Tuesday, September 19, 2006
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Dominique Dhombres | Survivors of the CIA's "Secret" Programs
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091306D.shtml
Peaceful German citizen Chaled El-Masri, Canadian computer consultant Maher Arar, and Yemeni Muhammad al-Assad were all kidnapped, secretly imprisoned, tortured, and finally released by the CIA. None of them has been charged with any links to terrorism.
Ten Big News Stories You Aren't Hearing
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091306E.shtml
The San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper has printed a list of stories the media have largely ignored over the past year. Here are the Top 10 most ignored stories from an annual list developed by Project Censored, a media research group based at Sonoma State University that tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters.
Dean Baker | Deficit Hits New Record
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091306F.shtml
Dean Baker writes: "Most people didn't see this headline, because the deficit that just soared to a new record was the trade deficit, not the budget deficit. The newly released trade data for July showed the deficit running at an annual rate of almost $820 billion, more than 6 percent of GDP. This is more than three times the size of the $260 billion dollar budget deficit now projected for 2006."
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Dominique Dhombres | Survivors of the CIA's "Secret" Programs
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091306D.shtml
Peaceful German citizen Chaled El-Masri, Canadian computer consultant Maher Arar, and Yemeni Muhammad al-Assad were all kidnapped, secretly imprisoned, tortured, and finally released by the CIA. None of them has been charged with any links to terrorism.
Ten Big News Stories You Aren't Hearing
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091306E.shtml
The San Francisco Bay Guardian newspaper has printed a list of stories the media have largely ignored over the past year. Here are the Top 10 most ignored stories from an annual list developed by Project Censored, a media research group based at Sonoma State University that tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters.
Dean Baker | Deficit Hits New Record
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/091306F.shtml
Dean Baker writes: "Most people didn't see this headline, because the deficit that just soared to a new record was the trade deficit, not the budget deficit. The newly released trade data for July showed the deficit running at an annual rate of almost $820 billion, more than 6 percent of GDP. This is more than three times the size of the $260 billion dollar budget deficit now projected for 2006."
