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By John Pilger - August, 16 2008

The secrets of the crushing of Yugoslavia are emerging, telling us more about how the modern world is policed...At a 1999 Kosovo "peace" conference in France, the Serbs were told to accept occupation by Nato forces and a market economy, or be bombed into submission. It was the perfect precursor to the bloodbaths in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Amnesty International on Monday denounced as a "sham" Sudanese anti-terror trials in which 38 people have been sentenced to death, and accused the government of holding hundreds without charge.

The Thetford Chicken Massacre is not as well-known as the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but the controversial Quebec tradition in which participants place bets while decapitated chickens run around is coming to an ...

Andrew Bacevich is a conservative historian who spent twenty-three years serving in the US Army. He also lost his son in Iraq last year. In a new book titled The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism, Bacevich argues that although many in this country are paying a heavy price for US domestic and foreign policy decisions, millions of Americans simply continue to shop, spend and satisfy their appetite for cheap oil, credit and the promise of freedom at home. Bacevich writes, “As the American appetite for freedom has grown, so too has our penchant for empire.” [includes rush transcript–partial]

Three months after the largest immigration raid in US history, when nearly 400 workers were arrested at a meatpacking plant, Postville, Iowa is a changed town. Postville lost more than a quarter of its population in the raid. And for those left behind, namely the wives and children of the men taken away, the town has been turned into what some have described as an open-air prison. Dozens of immigrant women remain in Postville without status or a means of support. Many of them are even forbidden from leaving and have been made to wear electronic monitoring bracelets. [includes rush transcript]

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• Taliban Launches Most Serious Attacks Since 2001
• NATO Suspends Formal Contacts with Russia
• Russian Seizes Georgian Troops; Blow Up Naval Vessel
• US & Poland Sign Missile Base Deal
• Obama Challenges McCain on His Ties to Musharraf
• Aboard Oil Rig Operated by Exxon and Chevron, McCain Calls for More Drilling
• NRA Spy Scandal Linked to McCain Campaign
• Five Protesters Arrested for Unfurling “Free Tibet” Banner in Beijing
• Pakistan's Sharif Threatens to Pull Out of Coalition Government
• UN Commemorates Fifth Anniversary of Iraq Bombing
• NYC & D.C. Area to Track License Plate Numbers
• US Expands Database on Travelers at Border Checkpoints
• Court Overturns Bush Rule on Monitoring Emissions
• Mexico Urged to Investigate Killings of Journalists
• NYC Agrees to Pay 52 Anti-War Protesters $2 Million