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| NYT Editor Keller, On Reporter David Rhode's Daring Escape From Taliban Captivity | |
| more at cnn.com June 21, 2009 | |
| Date: 22 June 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 765 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Republican Outline for Health Care Reform | |
| Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., argues against a public option. | |
| Date: 22 June 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 776 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 4 | |
| Could 911 been prevented if Gay linguists hadn't been fired from Military? | |
| As Criticism of Obama Mounts within Gay Community, Gay Rights Pioneer Cleve Jones Calls for March for Equality on Washington On Wednesday, President Barack Obama signed a memorandum to extend some, but not all, benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees. Comprehensive healthcare, for example, is not included. President Obamas promise to work to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, Wednesday came one week after his administration filed a controversial legal brief supporting DOMA, an action which greatly disappointed activists fighting for marriage equality. We speak with Cleve Jones, one of the giants of the gay rights and AIDS awareness movements. He is the founder of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and the co-founder of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation. In the 1970s, Cleve Jones was a friend of the gay rights leader Harvey Milk. [includes rush transcript] | |
| Date: 22 June 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 785 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 4 | |
| EXTREMELY GRAPHIC: At Tehran Potest Young woman shot by the Basiji police (June 20) | |
| Read the full story here: http://iranianriots.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/girl-shot-in-protests-her-name-was-neda/ | |
| Date: 21 June 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 812 - Votes: 6 - Rating: 5 | |
| Nuclear facilities are vulnerable to intentional attacks | |
| Technical expert John Large, who has often been commissioned by Greenpeace to provide technical analysis about nuclear issues says nuclear Holocaust can come from any country that possesses a nuclear technology. The expert that led the nuclear risk assessment team for the raising of the damaged Russian nuclear submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea gave an exclusive interview to RT on issues of modern nuclear facilities safety. | |
| Date: 21 June 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 763 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Video sent to the BBC from Iran | |
| Many Iranians filmed Saturday's protests against the disputed election result on their mobile phones. | |
| Date: 21 June 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 782 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 4 | |
| Demonstration continues on 21 June in Tehran Iran Forsate Shirazi street | |
| Iranian people demonstrate to get their right back. Don't fear we are all together. Down with Dictator. This is the voice of Iranians. World should hear this!!! | |
| Date: 21 June 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 792 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Election Protests Turn Bloody in Iran | |
| Thousands of protesters defied Iran's highest authority Saturday and marched on waiting security forces as the crisis over disputed elections lurched into volatile new ground. (June 20) | |
| Date: 21 June 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 759 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 4 | |
| John Hodgman at Radio & TV Correspondents' Dinner | |
| Humorist John Hodgman was the entertainment headliner at the 2009 Radio and TV Correspondents' Dinner. Mr. Hodgman roasted the president for being a "nerd", referencing his place in popular culture and passion for comics and science fiction. http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/vidLink.php?b=1245459927&e=1245460770&n=001 | |
| Date: 21 June 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 748 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 3.34 | |
| IRAN: Protest Images | |
| Credit goes to: Parnaz & Ashkan Many many thanks... | |
| Date: 21 June 2009 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 755 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |