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If imprisoned or killed, Assange reportedly prepared to out CIA-linked Arab leaders

Middle Eastern leaders who’ve become friendly with the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) could face severe retribution from their local populations if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is killed or jailed for a lengthy amount of time. That’s because, in a recent interview with Arabic news network Al Jazeera, Assange allegedly warned that he had a [...]

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By Agence France-Presse Two US companies this year broke new ground by winning regulatory approval to start the first experiments using embryonic stem cells on humans suffering from spinal cord injury and blindness. The potent but hotly debated cells can transform into nearly any cell in the human body, opening a path toward eliminating such [...]

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X-RAY VANS: Security Measure, or Invasion of Privacy?

By Diane Macedo Privacy advocates worried about x-ray scanners making their way around U.S. airports may be surprised to know the technology is also making its way onto America’s streets. The Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. military and even local law enforcement agencies are buying and deploying mobile X-ray vans that can see into [...]

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(Reuters) – Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was found guilty of rape and other sex crimes on Thursday, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a sad day for the Jewish state. Katsav, who could now face years in prison, had denied charges he twice raped an aide when he was a cabinet minister in [...]

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A woman who became a YouTube sensation earlier this month when she went through airport security in a bikini spent a night at the airport Tuesday because of TSA agents’ concerns about an “unusual contour” around her buttocks. Tammy Banovac says she is hand-searched every time she goes through airport security because she uses a [...]

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‘I didn’t think of Iraqis as humans,’ says U.S. soldier who raped 14-year-old girl before killing her and her family

– Steven Dale launches appeal against five life sentences because he was tried in civilian court – He says warzone sent him crazy and deaths of two colleagues had ‘messed me up real bad’ An Iraq War veteran serving five life terms for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her parents and [...]

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