Obama responded defensively with political boilerplate. His administration was "working as hard as we can as quickly as we can," he said, citing unspecified "complications" in coordinating efforts with state and local governments.....

US police spark outrage by using wartime acoustic weapon to disperse G20 protesters in Pittsburgh (videos)

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....."Energy independence using solar, wind, geothermal, and sugar beets enables Lakota to protect our freedom and provide electricity and heating to our people."

"The president has not presented this truthfully," says Mark Klein, a 62-year old retiree. "He said it was about a few people making calls to the Mideast. But I know this physical equipment. It copies everything."

French, German and US human rights groups have filed a lawsuit in France accusing former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld of torture during the "war on terror."

....cutting out several layers of appeals in the federal courts so that prisoners can be "fast-tracked" to their deaths.

...Washington had agreed to a 25 percent increase to more than 30 billion dollars over the next 10 years. The announcement follows a report that the US is preparing a number of arms deals aimed at increasing the military strength of Saudi Arabia...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act

On the eve of the G8 summit, US President Bush in Prague sought to soothe Moscow's fury at the US plan to deploy an anti-missile shield in Central Europe.