Editor's note

Dear Readers,I am on a four-day break (a mini vacation); regular updates will resume on Wednesday, July 15, 2009.Wish you all well,AlexP.S. I'll be able to publish full length articles occasionally.

Obese Exposed as Swine Flu Collides With Fat Epidemic

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War for Ever More?

(The Intelligence Daily) -- The war in Iraq is supposedly winding down (though this is in part a matter of definition). The war in Afghanistan is heating up and has extended to Pakistan. AfriCom is a...

Ex-Senator Graham: Cheney, CIA Lied to Congress About Domestic Spying

(The Intelligence Daily) -- The history of the CIA is replete with examples of agency officials obscuring key details when telling members of Congress about controversial programs. In the 1980s, CIA...

Congress Urged to Probe Claims 'Racial Extremists' Infiltrating the Military

(The Intelligence Daily) -- A prominent civil rights organization called on Congress Friday to investigate growing evidence that racial extremists are infiltrating the US military in order to ensure...

China forced to delay Internet censorship measure

Excerpt: The fact that the Chinese regime has been forced to go to such lengths does indicate that it fears the development of political discussion and debate.(WSWS) -- On June 30, the Chinese...

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