The massive industrial conglomerate Halliburton has reportedly offered to pay $250 million to settle charges against its former chief executive, ex-Vice President Dick Cheney, in a multi-million dollar bribery case.

Nigeria filed charges against Cheney last week in an investigation of alleged bribery estimated at $180 million. Prosecutors named both Halliburton and KBR in the charges, as well as three European oil and engineering companies -- Technip SA, EniSpa, and Saipem…

Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky and the Wall Street Journal all say that the U.S. economy is a giant Ponzi scheme.



Virtually all independent economists and financial experts say that rampant fraud was largely responsible for the financial crisis. See…

Days of violent protests by Bangladeshi garment workers - who produce clothes for western brands like Marks & Spencer, H&M, Tesco and Walmart - demanding a higher minimum wage peaked on Sunday when at least three people were killed and 250 people were injured in clashes with police.



Since then, production has resumed in some units of the Dhaka and Chittagong Export Processing Zones, after employees were given assurances that they would reap the full benefits of a…

By Jon Christian Ryter

December 15, 2010

NewsWithViews.com

With a straight face that would suggest they had the authority to do so, the Federal Communications Commission is poised to steal the Internet after new…

This year's winter solstice — an event that will occur next Tuesday — will coincide with a full lunar eclipse in a union that hasn't been seen in 456 years.





The celestial eccentricity holds special significance for spiritualities that tap into the energy of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and a time that is…

LOS ANGELES — Travelers passing through Los Angeles International Airport are…

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Reflecting on the undue influence that drug giant GlaxoSmithKline appears to have exhibited over the FDA's decision-making process regarding the diabetes blockbuster Avandia, Time magazine author Massimo Calabresi asks, "Does the FDA have a drug problem?"…

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“It is generally accepted that one of the functions of taxation should be to redistribute incomes and wealth. It is often assumed that this…

Muad Dib Interview

LATEST: 16/12/2010, Muad Dib has been refused bail. This is all the information we have at the moment and will update this page as we hear more. We have heard that his trial could take place towards the end of January 2011 but we have not been given an actual date. This means he could be spending at least another month in prison.

A few weeks ago I reported on the disgraceful treatment of Anthony John…

Alex Abella on how mad men technocratic elite are intent on starting World War III

Paul Joseph Watson

Prison Planet.tv

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Cuban-born journalist and author Alex Abella was allowed exclusive access inside the RAND Corporation to view their archives. What he discovered was a plot driven by mad scientists, behaviorists, and generals who were intent on starting world war three and fleecing…

Press Release, 16 December 2010 (24/10)



Statewatch is pleased to announce free access to its specialist civil liberties websites

Full access to these resources was previously only available to paid subscribers



1. The Statewatch database with 27,000 articles on civil liberties in Europe dating back 20 years…

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SVT's version is reportedly available online free until Dec. 13. The broadcaster may take down the documentary after that date. WikiRebels tracks the early years of Julian Assange, describing his hacking days and trouble with the law. The documentary, which followed WikiLeaks personnel for six months, also includes footage from rarely-seen presentations by Assange and fellow WikiLeaks members at various tech and journalism conferences. Viewers are treated to a…

Julian Assange was a guest at a US Embassy cocktail party less than a year ago.

David Codrea

Gun…

President Barack Obama’s health care reform law was dealt a serious blow Monday when the part of the law that requires Americans to purchase health insurance was deemed unconstitutional by a federal court in Virginia. But analysts largely agree that the final battle over the law will ultimately be waged at the Supreme Court.…