All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
MDC Secretary General Tendai Biti still faces a treason charge, despite a court on Tuesday dropping two other charges.
B.L. Ochman (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
The war in Iraq is over! Bush to face high treason charges, Universities to be Free, according to the gloriously fake New York Times. A team of people involved in the elaborate hoax distributed 200,000 copies of the paper - issue date July 4, 2009 - in locations throughout Manhattan this morning. Gawker reports that the hoax is the work of The Yes Men, whose website leads to BecauseWeWantIt.org....
Kaieteur News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... 65 miles beyond Kwakwani, up the Berbice River. The shareholder, who admitted to being related to treason accused Philip Bynoe, said that as long as Unamco maintained an interest in the area, that company maintained the road; but with the dissolution of Unamco, the road deteriorated and the logging concession in the area that used the road was forced to cease operations. Asked about the...
JESS3 (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
Finally, the morning paper brings some good news. The paper of record appears to be reporting that the war in Iraq has ended and that Troops to Return Immediately. Also, Labor Dept. Launches Job Creation Program. And Court Indicts Bush on High Treason Charge. More locally, New York Bike Path System Expanded Dramatically. As Gawker's Hamilton Nolan has pointed out, these headlines are not from The New...
RssDaily (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Finally, the morning paper brings some good news. The paper of record appears to be reporting that the war in Iraq has ended and that Troops to Return Immediately . Also, Labor Dept. Launches Job Creation Program . And Court Indicts Bush on High Treason Charge . More locally, New York Bike Path System Expanded Dramatically . As Gawker's Hamilton Nolan has pointed out , these headlines are not from...
BONJOUR L'ESTONIE (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
... of the security department at the Ministry of Defence, who was arrested by police in September on treason charges for allegedly selling secrets to Russia. The phrase 'burn it down' evoked memories of April 2007, when hundreds of ethnic Russian youths rioted in the capital, Tallinn, following a decision to relocate a Soviet war memorial. Ilves' call for unity is the latest in a series...
The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Finally, the morning paper brings some good news. The paper of record appears to be reporting that the war in Iraq has ended and that Troops to Return Immediately . Also, Labor Dept. Launches Job Creation Program . And Court Indicts Bush on High Treason Charge . More locally, New York Bike Path System Expanded Dramatically . read more » As Gawker's Hamilton Nolan has pointed out , these headlines...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
... of the security department at the Ministry of Defence, who was arrested by police in September on treason charges for allegedly selling secrets to Russia. The phrase "burn it down" evoked memories of April 2007, when hundreds of ethnic Russian youths rioted in the capital, Tallinn, following a decision to relocate a Soviet war memorial. Ilves' call for unity is the latest in a series...
BlogHer (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
By now, you've probably heard about that last Wednesday, the morning commuter crowds in Manhattan and a few other US cities were the targets of an elaborate prank when volunteers distributed 1.2 million copies of a bogus edition of the New York Times dated July 4, 2009 and boasting the banner headline: "Iraq War Ends." An anti-corporate activist group called the Yes Men claimed responsibility for...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
"Court Indicts Bush On High Treason Charge" and "Public Universities To Be Free" read some of the other spoof headlines, next to an admission by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that the US Government had known Iraq did not have access to weapons of mass destruction.
Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
A convincing fake of the New York Times hit the streets on Wednesday announcing the end of the war in Iraq and the indictment of President George W. Bush on treason charges. The elaborate spoof announced the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and a raft of other U.S. "liberal" fantasies
The Shotgun (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
... ," " National Health Insurance Act Passes ," and, of course, " Court indicts Bush on High Treason Charge ." The newspapers editorial, meanwhile, is entitled " We Apologize ." The apology is for helping beat the drums of war, and for being insufficiently critical during the lead up to the Iraq War. The editorial is reproduced, in full, below the fold (I'm fairly confident the website...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Parallel to the historic Presidential race and gains made by Democrats in the Congress, there's another electoral story with broad national consequences. Democrats won profound victories on the state level. Progressives took control of new legislative chambers in two of the largest states in the country, New York and Ohio, along with a trifecta – that is all chambers in Wisconsin.
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... of thousands of South Africans."It was an "important and iconic event" in the life of the ANC."The treason charges brought against ANC leaders in 1956 derived from the decisions taken at the Congress of the People."Lekota, former defence minister, and former Gauteng premier Shilowa are launching a breakaway party on December 16.The new organisation has struggled to find an appropriate...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... of thousands of South Africans."It was an "important and iconic event" in the life of the ANC."The treason charges brought against ANC leaders in 1956 derived from the decisions taken at the Congress of the People."Lekota, former defence minister, and former Gauteng premier Shilowa are launching a breakaway party on December 16.The new organisation has struggled to find an appropriate...
