapes
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_videotapes
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"It was only a matter of time before a court ordered the
government to account for its handling — or mishandling —
of evidence in these cases."
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RESOLVED: THE CIA MUST BE ABOLISHED ROOT AND BRANCH
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Philippine defence department cancels chopper contract
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http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080125/tap-philippines-military-helicopter-prob-5cc1ef8.html
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"for six US-made attack helicopters" "specifications in the
bidding contract had been altered without the department's
consent." "Asian Aerospace Corp...local representative of
McDonnell Douglas"
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Lawyer suggests Vancouver police [didn't] want to publicize
[man's] death
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080124/national/paul_death_inquiry
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Man? Frank Paul, an aboriginal.
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Death? "in-custody death"
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3 ASIA
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THE BU$H PLAN (PALESTINE)
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Israel eyeing large-scale Gaza operation
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080125/2/15mwf.html
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"'Probably we will find ourselves there,' [Defence {= War}
Minister Ehud] Barak told AP in Davos, Switzerland, where
he is attending the World Economic [?] Forum."
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Egypt begins closing Gaza border, fueling tensions
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080125/15/15n1c.html
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"using barbed wire and water cannons" "Israeli air strikes...
killed four Palestinian militants in...Gaza town of Rafah"
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Egypt Cheers Films Critical of Police
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080125/D8UCQ3M00.html
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The film, 'Heya Fawda' - Arabic for 'It's Chaos' - is a rare,
frank look at police torture, corruption and political oppre-
ssion that rights groups say is widespread in this top U.S.
ally."
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DEEDS ARE THE ACID TEST
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West Bank violence erupts, Gazans stream into Egypt
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[Reuters has replaced this newsstory with "Egypt begins clos-
ing Gaza border, fueling tensions," above. Last paragraph of
new newsstory retains the substance of the quote below.]
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080125/world/international_palestinians_israel_dc
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"Jewish settlers shot dead two Palestinians and gunmen killed
an Israeli border policeman in two separate incidents in the
occupied West Bank"
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West Bank:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank
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Israeli settlements:
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settlement
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THE BU$H PLAN (LEBANON)
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Beirut car bomb kills police intelligence officer
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080125/15/15n1k.html
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"worked for an intelligence unit...close to anti-Syrian [=
pro-Superpower]...leader...al-Hariri." "unit... closely in-
volved in...U.N.-led investigation into the 2005 assassina-
tion of Hariri's father"
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THE BU$H PLAN (IRAQ)
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Army Brutality In Iraq: Report Into Allegations Published
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http://uk.news.yahoo.com/skynews/20080125/tuk-army-brutality-in-iraq-report-into-a-45dbed5.html
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Duh: "It's taken three years for Brigadier Robert Aitken
to produce his 36-page review of claims that UK forces ill-
treated civilian detainees."
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THE BU$H PLAN (AFGHANISTAN)
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Roadside bomb kills 4 [puppet] Afghans from U.S.-led force
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080125/15/15n0m.html
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[Canadian] Government refuses to answer key questions on
Afghan POWs, cites national security
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080124/national/afghan_cda_detainees
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"government stood behind an army of attorneys and the Canada
Evidence Act"
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THE BU$H PLAN (PAKISTAN)
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Pakistan tests missile, rejects nuclear safety worry
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080125/15/15n00.html
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Kayani: "Pakistani armed forces were...capable of safeguarding
and securing nuclear assets against all categories of threat."
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ALL? DEEDS ARE THE ACID TEST
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Government Blasts Musharraf Critics
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080125/D8UCQE1O0.html
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"But criticism of Musharraf continued at home" "the police
and rangers are busy beating up civil society in the city
streets" --Masood Sharif, "former head of the Intelligence
Bureau, Pakistan's main domestic intelligence agency"
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US willing to send troops to Pakistan
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080125/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_pakistan_military
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"In an Associated Press interview in January 2002...Gen.
Tommy Franks, who headed the U.S. Central Command at the
time, disclosed a deal with Pakistan allowing U.S. troops
in Afghanistan to cross the border in pursuit of...extremist
leaders."
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INDIA
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Poor frozen out of India's boom
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http://news.scotsman.com/world/Poor-frozen-out-of-India39s.3710625.jp
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"government officials asked for bribes of £2,500 for state
government jobs reserved for Dalits."
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalit
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"Dalit is the term used in Western countries for the former
'Untouchables'"
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7 $$$$
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Britain's Brown sets out plan to fix global financial system
[in the Financial Times]
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http://au.news.yahoo.com/080125/19/15mwn.html
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"set to address the Davos event later on Friday morning, and
take part in a round-table discussion in the afternoon."
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Gordon Brown \ Ways to fix the world’s financial system
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2bc2289e-caa2-11dc-a960-000077b07658.html
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EU NEEDS TO KICK OUT UK
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