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BANGKOK — For the most part, American bankers whose rash pursuit of profit brought on the 2008 global financial collapse didn’t get indicted. They got bonuses.
Odds are that scandal would have played out differently in Vietnam, another nation struggling with misbehaving bankers.
The authoritarian Southeast Asian state doesn’t just send unscrupulous financiers to jail. Sometimes, it sends them to death row. Continue reading “Vietnam is sentencing corrupt bankers to death, by firing squad”
It is high time that the American people learnt about CIA’s torture methods under former President George W. Bush, an analyst tells Press TV in an interview.
Mike Gravel was talking to Press TV after US Senators Susan Collins and Angus King pushed for the release of crimes committed under Bush. Continue reading “Time ripe for Bush crimes revelation: Analyst”
U.S. federal agents have uncovered two drug-smuggling tunnels underneath the U.S.-Mexico border, both surfacing in San Diego-area warehouses and equipped with rail systems for moving contraband, officials said on Friday.
The discovery led to the arrest of a 73-year-old woman accused of running one of the warehouses connected to a drug smuggling operation, according to a joint news release by four federal agencies. Continue reading “Two drug tunnels, with rail systems, found at U.S.-Mexico border”
Detroit’s mayor and city council president on Friday called for calm and condemned the severe beating that bystanders gave to a motorist who stopped to help a 10-year-old boy he had struck with his vehicle.
Steven Utash, 54, who was surrounded by a group and beaten on Wednesday afternoon, remained in critical condition on Friday in a Detroit hospital, police said. The child he hit, David Harris, was released from a hospital on Thursday, they said. Continue reading “Detroit leaders decry beating of driver who hit, tried to aid boy”
New York Times – by MANNY FERNANDEZ, ERIC SCHMITT and SERGE F. KOVALESKI
KILLEEN, Tex. — The Army specialist at Fort Hood who killed or wounded 19 of his fellow soldiers on Wednesday had a dispute with his superiors over their denial of a leave request shortly before the shooting rampage, a law enforcement official said Friday.
The law enforcement official said Specialist Ivan Antonio Lopez met with Fort Hood officials about the denial on Wednesday shortly before the shooting started and had been clearly agitated and disrespectful after the meeting. It was unclear why he wanted to take time off, but it appeared to involve his family. Continue reading “Soldier in Fort Hood Attack Was in Dispute Over Leave”
Mind Body Green – by Jessica Cooper
Turmeric grows wild in the forests of South and Southeast Asia. It’s one of the key ingredients in many Pakistani, Indian, Persian and Thai dishes and has incredible medicinal value, too.
Here are some of the benefits when ingested with your food as a spice: Continue reading “25 Reasons Why Turmeric Can Heal You”
SANTA FE, N.M. — In late February, four federal agents carrying side arms with a drug-sniffing dog descended on the Taos Ski Valley in what was called a “saturation patrol.”
Authorities were working on tips of possible drug selling and impaired driving in the ski resort’s parking lot and surrounding area.
But the agents weren’t from the FBI, ATF or even the Drug Enforcement Administration. Continue reading “Under attack: Depth of federal arms race should surprise, shock citizenry”
Pennsylvania authorities are investigating Thursday as to why an unmanned drone crash landed near a Pennsylvania elementary school.
The Lebanon Daily News identified the 375-pound drone as a RQ-7 Shadow, operated by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. A military official called Wednesday afternoon’s incident a hard landing, but the drone was apparently run over by a car. Continue reading “375-pound military drone crashes near Pennsylvania elementary school, report says”
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A judge sentenced a South Carolina woman to 20 years in prison Friday for killing her 6-week-old daughter with what prosecutors say was an overdose of morphine delivered through her breast milk.
A prosecutor said Stephanie Greene, 39, was a nurse and knew the dangers of taking painkillers while pregnant and breast feeding, instead choosing to conceal her pregnancy from doctors so she could keep getting her prescriptions. She lost her nursing license in 2004 for trying to get drugs illegally. Continue reading “SC woman gets 20 years in breast feeding overdose”
Reuters – by VLADIMIR SOLDATKIN AND DENIS PINCHUK
Russia’s top natural gas producer, Gazprom, will eventually lose more than it gains from raising the gas price forUkraine by 80 percent, analysts said on Friday, predicting Kiev would cut purchases and fail to pay in full.
Gazprom on Thursday announced a price rise for Ukraine to $485 per 1,000 cubic metres, the second increase in three days.
The $485 price is the highest of any Gazprom customer and compares with around $370 on average for clients in the European Union. Continue reading “Russia sacrifices Gazprom profit for politics in Ukraine: analysts”
Philadelphia police are looking for several suspects in what appears to be a case of rat retaliation.
Investigators said an ongoing dispute over a man escalated late Wednesday, when a woman in her 20s, her mother and a pack of eight or nine other women went to the victim’s house with a baseball bat and a box containing an unknown number of white rats. Continue reading “Philly Police: Row Over Man Sparks Rat Retaliation”
AmmoLand – by AWR Hawkins
Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- On April 3rd 2013 the Missouri House passed an “emergency” bill to nullify “virtually every federal gun control measure in the books.”
The bill – HB1439 – drew a supermajority of support, 110-36. Continue reading “Missouri House Passes ‘Emergency’ Bill to Nullify Federal Gun Laws”
Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville
As if there was any doubt that police departments all across America are rewarding their officers for egregious acts of violence, the Oakland police department has recently promoted two of the police officers involved in the shooting of Occupy activist Scott Olsen.
Olsen, readers may remember, was an Occupy activist and Iraq war veteran who was shot in the head with beanbag bullets by Oakland police in 2011. Olsen was only about fifteen feet away from the officer who shot him, fracturing his skull and sending him to the hospital in critical condition. Police also fired flash grenades at activists who rushed to Olsen’s aidand continued to assault the demonstrators as they attempted to drag Olsen to safety and provide him with medical attention. Olsen temporarily lost his ability to speak, perform basic motor functions, and concentrate adequately. While he has recovered the ability to speak, his speech is still slurred and his memory and concentration are still significantly impaired. Continue reading “Promotion Given To Cops Who Shot Occupy Activist Scott Olsen”
Speculation as to the circumstances surrounding the most recent mass shooting at Fort Hood abounds.
A recent posting on Craigslist is fueling the fire even more, with some suggesting that it is evidence of yet another government facilitated false flag operation. Continue reading “Fort Hood Job Posting: “Seeking Individuals To Act As Role Players… In A Mass Casualty Exercise””
Global Post – by Patrick Winn
Press TV
Reuters – by KEVIN MURPHY
Watchdog – by Rob Nikolewski
Fox News
ABC News 
SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo