US bid to revive Mideast talks falters over settlements
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday failed to convince Palestinians and Israelis to revive stalled peace talks, with the issue of Jewish settlements remaining a main stumbling block.

Fearing fraud, challenger may quit Afghan presidential runoff
Afghanistan-Challenger Abdullah Abdullah and Afghan President Hamid Karzai failed Saturday to agree on conditions for their Nov. 7 presidential runoff, setting the stage for Abdullah to drop out of the race, senior aides to Abdullah said.

Afghan boycott would not de-legitimise poll: Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that a boycott of the run-off election in Afghanistan by runner-up Abdullah Abdullah would not de-legitimise the poll.

Fight for survival in the West Bank
They have farmed these fields for 300 years. They once owned 60 dunums (60,000 square metres) but now have four (4,000 square metres) - the rest has been confiscated by Israeli settlers.

Rights Groups Condemn Bid to Quash Goldstone Report
International human rights groups have raised concern over a proposed non-binding resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives which would call on the White House to oppose any future endorsement or consideration of Judge Richard Goldstone's "Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict".

9yr-old boy tortured, says former Guantanamo detainee
A British Muslim detained for three years at the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison manned by the United States, revealed that the youngest detainee he knew of was a nine-year-old boy who was also tortured like the rest.

Medical chief warns of extremists’ attacking flu vaccination campaign
Extremists are attempting to derail the introduction of a national swine flu vaccination campaign, the country’s top doctor has warned. Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer for England, spoke out against protests aimed at deterring people from having the jab. In one case, a Birmingham hospital had already been flyposted with anti-vaccination messages as its immunisation campaign started.

Merkel and Sarkozy unite to end Blair's European dream
Former prime minister's bid for EU presidency founders as continent's most powerful leaders announce they would prefer candidate from smaller country

Zelaya seals deal with Honduras rival
Honduras' de facto rulers agreed to a deal with ousted President Manuel Zelaya to end the country's political stalemate because of fear that upcoming elections would not be recognized by the international community, the Obama administration said Friday.

U.N. Can’t Account for Millions Sent to Afghan Election Board
The United Nations cannot account for tens of millions of dollars provided to the troubled Afghan election commission, according to two confidential U.N. audits and interviews with current and former senior diplomats.

WHO says it's sending team to Ukraine to probe reports of serious H1N1 activity
The World Health Organization is sending a team of experts to Ukraine to look into reports of severe H1N1 disease there, a spokesperson for the global health agency said Friday.

Mysterious virus hits Ukraine
The illness begins as an ordinary bout of flu, but after a week the symptoms get worse.

Taliban in Pakistan blame U.S. Blackwater for deadly blast
Chief of Taliban movement in Pakistan Hakimullah Mehsud has blamed the controversial American private firm Blackwater for the bomb blast in Peshawar which killed 108 people, local news agency NNI reported Thursday.

Madoff: SEC could have had him earlier
Jailed former financier Bernard Madoff says lack of basic investigatory moves by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission allowed his Ponzi scheme to flourish

Claim: A New Wrinkle in the JFK Assassination Story
This month will mark the 46th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A recently declassified oral history by Brigadier General Godfrey McHugh, President Kennedy's military aide on the Dallas trip, sheds new light on the critical hours after the shooting.

House ethics panel reviewed 2005 Harman conversation
The House ethics committee initiated a review this year of a 2005 conversation that Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) had with an Israeli operative in which she discussed winning help for her bid to become chairman of the House intelligence committee, according to newly available documents.

Scozzafava suspends NY 23 campaign
Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her bid in next Tuesday’s NY 23 special election, a huge development that dramatically shakes up the race. She did not endorse either of her two opponents -- Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman or Democrat Bill Owens.

US spy agencies' spending rises to $49.8 billion
U.S. spy agencies spent $49.8 billion in fiscal year 2009, $2 billion more than in 2008 and the second such multibillion-dollar increase in as many years.

Obama's Tax Pledge: Already Broken, Might As Well Stomp on It
Americans for Tax Reform lists the tax hikes in the House health care bill that would violate President Obama's campaign pledge to avoid "any form" of higher taxes on families making less than $250,000 a year.

Comprehensive List of Taxes
In House Democrat Health Bill
H.R. 3962, the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" has been introduced--all 1990 pages of it. This gargantuan beast contains thirteen new tax hikes.

Obama administration seeks to block wiretap suit
The Justice Department is invoking the state secrets privilege to stop a lawsuit over Bush-era wiretapping—the first time the Obama administration has done so under its new policy on such cases.

Barack Obama fails to defeat conservatism
This week's striking Gallup poll on political ideology is further confirmation that the United States is in essence a conservative nation, which has ironically become even more conservative under Barack Obama.

Key US Senate panel approves sweeping Iran sanctions
The US Senate Banking Committee on Thursday approved a sweeping package of economic sanctions aimed at Iran, one of many efforts by lawmakers to compel Tehran to freeze its suspect nuclear program.

Republicans Assail ‘Freight Train of More Mandates’ In House Health Bill
Republicans criticized the House health overhaul bill, released by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, for its size, scope and cost.

VIP Democratic donors have big federal interests
When UBS Americas CEO Robert Wolf stepped out on the golf links at Martha's Vineyard this past summer as part of President Obama's foursome, his firm had plenty to celebrate.

Attempted Murder Of 6 Harvard Microbiologists
I find it reprehensible that it took two month to notify the public of the event.

Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry
House ethics investigators have scrutinized the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides in inquiries about issues including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling, according to a confidential House ethics committee report prepared in July

Flu jab 'may prevent children developing swine flu immunity'
Seasonal flu vaccination may prevent children developing immunity to swine flu, an opinion piece in The Lancet Infectious Diseases has suggested.

Al Gore still addicted to nonexistent hurricane-climate link in new book
Gore 2.0, now with Pacific Hurricanes, coming to a book store near you. Gore plans to hawk it on David Letterman next Tuesday night. One more reason not to watch Dave anymore. One can always hope though. Maybe he’ll feature Gore as a “stupid human trick”.

Merck Scientist Admits Cancer & AIDS Came From Vaccines (Video)
This is an interview that was censored for obvious reasons. Dr. Maurice Hilleman who was a senior vaccine scientist at Merck reveals the real story behind AIDS and the SV40 virus which causes cancer and how they have been deliberately put in vaccines to infect people.

Congress: We Can't Help the American Public Because The Dog Ate Our Homework
As PhD economist Craig Pirrong makes clear, all of the talk of "reform" and "regulation" coming out of Washington is just for show (without any substance), to appease the populist anger.

Federal regulators close 9 banks
Regulators have shut down nine banks, including California National Bank.

Why the Goldman Sachs-AIG Story Won’t Go Away
How did so much taxpayer money end up in the coffers of American International Group Inc.’s too- big-to-fail customers? The more we find out, the more it becomes obvious we still don’t know the half of it.

Consumer Spending in U.S. Declined in September
Spending by U.S. consumers fell in September for the first time in five months after the government’s auto-rebate program expired.

Halloween Special: 5 Economic Scenarios to Keep You Up at Night
With so many potential negatives on the horizon, I’m just not buying this current rally.”

5 Reasons The GDP Jump Isn't All It Seems
CIT Group Inc. bond and credit- default swap prices show that investors are betting the 101- year-old commercial lender will file for bankruptcy after the deadline for a debt exchange expired overnight.

‘Jobs Created or Saved’ Is White House Fantasy
Last week, the chairman of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers -- a position that carried the title “chief economist” until Larry Summers took up residence in the White House -- testified to the Joint Economic Committee on the economic crisis and the efficacy of the policy response.

Bank-Favoring Censorship by Congress
Harper’s Magazine has written up the lengths to which the authorities will go in censoring views that dissent with what is the unstated official policy: that no demand of the banking industry is too unreasonable not to be catered to.

Barclays' Cash 'Lost' By Alleged Fraudster
Barclays bank may have lost up to £130m after it invested in a hedge fund run by a German man suspected to be at the centre of a transatlantic scam.

The Full Story Of How Tim Geithner Secretly Bailed Out Wall Street And Screwed The Taxpayer Last Fall
When the historians finally finish sorting through the appalling decisions that have been made in the past two years, this one will probably be at the top of the heap.

F.D.I.C. Chief Criticizes Reform Plan
Senior regulators and some lawmakers clashed once again with the Obama administration on Thursday, finding fault with central elements of the White House’s latest plan to unwind large financial companies when their troubles imperil the financial system.

Bankers Expect Rising Bonus Pay to Break Records in Global Poll
In Washington and on Main Street, politicians and voters are railing against Wall Street’s multi- million-dollar pay packages. In the financial world, most executives expect their bonuses to match or exceed last year’s, with 1 in 10 predicting their best-ever payout.

Ally Bank's Alchemy
IN AN ERA WHERE profit-seeking businessmen are considered guilty until proven innocent, it might surprise you that the government is helping fund some of the most blatantly fraudulent financial propaganda one can imagine.

Darling accused of double-cross over collapse of Lehman Brothers
Alistair Darling has been accused by Henry Paulson, the former US Treasury Secretary, of double-crossing America when he effectively vetoed the acquisition of Lehman Brothers by Barclays Bank in September last year.

Afghanistan: Eight Years On & No Direction Home
By Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould
Empowering the people of the region to seek positive change would disempower the Taliban and change the game.

The Phony Radicalism of Michael Moore
By Sheldon Richman
With phony radicals like Michael Moore around, the ruling elite has nothing to worry about.

Climate Change Treaty A Precursor To Global Government?
By Chuck Baldwin
It does seem to be getting clearer and clearer that if the elected civil magistrates in Washington, D.C., do not quickly grow some backbone and develop some sagacity as to the direction these globalists are taking our country, resistance will be forced (in one way or another) upon the States and the People.

Hair of the Dog
By Peter Schiff
A string of ever-worsening recessions will eventually lead to what will be the next Great (Inflationary) Depression.

On the Edge with Catherine Austin Fitts
Max Keiser interview with Catherine Austin.

Gerald Celente - Economic Cover up

Facing A Total Breakdown Of Financial Markets
By Bob Chapman
Anyone who has been in the market for any length of time knows all of our current problems emanated straight from the fed.

Ron Paul vs. Michael Moore
Dr. Paul appeared on CNN’s Larry King Show last night to repsond to Michael Moore’s interview and attack on capitalism in the show’s first half.

Ron Paul: Sanctions on Iran are an Act of War! (Video)

Peter Schiff on Phony GDP Growth (Video)

New Game Lets Players Massacre Civilians
A new video game allows players to pose as Russian ultranationalist terrorists and massacre civilians with assault weapons in an airport.

Celente: Uniqueness Is Key in Avoiding Economic Hardship
By Naresh Vissa
World-renowned Trends Research Institute founder Gerald Celente predicted that the greatest economic depression yet will hit the world by the end of 2012. The slump may be inevitable, but there are ways to prepare for it.

Low Flu Vaccination Rate Reveals Massive Repudiation of American Government
By Bill Sardi
The American government may have left itself exposed to revealing just how strongly the public opposes its flu vaccination campaign. For the first time Americans can count how many of its citizens opted for or against flu vaccination, and the numbers are appalling.

Ultrasecret NSA Has Conspicuous Role in New Federal Cybersecurity Center
Congress and civil libertarians have always been twitchy about involving the ultrasecretive National Security Agency—masters of electronic spying—more deeply in domestic security matters.

Obama Signs Law Authorizing Suppression of Torture Photos
Among other things in the Homeland Security appropriations bill President Obama signed into law yesterday is a provision that authorizes the Defense Department to continue to conceal photos of the torture and abuse of detainees by U.S. forces.

Capitol Security Stifling Freedom of Speech!
Please watch this video and send it to everyone you know! On 10-27-09 the Capitol security prevented Grassfire from hand delivering petitions to congressmen.

Loosening of F.B.I. Rules Stirs Privacy Concerns
“It raises fundamental questions about whether a domestic intelligence agency can protect civil liberties if they feel they have a right to collect broad personal information about people they don’t even suspect of wrongdoing,” said Mike German, a former F.B.I. agent who now works for the American Civil Liberties Union.