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William Fisher Inter Press Service 11/14/07

Maher Arar, arguably the world’s best-known victim of “extraordinary rendition”, went back to court last week to reverse a previous ruling barring him from suing the U.S. government for shipping him off to Syria, where he was jailed and tortured for close to a year. (more…)

Aunt Benazir’s False Promises

By FATIMA BHUTTO Counterpunch 11/14/07

Karachi: We Pakistanis live in uncertain times. Emergency rule has been imposed for the 13th time in our short 60-year history. Thousands of lawyers have been arrested (more…)

To the Editor: Syracuse Post Standard 11/12/07

We are impelled to respond to the county comptroller’s statement as reported in The Post-Standard headline, (Oct. 31), “County comptroller says he’s hiding nothing.” To the contrary, we know that Onondaga County is being fiscally irresponsible with our tax money and that the county comptroller has not provided residents with independent fiscal oversight. (more…)

By Dean Baker Truthout 11/12/07

The Commerce Department reported last month that homeownership among African Americans had dropped to 46.7 percent in the third quarter, three full percentage points below its peak level in 2004. This is a remarkably fast decline. (more…)

Tom Allard Sydney Morning Herald 11/12/07

A high profile terror case was abandoned before it got to trial today after a judge found that two ASIO officers had kidnapped and falsely imprisoned a young medical student, Izhar ul-Haque. (more…)

by Chris Hedges Truthdig 11/12/07

The last, best hope for averting a war with Iran lies with the United States military. The Democratic Congress, cowed by the Israel lobby and terrified of appearing weak on defense before the presidential elections, will do nothing to halt an attack. (more…)

By William Greider The Nation 11/08/07

In terms of economic consequences, the new trade agreement with Peru is trivial. In political terms, however, it delivers an ominous message. When faced with a choice between money and their own rank-and-file, the Democratic leaders in the House will go with the money (more…)

Watch John Pilger’s documentary film on the consequences of the Iraq sanctions: Paying the Price: Killing The Children Of Iraq (75 minutes).