British Government prepares for " Anarchy "

British Government prepares for " Anarchy "

Just like I've been saying!Ministers are in talks with supermarkets about emergency food reserves in case fuel protests lead to shortages at shops. The government wants to ensure retailers and suppliers can continue to sell basics such as meat, bread and milk if hauliers bring the country to a halt. They have asked supermarkets to make contingency plans “in case the infrastructure of the country breaks down”. Among those who have taken part are farmers, dairies, bakeries and supermarkets. At least four government departments are involved. The operation is being led by Bruce Mann, director of civil contingencies at the Cabinet Office. The government has commissioned IGD, a company that collects intelligence on international food and grocery chains, to supply data about how food is moved around the country and where stocks are held. The information has been used to put together a “map” of depots and supply lines. The move comes as hauliers warn that direct action over soaring fuel prices is a “very strong possibility”. Until the early 1990s the government held secret food stocks, typically biscuits, flour and other dry foodstuffs, in grain sheds around the country. It now relies on retailers and suppliers to have plans in place. Normally supermarkets operate on the basis of “just in time” deliveries, designed to cut waste by ensuring supplies just match demand. The government is keen to ensure stocks of essentials do not run out if the system is derailed because lorries cannot make their usual deliveries. Tesco, which has played a key part in the discussions, wants the government to allow it and other suppliers to sit in on the cabinet’s emergency committee, Cobra, in the event of a crisis. David North, the company’s community and government director, said food supplies could be hit by fuel protests, though he assured customers that the situation would have to be “fairly calamitous” for supplies to run out. A Defra spokesman said plans were put in place during a strike by Shell tanker drivers last month, drawing on experience of the strikes in 2000. “We are in contact with producers and retailers, to know what food supplies are where, at any given time . . . should the infrastructure of the country break down.” An IGD spokesman said: “There are various contingency plans in place.” http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4276490.ece 14,000 knife victims a yearKnife violence in Britain is far worse than official statistics suggest, with almost 14,000 people taken to hospital for injuries caused by knives and other sharp weapons last year. According to the latest Department of Health statistics, an average of 38 victims of knife wounds are admitted to accident and emergency departments across the country every day. Read more....http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/14000-knife-victims-a-year-860857.html
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Royal police lose fortune in betting ring Documents show that the syndicate lost more than £1.1m in just one of the spread-betting firms they used. MPs are calling for an inquiry into how senior managers allowed the syndicate to flourish for six years and its impact on royal security. The Sunday Times has learnt that the syndicate was run from within Buckingham Palace and St James’s Palace by royalty protection officers (SO14) who guard the Queen and her family. A key member of the syndicate disclosed that armed officers used police cars to courier tens of thousands of pounds in cash winnings between the palaces while on duty. Read more.....http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4276488.ece
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DAVIS WANTS END TO ‘DICTATORS’
Mr Davis has written to every Cabinet Minister and former Labour Home Secretary challenging them to a debate. None has accepted. Mr Davis insists his argument is one Labour knows it cannot win because it has conned the public by claiming privacies are being eroded for our protection. “The Government has misled people,” he said, “From the local council snoopers to the erosion of jury trials, the balance of law is wrong in so many cases.” Mr Davis cites the “disproportionate” use of counter-terrorism laws by councils as evidence of how ill-thought legislation is being misused “ by petty dictatorships” to catch fouling dogs and minor trading offences. He also wants more than a million innocent names on Britain’s DNA database removed. “According to the Home Office, half of all crime is committed by just 100,000 people. Go back and collect 100,000 profiles from those in prison over the past 10 years. “You’d get tens of thousands of crimes solved. But that’s too difficult. That’s the State being lazy.” Mr Davis said CCTV was a con because it is not yet good enough to stand up in court. And in a tirade over Labour’s record in power, he said: “If I’d said in 1997 that in 10 years Labour will have taken away the presumption of innocence, taken away your right to trial by jury, habeas corpus will be severely compromised, they will create great databases for everyone from children through to pensioners – they’d have thought I’d taken leave of my senses and carted me away in a padded wagon. “But actually most of that has already happened.” Read more.....http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/50285/Davis-wants-end-to-dictators- Ken Clarke in 'give me a job' plea to Cameron

Former Chancellor Ken Clarke is hoping for a Cabinet job if the Tories win the next Election.Read more....
This man is a "lifetime" Bilderberger and should be kept out of any future government. He is too old! He cannot be trusted! But there again, can any Politician abe trusted? GJ (UK)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1032384/Ken-Clarke-job-plea-Cameron.html
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LABOUR'S ATTEMPT TO SECURE BORDERS HAS BEEN A DISASTERSHAMBLES: Gordon Brown's security measures have been a disaster. Resources have been concentrated on large harbours and airports, leaving great stretches of the country wide open.Read more... http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/50328/Labour-s-attempt-to-secure-borders-has-been-a-disaster
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Tony Blair's second comingOur former prime minister, now 55, has found his place in the sun. In his new role as Middle East envoy, he looks as tanned and relaxed as a prosperous lawyer on holiday. He could not be in a sunnier mood, far from the hostile press, from memories of cash for honours, from the legacy of a war he launched in a country 500 miles from where he is sitting chatting on this balmy evening in the Holy Land. He jokes, he has not selected this job for the weather, or the sightseeing; he has chosen it – God help us, some will say – because this is his second phase of bringing harmony to the world. Read more.... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4255495.ece Have you ever read such crap? GJ (UK)
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He seemed, on the whole, like a man who preferred to be on his own and a long way away – bumbling across the Highlands, perhaps, swishing at the heather with a stick!!! Read more....
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/49388/Britain-under-Brown-is-a-mess We're riddled with debt... but the cure is a killerFor 10 years, individuals, companies and the public sector have all been living on credit, going still deeper into the red. Meanwhile, as a nation, we're saving less of our income than at any time since the 1950s. Amid government inertia and misguided intervention by the Bank of England, the day of reckoning is approaching, says Phillip Blond In Britain, personal, household and company debt has risen to extraordinary levels, while public-sector borrowing is now approaching the historic highs of the 1980s.
Total UK personal debt (including secured and unsecured lending) at the end of May stood at £1,443bn, 8 per cent up on the previous 12 months. Every five minutes, UK personal debt grows by £1m, a daily increase of £288m. That this is unsustainable is evinced by the rise in court action by creditors against indebted individuals. The number of county court judgments is at a 10-year high, with a total of 247,187 consumer debt-related CCJs being issued in the first three months of this year. Litigation over mortgage debt is similarly up. During the first quarter of 2008, there were 38,688 mortgage possession claims issued on a seasonally adjusted basis, 16 per cent higher than in the first quarter of 2007. These difficulties extend to the rented sector, where 37,221 landlord possession claims were issued and 28,503 landlord possession orders made.

The UK's overall household debt sits at 109 per cent of GDP – the highest of the big five Western European countries and the highest in the G7. What this means is that, as a country, we borrow more than we earn. This line was crossed last year when, for the first time, our debt burden exceeded our GDP. In 2007, it took us until 5 January 2008 to pay off the debt we had accrued during the year. In 1997, "debt freedom day" fell on 23 August in the same year. This year, it is likely to extend well into 2009. Recent levels of the household debt-service ratio (interest payments plus repayments of mortgage principal) are, in the first quarter of 2008, up to 13.5 per cent, the highest since 1991.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/were-riddled-with-debt-but-the-cure-is-a-killer-860815.html'Don't diss me or you will let in Cameron', Blair tells Brown
Tony Blair has accused Gordon Brown of ‘dissing’ his record and believes he needs to stand down if Labour is to have a realistic chance of avoiding a catastrophic General Election defeat But the former Prime Minister has told his allies not to plot against his successor for fear that it will cause an angry Labour backlash and encourage Mr Brown to dig his heels in. Mr Blair’s stark assessment of Mr Brown’s prospects was disclosed by senior Labour figures amid a new round of infighting among Cabinet Ministers tipped to replace him if he quits. Read more....http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1032362/Dont-diss-let-Cameron-Blair-tells-Brown.html MPs refuse to disclose details of staff payThe failure to provide the details means that the House of Commons authorities have no idea whether the MPs are using their £90,000 staffing allowance properly – or if they are paying family members for work they have not done.Read more....
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mps-refuse-to-disclose-details-of-staff-pay-860862.html
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Britain: a leader in tackling climate change? Far from it, says new reportBritain's true contribution to global warming is much higher than official figures show, ministers admit. And it has been rising rapidly at the very time that they have been boasting that it has been falling.


The admission undermines the Government's claim to be in the vanguard of cutting the pollution that causes climate change – on the eve of negotiations among the world's most powerful leaders this week. Read more....

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/britain-a-leader-in-tackling-climate-change-far-from-it-says-new-report-860859.html



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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information Clearing House NewsletterNews You Won't Find On CNN
05/07/08
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"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us, "Universe," a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest -- a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security." : Albert Einstein - (1879-1955) Physicist and Professor, Nobel Prize 1921 = "Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about his religion. Respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and of service to your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide. Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place. Show respect to all people, but grovel to none. When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength. Give thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason to give thanks, the fault lies in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home." by: Tecumseh -(1768-1813) Shawnee Chief === Read this newsletter online http://tinyurl.com/dy6yy === Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,236,604"
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,113
http://icasualties.org/oif/

The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$534,144,269,691 See the cost in your community
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=== Marching Toward Hell By Jim Miles The shackles of oil and Israel, the elitist ignorance of the American government, the antagonism of the Muslim world supported by the predictions and indictments of bin Laden have created a losing position for the Americans no matter what they attempt to do.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20238.htm === Bringing Ireland to Baghdad How the Resistance Will Eventually Kick the Americans Out By Gary Brecher One thing the United States doesn't get about guerrilla warfare: It's not over until the guerrillas win.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20237.htm === Towards a Second American Revolution A Re-Declaration of Independence By the People of the United States of America By Ben Tanosborn That existing government by engaging in criminal wars, embargoes, blockades and other black-listing of foreign nations has made the United States not just an international bully but a piranha, world's leading perpetrator of genocide and dislocation of people.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20239.htm === Who Owns You? George Carlin - 3 Minute Video The game is rigged! Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18100.htm === Why I'm Not Patriotic By Matthew Rothschild
(In memory of George Carlin.) It's July 4th again, a day of near-compulsory flag-waving and nation-worshipping. Count me out.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20236.htm === Bush-Led 'Disaster Capitalism' Exploits Worldwide Misery to Make a Buck By Naomi Klein These cases of disaster capitalism are amateurish compared with what is unfolding at Iraq's oil ministry. It started with no-bid service contracts announced for ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, BP and Total (they have yet to be signed but are still on course).
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20235.htm === The Ashes Have Been Passed To A New Generation By David Michael Green Imagine if there was a meteor headed toward our one and only planet, with the potential to do devastating and possibly lethal damage to the planet. Imagine that we had the technological capability to divert the course of this weapon of the massiest mass destruction, and all we needed was the will to do so. And imagine that we chose to focus our society's energies instead on .. gay marriage. Or illegal immigration. Or premarital sex.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20234.htm === US occupation forces kill 16 civilians: Afghan governor : : An Afghan provincial governor said Saturday 16 civilians including women, children and doctors were killed in US-led occupation forces air strikes but the force insisted the dead were militants.
http://tinyurl.com/5f7ays === Occupation force kills at Least 12 Afghan Freedom Fighters: NATO occupation troops killed more than a dozen Afghan militants Saturday in a confrontation in country's Nuristan province, military officials say.
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212156416.shtml === 10 Taliban Killed While Planting Bomb in Afghanistan: Militants planting a roadside bomb detonated the device prematurely, killing 10 Taliban, said police chief Mohammad Hussein Andiwal.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376661,00.html === Gunmen shoot dead Afghan member of parliament: Habibullah Sanzenai, a member of the lower house of parliament for Kandahar and a tribal leader, was shot returning home overnight in the Zhari district of the province, a hotbed of Taliban militant activity.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL6122920080705?rpc=401& === Iraq: At least 14 killed in another bloody day of US occupation: Gunmen killed Salim al-Daraji, an official of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) in northern Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL05219475 ==== Iraqi Shiites denounce security pact with US: Large crowds of Shiites on Friday denounced the security pact Baghdad is negotiating with Washington for a long-term US military presence in violence-wracked Iraq.
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=26754 === Shiite clergy want referendum over US troop presence: Iraq's Shiite leadership indicated Friday that it will press the Baghdad government to hold a national referendum on the issue of a further stationing of US forces in the country.
http://tinyurl.com/69ayzm === Journalist Charges Censorship by U.S. Military in Fallujah: U.S. journalist Zoriah Miller says he was censored by the U.S. military in the Iraqi city of Fallujah after photographing Marines who died in a suicide bombing.
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43066 === Military action 'would destabilise Iraq': Iraq will be plunged into a new war if Israel or the US launches an attack on Iran, Iraqi leaders have warned. Iranian retaliation would take place in Iraq, said Dr Mahmoud Othman, the influential Iraqi MP.
http://tinyurl.com/6podq4 === Iran's Uranium Program Remains Unchanged: Gov't Spokesman Says Enrichment Efforts Will Continue Despite Western Entreaties, But Tehran Will "Negotiate"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/05/world/main4234791.shtml === Ron Paul: I hear members of Congress saying "if we could only nuke Iran": Congressman warns of imminent confrontation
http://www.infowars.net/articles/july2008/040708RonPaul2.htm === Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran: US Pentagon doubts Israeli intelligence over Iran's nuclear programme: Pentagon chiefs fear that Israeli plans for an attack on Iran's nuclear programme will fail to destroy the facilities because neither the CIA nor Mossad knows where every base is located
http://tinyurl.com/6pqhcc === Propaganda and Presstitute alert: Syria 'would break links with Iran' if America steps in to help it: Syria is ready to break off its close links with Iran if America gives it financial and military backing, a former Israeli diplomat involved in unofficial peace talks has revealed to The Sunday Telegraph.
http://tinyurl.com/5s93lx === McCain wants much larger US military: The Bush administration has begun expanding the US Army and Marine Corps to create a combined strength of around 750,000 active duty troops - a process backed by McCain's Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. But McCain believes an Army and Marine Corps with a combined strength of up to 900,000 troops is necessar
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1887010 === Israel reclosure of crossings dampens Gazans' hopes: The Israeli army's killing of a top militant commander in the occupied West Bank, sporadic rocket attacks and periodic Israeli closures of Gaza's crossings have strained the truce.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080704/wl_nm/palestinians_israel_rockets_dc === Haniyeh: Israel must lift Gaza siege, open crossings: Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of Hamas-ruled Gaza, accused Israel of not living up to its part of the truce.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3564010,00.html === Israeli Arabs find barriers insurmountable: Asma Nasar is afraid to leave her home. Like many other Palestinians married to Israeli Arabs, the 21-year-old from the West Bank city of Hebron is living illegally in Israel with her husband and two young daughters.
http://tinyurl.com/6xp4eh === 71 Somali resistance fighters killed in clashes with occupation troops: Allied Ethiopian-Somali occupation troops in Somalia have killed 71 "insurgents" in an operation launched in central regions late last week, Ethiopia's state television reported.
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Somalia/10226192.html === Explosion in occupied Somalia kills official, five others: - An explosion killed a Somali official, his wife and four others Saturday in the capital Saturday, witnesses and officials said.
http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/454939 === The main problem in Somalia is not Islamists, it is Ethiopia: Somalia has been stateless for close to two decades now, and efforts by neighbouring countries, particularly Djibouti, to bring it back to the world map is frustrated, if not made impossible, by Ethiopia.
http://tinyurl.com/5uzcxy === Mugabe meets opposition faction: Thabo Mbeki, the South African president, has met Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president, and representatives from a breakaway faction of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/07/20087514183290459.html === West condemns Mugabe, ignores other Africa despots: Leaders of other "autocratic" states in Africa have largely been able to avoid sanctions and isolation. Many have friends in Western capitals. Or play a strategic role in the war against terrorist groups. Or sit on oil.
http://www.kansascity.com/451/story/692076.html === Tensions surround Abyei withdrawal: Troops from northern and southern Sudan are pulling out from the disputed oil-rich region of Abyei.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/07/20087512327693121.html === Russia warns of Abkhazia war: Russia's defence ministry has warned that a "new war" could break out in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia if Tbilisi uses forces to attempt to resolve the conflict.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/07/200875154943220474.html === US denies ransom payout for hostage release: ambassador:: Ambassador William Brownfield issued the denial in response to a radio report that the daring rescue of the hostages, including high-profile French Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans, was obtained with a 20 million dollar ransom payout.
http://tinyurl.com/5w3eyb === Bolivia's rebel governors agree to recall vote: Regional governors pushing for greater autonomy from Bolivia's central government said Friday they will not boycott an August recall vote that could force them out of office despite initially resisting the ballot.
http://tinyurl.com/56ko29 === NEWS FOR 04/07/08 === Slaughter of the innocent: U.S.attack kills 22 Afghan civilians: Twenty-two civilians, including women and children, were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led forces on Friday. "The civilians were evacuating the district as they were told by the U.S.-led troops to do so because they wanted to launch an operation against the Taliban," he said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL7141020080704?rpc=401& === Attacks, bombs kill 14 in occupied Afghanistan: Bomb blasts and attacks killed 11 policemen and three civilians in separate incidents in insurgency-hit Afghanistan, officials said Friday.
http://tinyurl.com/5l75j9 === Ten Afghan police officers killed, weapons smugglers nabbed: At least 10 Afghan police officers were killed and five injured in a Taliban insurgent attack on a checkpoint in Kandahar and a roadside bomb explosion in Ghazni province, while a coalition service member died and three rebels were arrested
http://tinyurl.com/6kup4d === Pakistan's Musharraf says army still backs him: President Pervez Musharraf insisted on Friday that Pakistan's powerful army still supports him, but he said he would step down if he thought it would solve all of the country's problems.
http://tinyurl.com/5ltyoz === Scientist says Pakistan army supervised North Korean nuclear shipment: Pakistan's army under President Pervez Musharraf supervised a shipment of uranium centrifuges to North Korea in 2000, the architect of Pakistan's atomic weapons program said Friday.
http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en.do?pn=world&articleID=2950587 === Occupied Iraq: Car bomb kills four near hospital: The explosion took place in front of the morgue of Baghdad's Al-Yarmukh hospital, one of the main medical facilities in the capital, at around 9pm (4am AEST) today, an official at the defence ministry said.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23967105-38201,00.html === Condoleezza Rice: I'm "Proud" Of The Decision To Invade Iraq: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she's ``proud'' of the U.S. decision to wage the Iraq war and insisted that the world is not more dangerous than it was when George W. Bush took office.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/04/condoleezza-rice-i-was-pr_n_110876.html === Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran: U.S. admiral: Iran strike on Israel 'likely': Iran is likely to launch ballistic missiles against Israel and the United States and the NATO alliance should prepare for it, was the warning issued earlier this week by Admiral James Winnefeld, commander of the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/998839.html === Iran responds to big powers' nuclear offer: Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, told Solana by telephone that Tehran had prepared its response by concentrating on common ground between the two sides and with a "constructive and creative outlook."
http://tinyurl.com/65zq38 === Hamas freezes talks over 'non-respect' of Gaza truce: Hamas said on Friday it had suspended negotiations on the release of a captured Israeli soldier because the Jewish state was not respecting the terms of a truce with the Islamist movement.
http://tinyurl.com/5uk65w === Collective Punishment: Israel to destroy attacker's home: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the army to prepare to demolish the home of the Palestinian who killed three Israelis in Jerusalem. Reports say about 20 people live in the home of the attacker Hussam Dwayat in the Sur Bahir area of East Jerusalem.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7490212.stm === Congress Delivers Promised Israel Aid Bump Despite Budget Deadlock: While almost all federally financed programs were denied any funding increase for the coming year, aid to Israel from the United States will increase thanks to a legislative loophole and some deft maneuvering by pro-Israel lobbyists.
http://www.forward.com/articles/13709/ === FARC leaders were paid millions to free hostages: Swiss radio: The 15 hostages released on Wednesday by the Colombian army 'were in reality ransomed for a high price, and the whole operation afterwards was a set-up,' the radio's French-language channel said.
http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/07/04/afx5184293.html === Panama says no to U.S. military base: Panama has ruled out hosting a U.S. military base to replace one in Ecuador which is being reclaimed by the Quito government, a senior Panamanian official said on Friday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN0438345720080704?rpc=401& === US may empty Guantanamo - report: THE US government is developing a "long-range plan" to empty its "war-on-terror" prison at its naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, and seeking help on what to do with inmates who won't be tried, The Washington Post reported today.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23972347-23109,00.html === UK: Human rights body condemns counter-terrorism bill: Government plans to extend pre-charge detention for terror suspects to 42 days are "unnecessary, disproportionate and counter-productive" and should be rejected when they come before the House of Lords next week, an international human rights group said today.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jul/04/terrorism.civilliberties === Muslims feel like 'Jews of Europe': Minister's shock warning on rise of anti-Islamic prejudice: Britain's first Muslim minister has attacked the growing culture of hostility against Muslims in the United Kingdom, saying that many feel targeted like "the Jews of Europe".
http://tinyurl.com/5m5mnl === Soldier made famous in Iraq photo dies: A former Army medic made famous by a photograph that showed him carrying an injured Iraqi boy during the first week of the war has died of an apparent overdose, police said.
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/564/story/509481.html === Making progress: Protesters Interrupt Bush at Independence Day Ceremony: "That man is a fascist!" one protester yelled. Another swore at him.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376402,00.html === Let Us Work Towards Peace & Joy

Tom Feeley