An Iraqi official confirmed Wednesday the execution of more than 100 prisoners in a prison in a Shiite district of Baghdad, the same where Saddam Hussein was hanged, but denied an earlier report that the executions were illegal and clandestine.

We as the freedom loving Lakotah People are the predecessor sovereign of Dakota Territory as evidenced by the Treaties with the United States Government, including, but not limited to, the Treaty of 1851 and the Treaty of 1868 at Fort Laramie. FREEDOM!

government of Nuri al-Maliki 'democracy' carried out executions in secret prisons in Baghdad, with strict security measures and said the execution was carried out by hanging on a regular basis

Accused of taking part in vast arms-trafficking network with Angolan regime during 1990s civil war when French govt refused to supply & UN arms embargo was in effect. A Mitterand son, an ex-InteriorMinister, a Sarkozy economic advisor, some risk 10 yrs

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (Associated Press) -- This volcanic island near the Arctic Circle is on the brink of becoming the first "national bankruptcy" of the global financial meltdown.

The brain drain continues as doctors, professors, engineers and other well-educated, affluent or secular Iraqis flee or stay away, nervous about kidnappings and random violence.

Sexual violence epidemic proportions in DRC- official UNFPA statistics: >3,500 women&girls raped in 1st 6 months of 2008(only reported cases) in S & N Kivu alone. Return to fighting in past few wks further heightening risks. Eve Ensler at Kivu events

The Chinese own lots of the toxic ARM mortgage debt, so they passed a law allowing them to evict homeowners... Communist China now owns a lot of the homes that US citizens live in.

Death of 10-yr-old girl from FGM in the Rift Valley would've gone unnoticed if not for network of conscience created by dedicated Maasai activist. Family's attempted cover-up exposed. Had call come sooner, she could've been saved, taken to Safe House

In a series of continuous crimes of the American occupation hateful occupation forces at dawn on Sunday killing a family of 11 people, mostly women and children in an attack on the house of debtors in the city of Mosul.