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Other than subsistence farming,
all wealth is created by infrastructure paid for by governments.


 

February 5


 

 
Roger Williams and his wife arrived in Boston on February 5, 1631.        Print and Post a Poster for Tomorrow's History Today.        Use the controls on the right side of your screen to scroll down for "illustrated history" and "news"!

 

 
 
 
 

photo from Wikipedia
James Otis Jr.
(February 5, 1725 - May 23, 1783)

 
 
 
 

photo from Wikipedia
Adlai Stevenson
(February 5, 1900 - July 14, 1965)

 
 
 
 

photo from Wikipedia
Ella Grasso
(May 10, 1919 - February 5, 1981)

 
 
 
 

photo courtesy of Gary Shrewsbury
Jennifer Granholm
was born on February 5, 1959.

 
 
 
 

Antares     photographer: NASA     Apollo 14
Antares landed on the moon on February 5, 1971
with Alan Shepard Jr.(commander) and Edgar Mitchell (lunar module pilot).
While Stuart Roosa (command module pilot) remained in moon orbit.

 
 
 
 

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by
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From Egypt: The True Face of the Mubarak Regime
by
Sharif Kouddous

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Media in the line of fire in Egypt
(posted here 1 year ago)


 

I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Dennis J. Kucinich

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

If the coal industry doesn’t want state officials testing the water,
what are they afraid the tests will reveal?

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Physics and chemistry don’t care what John Boehner thinks.
by
Bill McKibben

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Mass Tree Deaths Prompt Fears of Amazon Climate Tipping Point
by
Damian Carrington

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Jobs Numbers Are a Pleasant Surprise, but the Road Is Long
by
George Zornickon


 

Non-union workers who earn union wages and benefits, but don’t know why,
are not only ignorant, they’re dangerous.


 

Though it may be too soon to definitively answer that question,
it’s not too soon to ask it.
Because despite the celebratory hype, there’s no guarantee
that a hyper-technologized education system is synonymous with genuine progress.


 

If we don’t have the will
to place a moratorium on mountaintop removal mining operations in four central Appalachian states,
which provide less than five to seven percent of all coal production in the United States,
it's game over
for any effective mitigation of climate destabilization or the pursuit of a clean energy transition.


 

“By the end of 1959,” writes Hersh, “the two analysts had no doubts
that Israel was going for the bomb.
They also had no doubts
that President Eisenhower and his advisers
were determined to look the other way.”


 

Poll: Only Seventeen Percent Of U.S. Public Supports Military Action Against Iran


 

An upcoming study shows the future for birds and insect life around Fukushima
has been badly damaged, an ominous sign of things to come.


 
 
 
 
 
 

Why?
(posted here 1 year ago)

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Move to Ammend

Ask Bill: How can ordinary people help to overturn or nullify the Citizen United Decision?
from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.


 
 
 
 
 
 

What are Republicans doing?

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Worse Better

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What’s Komen next year?

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Gasland

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February 5
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

February 4


 

 
ODERACS 2A was deployed by STS-63 on February 4, 1995.        Print and Post a Poster for Tomorrow's History Today.        Use the controls on the right side of your screen to scroll down for "illustrated history" and "news"!

 

 
 
 
 

from Wikipedia
Samuel Chase
was sworn in as Associate Justice on February 4, 1796.

 
 
 
 

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
[reproduction number LC-USZ62-8499]

John Marshall
was sworn in as Chief Justice on February 4, 1801.

 
 
 
 

courtesy of Wikipedia
Charles Lindbergh
(February 4, 1902 - August 26, 1974)

 
 
 
 

courtesy Wikipedia
Rosa Parks
(February 4, 1913 -October 24, 2005)

 
 
 
 

photo courtesy of the U.S. Senate Historical Office
Dan Quayle
was born on February 4, 1947
.

 
 
 
 

photo courtesy of Congressman Bishop
Congressman Sanford Bishop
has a birthday on February 4.

 
 
 
 

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The Meatrix
(posted here 6 years ago)


 

Mineral Levels in Meat and Milk Plummet Over 60 Years
Study blames the decline on intensive farming
Food industry contests comparative methods
by
Felicity Lawrence

(posted here 6 years ago)


 

Criminal acts of government-backed thugs in the capital yesterday
. . . made any negotiations with the Mubarak regime impossible.

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

The Mubarak regime launched a brutal and coordinated campaign of violence . . .
to take back the streets of Cairo from Egypt’s mass pro-democracy movement.

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Supporters of Hosni Mubarak Attack Foreign Journalists in Egypt
by
Mark Tran

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Litany of Abuses Fuelled Protesters’ Fury
by
Jasmin Ramsey and Aprille Muscara

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Americans know that the big banks and the mortgage service providers
got us into this hole by pursuing an array of financial crimes.
Will State AGs Step Up to Their Moment in History?

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Shell makes nearly £1.6m profits every hour,
thanks to what you pay at the pump.

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Frack Water Quality


 

Lest We Forget
by
Robert Scheer


 

redistricting


 

Conyers to Obama: Go Further on Mortgage Relief
by
George Zornick


 

These facilities serve rural women, poor women, Native American women,
women of color, and the un- and under-insured.


 

The NYPD’s Ugly History


 

The Red Cross’s Blood Services’ Troubled History


 

The Surprising Geography of Persistent Unemployment


 

If the material we have seen until now as waste is instead seen as fuel,
it has the potential to solve three problems at once:
the UK's contribution to climate change, possible future energy shortfalls,
and a significant component of the massive bill - and massive headache -
associated with cleaning up the current nuclear mess.


 

A new generation of nuclear reactors could consume radioactive waste as fuel.


 
 
 
 
 
 

Making the Propaganda and Eliminating Witnesses
(posted here 1 year ago)



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The Right vs. Religion

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The Republicans vs. The Truth

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Obama Stands Up

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Plot Thickens

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Teaching

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February 4
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

February 3


 

 
The Indiana Territory was divided on February 3, 1809.        The 16th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States was ratified on February 3, 1913.        OSO 2 was launched on February 3, 1965.        ESSA 1 was launched on February 3, 1966.        SERT II was launched on February 3, 1970.        Print and Post a Poster for Tomorrow's History Today.        Use the controls on the right side of your screen to scroll down for "illustrated history" and "news"!

 

 
 
 
 

painting by Eduard Magnus  [reproduction number LC-USZ62-133859]
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division

Felix Mendelssohn
(February 3, 1809 - November 4, 1847)

 
 
 
 

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
[reproduction number LC-DIG-cwpbh-00704]

Horace Greeley
(February 3, 1811 - November 29, 1872)

 
 
 
 

photo from Wikipedia
Elizabeth Blackwell
(February 3, 1821 - May 31, 1910)

 
 
 
 

photo from Wikipedia
Woodrow Wilson
(December 28, 1856 - February 3, 1924)

 
 
 
 

photo courtesy Wikipedia
Harold L. Ickes
(March 15, 1874 - February 3, 1952)

 
 
 
 

photo from Wikipedia
Norman Rockwell *
(February 3, 1894 - November 8, 1978)

 
 
 
 

photo from Wikipedia
James A. Michener
(February 3, 1907 - October 16, 1997)

 
 
 
 

photo of Soviet Luna 9 (Lunik 9) courtesy NASA
Lunik 9 performed the first soft landing on the moon on February 3, 1966.

 
 
 
 

courtesy U.S. Senate Historical Office
Paul Sarbanes
was born on February 3, 1933
.

 
 
 
 

official photo
Congressman Rob Wittman
has a birthday on February 3.

 
 
 
 

official portrait
Congressman Tom Graves
has a birthday on February 3.

 
 
 
 
photographer/creator: NASA
Starting from the bottom right and going clockwise:
McCandless,    McNair,    Gibson,    Brand, and Stewart,
photographer/creator: NASA
were launched on board Challenger on February 3, 1984.

 
 
 
 
photographer/creator: NASA
Ronald M. Sega,            Sergei K. Krikalev,
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz,          N. Jan Davis,      
Kenneth S. Reightler Jr.,   and    Charles F. Bolden Jr.
photographer/creator: NASA
were launched on board Discovery on February 3, 1994.
 

 
 
 
 
photographer/creator: NASA
Harris,       Foale,
Voss,    Collins,    Wetherbee,  and   Titov,
photographer/creator: NASA
were launched on board Discovery on February 3, 1995.

 
 
 
 

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Egyptians
from All Walks of Life
Join Tuesday’s Protests

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

When Corporations Choose Despots Over Democracy
by
Amy Goodman

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Killing the Internet Not Just a Problem in Egypt
by
Laura Flanders

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Income inequality
Egypt vs U.S.

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Even with freedom, if there is no justice,
there will be, in the end, no peace.

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Boom Town and Bust City: A Tale of Two New Yorks
by
Lizzy Ratner

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Remarkable Editorial Bias on Climate Science
at the Wall Street Journal


 

Journalists Arrested At Hearing By Order Of House Republicans
[If the well is all encased so fracking chemicals cannot escape,
as the video shows, how does the natural gas get into the well?]


 

Solangi said he is barred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
from discussing details gathered from the dolphin because it’s part of
the Natural Resource Damage Assessment process related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.


 

Washington’s enemy is not “terrorism”
but the principle of free speech
and voices of conscience within its militarist state.

[Remember Bradley Manning is only alledged to have done certain things.]


 

Why Are U.S. Health Costs So High? Follow the Bills!
by
Ralph Nader


 

The Cancerous Politics and Ideology of the Susan G. Komen Foundation
by
Jodi Jacobson
. . . it is now clear
that some anti-choicers on Komen’s board and senior staff
are actually willing to sacrifice poor women to breast cancer
to satisfy their own agendas.


 

Reactions Heated on Planned Parenthood-Komen Rift
by
David Crary


 

Model Sara Ziff will launch workers’ rights organisation for fashion industry.
by
Paul Harris


 

If you were the Iranian government,
facing all those threats and actual acts of war against you
coming from the country with the most powerful military in the world,
you would be completely idiotic and derelict in your duty
if you did not start developing a plan to retaliate against a looming attack.


 

Canada: Harper’s Border Deal Expands the National Security State
by
Emily Gilbert


 

A Push for Privacy in the Wake of the Carrier IQ Controversy
by
Josh Levy


 
 
 
 
 
 

No Background Check
(posted here 1 year ago)

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Gingrich’s Israeli Connection, Obama’s Israeli Connection, etc.


 
 
 
 
 
 

The “Israel” Word


 
 
 
 
 
 

Going to war with Iran on an “if”?


 
 
 
 
 
 

The Media’s Blind Spot


 
 
 
 
 
 

Follow the Money

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Republican War on Workers

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About Time

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Arizona

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Fracking

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February 3
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

February 2


 

 
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago was signed on February 2, 1848.        KH7-36 was launched on February 2, 1967.        Print and Post a Poster for Tomorrow's History Today.        Use the controls on the right side of your screen to scroll down for "illustrated history" and "news"!

 

 
 
 
 

photo from Wikipedia
Wendell Phillips
(November 29, 1811 - February 2, 1884)

 
 
 
 

from Wikipedia
James Joyce
(February 2, 1882 - January 13, 1941)

 
 
 
 

photo courtesy of Congressman Cornyn
Senator John Cornyn
has a birthday on February 2.

 
 
 
 

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Bush Wrongheaded on Health Care
by
Dave Zweifel

(posted here 6 years ago)


 

More Dishonesty from Bush in State of Union
by
Matthew Rothschild

(posted here 6 years ago)


 

Torture is an endemic problem in Egypt
and ending police abuse has
been a driving element
behind the massive popular demonstrations
that swept Egypt over the past week.

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Why Washington Clings to a Failed Middle East Strategy
by
Gareth Porter

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Israel’s Human Rights Abuses
by
Janan Abdu

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

New York mayor sent investigators to Phoenix, Arizona.
They were able to buy Glock pistols with no questions asked.

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Eric Schneiderman: The Right Man, the Right Moment
by
Katrina vanden Heuvel


 

Former top Walker aide Russell had previously been fired for “gross misconduct”.


 

Occupy the Super Bowl: Now More Than Just a Slogan.
by
Dave Zirin


 

The Monster Known as Monsanto
by
Scott Edwards


 

stooges of US empire


 

Talking With the Taliban
by
Robert Dreyfuss


 

Dispatches From Cairo: Revolution One Year Later
by
Lauren Unger-Geoffroy


 

Russia Stands in the Way of U.N. Call for Assad to Step Down
by
NEIL MacFarquhar


 

"administrative detention"


 
 
 
 
 
 

U.S. Embedded in Egypt
(posted here 1 year ago)

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U.S. and Others
(posted here 1 year ago)

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Obama and Popular Will
(posted here 1 year ago)

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Giant Source of Polution
(posted here 1 year ago)

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Supreme Court Building and Giant Dollar Signs


 
 
 
 
 
 

Vote on Insider Trading Ban ahead for Senate


 
 
 
 
 
 

February 2
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

February 1


 

 
Victor Herbert ws born on February 1, 1859.        Langston Hughes was born on February 1, 1902.        Print and Post a Poster for Tomorrow's History Today.        Use the controls on the right side of your screen to scroll down for "illustrated history" and "news"!

 

 
 
 
 

from Wikipedia
Mary Shelley
(August 30, 1797 - February 1, 1851)

 
 
 
 

photo courtesy of the U.S. Senate Historical Office
Senator Michael Enzi
has a birthday on February 1.

 
 
 
 

photographer: NASA
David Brown      Laurel Clark     Michael Anderson     Ilan Ramon
Rick Husband   Kalpana Chawla   William McCool
Columbia    “16 Minutes From Home”    February 1, 2003

 
 
 

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progressive presidents have more of an interest
in improving government’s performance
than conservatives do

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Obama, Incorporated
by
David Bromwich

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Republicans want to rip the heart out of the future.
(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Greenpeace Protests at Koch Brothers’ Rally
by
Ed Pilkington

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

What if Jared Loughner Were a Muslim Arab Immigrant?
by
Phyllis Bennis

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

None of this was by accident.


 

Freddie Mac, the taxpayer-owned mortgage giant,
has placed multibillion-dollar bets that pay off
if homeowners stay trapped in expensive mortgages
with interest rates well above current rates.


 

Years after the housing bubble burst, residents in the Sunshine State
continue to face the heartbreak of home foreclosure
.


 

we’re going after the stuff that blew up the economy


 

Government can and should be part of the solution.


 

Pentagon Should Have Liposuction


 

One reason the media can’t quite grasp what the Occupy movement wants
is that it’s not really anxious to find out.
Since it’s awkward to report on one's own shortcomings,
journalists have consequently expended countless barrels of ink
and oodles of airtime examining peripheral issues, such as:
Who started the movement?
Who’s in the movement?
Who are its leaders?
Are they falling in love?
What will satisfy them?


 

The candidate who spent more on a campaign for a congressional seat in 2008
won the race more than nine out of 10 times,
according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
And spending on negative ads is particularly effective.


 

the decay of Canada


 

Will the Governor of Michigan
send one of his dictators to Greece?


 

Thousands of critics of capitalism meeting in Brazil
called Sunday for a worldwide protest in June
to press for concrete steps to tackle the global economic crisis.


 

Yet Ronen Bergman and the editors of the New York Times Magazine
see no need for their readers to encounter these facts.


 

Syria Unrest: Clinton and Hague Back Arab League Plan at UN


 
 
 
 
 
 

They’ve only just begun . . . ?

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Why does Mitt pay so little in taxes?

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Wongio

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We always have more prosperity when taxws were higher.

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Not News


 
 
 
 

February 1
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

January 31


 

 
Zane Grey was born on January 31, 1872        John O'Hara was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania on January 31, 1905.        Benjamin Hooks was born on January 31, 1925.        Alan Alexander Milne died on January 31, 1956.        HEROS 2 was launched on January 31, 1972.        "Molly" Ivins died January 31, 2007.        Print and Post a Poster for Tomorrow's History Today.        Use the controls on the right side of your screen to scroll down for "illustrated history" and "news"!

 

 
 
 
 

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
reproduction number LC-USZ62-45482

Gouverneur Morris
(January 31, 1752 - November 6, 1816)

 
 
 
 

from Wikipedia
Jackie Robinson
(January 31, 1919 - October 24, 1972)

 
 
 
 

photographed by Carl Van Vechten in 1948
Norman Mailer
(January 31, 1923 - November 10, 2007)

 
 
 
 

from the Congressional Pictorial Directory, 108th
Dick Gephardt
was born on January 31, 1941
.

 
 
 
 

official photo
Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger

has a birthday on January 31.

 
 
 
 

photo courtesy of Dutch Ruppersberger
Congressman Larry Kissell

has a birthday on January 31.

 
 
 
 

potographer: NASA
Explorer 1 was launched on January 31, 1958.

 
 
 
 

photographer/creator: NASA
MR-2 was launched on January 31, 1961.

 
 
 
 

flag of Nauru from Wikipedia
Nauru became independent on January 31, 1968.

 
 
 
 

official photo
Congressman Bill Huizenga

has a birthday on January 31.

 
 
 
 
photographer/creator: NASA
photographer/creator: NASA
Roosa,     Shepard, and Mitchell were launched on board Apollo 14 on January 31, 1971.

 
 
 
 

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The decision to ask now for more money to develop the weapon
was directly related to efforts by the U.S. military’s Central Command
to prepare military options against Iran as quickly as possible
.


 

Police Use Teargas on Occupy Oakland; 300 Arrested


 

Who’s doing all this tax cheating? Not average Americans.


 
 
 
 
 
 

January 31
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

January 30


 

 
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photo from Wikipedia
Orville Wright
(August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948)

 
 
 
 

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
[reproduction number LC-USZ62-26759 DLC]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945)

 
 
 
 

photo from Wikipedia
Dorothy Thompson
(July 9, 1893 - January 30, 1961)

 
 
 
 

from Wikipedia

Felix Frankfurter
was sworn in as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
on January 30, 1939.

 
 
 
 

Image, Congressional Pictorial Directory, 109th.
Congressman Frank Wolf
has a birthday on January 30.

 
 
 
 

from a White House photo by David Bohrer
Dick Cheney
(January 30, 1941 - )

 
 
 
 

Image, Congressional Pictorial Directory, 107th.
John Elias Baldacci
was born on January 30, 1955.

 
 
 
 

Ranger (7) photographer: NASA

Ranger 6 was launched on January 30, 1964.

 
 
 
 

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The grassroots can demand also that federal budget cuts
should come from the trillion-dollar costs of the unwinnable wars
instead of slashing pensions, health benefits and social programs.

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Egypt’s K Street Connections
by
Ari Berman

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

But six months later,
an almost unbearable realization had set in:
the cavalry wasn’t coming.

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Of course U.S. policymaker’s recurring nightmare
is that genuine democratization breaks out in Egypt
and spreads to the oil monarchies.
And one assumes that at this moment Washington
is doing everything in its power
to sabotage this possibility or try to mitigate the damage.

(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Blankfein
(posted here 1 year ago)


 

We have to fundamentally rethink economics.
(posted here 1 year ago)


 

Pigs


 

Main$tream Media Bia$


 

If we’re going to compel kids to stay in school,
we need to make their schooling compelling.


 

The Few, The Proud, The Few


 

"If you voted Republican in the past, stop!"


 

Will the U.S. Back Real Democracy in Egypt?


 

UK: Four Sun journalists arrested in investigation into police bribery.


 

Arab League suspends Syria monitoring mission?


 
 
 
 

January 30
Born Today - Died Today
by
Steven D. Miller
The World from My Window   *