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Pilots: Hijacker Incoherent During Tense Standoff
 Martha Mendoza
The three pilots of Aeromexico Flight 576, which was hijacked Wednesday afternoon on its way into Mexico City, spoke about the ordeal to the Associated Press.
 Eight Years Ago
 William Rivers Pitt
It was eight years ago when four commercial airplanes penetrated the most formidable electronic and military defenses in the history of the world, despite a presidential memo warning of exactly such an occurrence, and delivered George W. Bush to his glory.
Community Mobilizes to Protest Cheney Center at University of Wyoming
 IndictBushNow.org
The decision to name a new center for international students at the University of Wyoming after former Vice President Dick Cheney has drawn outcries from students, activists and local community members.
The President’s Closing Remarks, and a Letter from Ted
 Jesse Lee
President Barack Obama refers to a letter from the late Senator Kennedy in his closing remarks to a joint session of Congress on health care at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009.
Drought, Lack of Credit, Imports Hurting Mexican Ranchers
 Kent Paterson
Times are tough in Mexico's cattle country. High prices for production inputs, low prices for milk, expanding drought, and thirsty, dying cattle all form part of the contemporary ranching landscape.
LatAm Women in History - More than Just Heroines
 Humberto Márquez
Juana Azurduy or Manuela Sáenz, Bartolina Sisa or Gertrudis Bocanegra, Luisa Cáceres or Policarpa Salavarrieta - these heroines attest to the participation of women in the struggle for Latin America’s independence from Spain, a revolutionary movement that began two centuries ago this year.
Ronald Reagan's Torture
 Robert Parry
Lost amid the attention given George W. Bush's "war on terror" torture policies was the CIA's cryptic admission that it also engaged in interrogation abuses during Ronald Reagan's anti-leftist wars in Central America, another era of torture and extra-judicial killings.
The US Dollar Collapses
 Carl Gutierrez
The U.S. dollar reached its lowest point against the euro this year due to a myriad of forces including rising global stocks and commodities prices, low interest rates, and investors diversifying out of Treasury debt and into other assets including U.S. stocks with the Dow Jones industrial average approaching 9500 in late afternoon trading.
California's Unemployment at 60 Year High, at Depression Levels
 Stewart A. Alexander
If there are any hints that the bottom of the U.S. economic decline is near, don't look for any signs in California where the state's unemployment rate is at the highest level since WWII, and thousands are losing their homes to foreclosures as California's economy continues to spiral in decline.
Obama May Need Sense of Crisis to Revive Health-Care Overhaul
 Julianna Goldman & Nicholas Johnston
President Barack Obama returns to Washington next week in search of one thing that can revive his health-care overhaul: a sense of crisis.
Increasing Violence in Mexico's Drug War
 Reuters
Mexican President Felipe Calderon removed Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora from office on Monday as the government's war against powerful drug gangs falters. Following are some notable incidents of violence involving the drug cartels.
UN to Consider New Position for Women
 Donald Steinberg
As the U.N. reviews its internal structures for addressing women's interests around the world, surely the most significant changes expected will concern women and armed conflict. The question is - will this reform make a fundamental difference in the lives of women impacted by war?
LatAm Journalists Face New Opposition
 Alexei Barrionuevo
In recent months, journalists across the region have faced opposition not only from courts but also from the leaders of several countries, who have moved to restrict critical coverage and paint the news media as the enemy.
Labor Day and the Low-Wage Future
 The Real News Network
Unemployment numbers continue to rise in the United States as the potential for a 'jobless recovery' takes hold. In this video, TRNN Producer Jesse Freeston speaks with Jeannette Wicks-Lim of the Political Economy Research Institute about the report she released on Labor Day which shows the problem goes beyond the crisis.
Despite Slump, U.S. Role as Top Arms Supplier Grows
 Thom Shanker
Despite a recession that knocked down global arms sales last year, the United States expanded its role as the world’s leading weapons supplier, increasing its share to more than two-thirds of all foreign armaments deals, according to a new Congressional study.
Unhappy Labor Day
 Matthew Rothschild
It's Labor Day and the American worker doesn't have a lot to celebrate. Unemployment stands at 9.7 percent - that's 15 million people out of work, officially, and millions more unofficially.
Art as Resistance
 Dahr Jamail
Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have tough truths to tell, and it has been well demonstrated that the establishment media does not want to broadcast these. Given the lack of an outlet for anti-war voices in the corporate media, many contemporary veterans and active-duty soldiers have embraced the arts as a tool for resistance, communication and healing.
Mexican Cartel Enforcers and Rising 'Collateral Damage'
 Sylvia Longmire
The expression “collateral damage” is usually used in conjunction with conventional warfare or terrorist attacks. However, it is now being increasingly used in reports describing attacks by drug trafficking organization (DTO) enforcement groups in Mexico.
US-Honduras: State Dept Condemns "Coup d'Etat", Curtails Aid
 Daniel Luban
Frustrated by the continued intransigence of the Honduran regime that ousted President Manuel Zelaya, the U.S. State Department followed through last week on threats to cut off aid to Honduras.
Pictures of Dying Marine Bring War Home to America
 Gaby Hinsliff
It is a graphic image of the harsh realities of war: the fatally wounded young marine lying crumpled in the mud, his vulnerable face turned to the camera. And it is one the US defence secretary would rather you did not see.
34 Million People Have Been Harvested
 Jim Kirwan
"By 2005, the Pentagon had already amassed 34 million names and information, on young people, creating the largest repository of information on 16 to 25 year old youth, in the country" says the US military.
Congress Women Abandon Their Posts
 Yvonne Reyes
Within 72 hours of the start of the 61st Legislature, 10 deputies have asked for permission to abandon their elected positions. The situation provoked indignation among other legislators and accusations that political parties used women to fulfill gender quotas and get into office, only to later replace them with men.
Obama's Hail Mary: Too Little Too Late?
 Doug Thompson
In a town where football stereotypes replace rational thought, the clockers and watchers are already calling President Barack Obama's plans to try and sell his faltering health care reform agenda to a joint session of Congress a "hail mary" pass in the closing seconds of a losing game.
United Nations Wants 5 Year Olds Taught to Masterbate!
 Fox News
The newly released UNESCO International Guidelines on Sexuality Education advocates for the universal right to accurate, non judgmental sexual and reproductive health education.
Mexico's Calderón: No Letup In Drive Against Drug Cartels
 William Booth
President Felipe Calderón pledged Wednesday to continue his full frontal attack - including deployment of thousands of soldiers on the streets - in the fight against the powerful drug cartels that threaten the national security of Mexico.
Resurrecting the "Guatemalan Dream"
 Cyril Mychalejko
While Guatemala's civil war officially ended with the signing of Peace Accords on Dec. 29, 1996, the country still suffers from institutional racism, military and police abuses, criminal violence, poverty and impunity.
Resisting Homophobia in the US Military
 Dahr Jamail
As the occupation of Afghanistan increasingly leads the military to search for more boots on the ground, homosexual soldiers who are beginning to resist the treatment they are receiving in the military are slowly becoming yet another hurdle the overstretched military faces.
Rise Of Mercenary Armies Menace World
 Sherwood Ross
The growing use of private armies not only subjects target populations to savage warfare but makes it easier for the White House to subvert domestic public opinion and wage wars.
Mexico and Argentina Move Towards Decriminalising Drugs
 Rory Carroll, Jo Tuckman, & Tom Phillips
Argentina and Mexico have taken significant steps towards decriminalising drugs amid a growing Latin American backlash against the US-sponsored "war on drugs".
International Tribunal Takes Up Rendition, Torture Case
 Jason Leopold
A week after the Justice Department released documents that described in extraordinary detail the CIA's top secret rendition program, an international human rights tribunal has agreed to take up the case of a German citizen who was "rendered" to a CIA black site prison in Afghanistan and tortured in a case of mistaken identity.
DHS: Expect Your Computer to be Seized Without Suspicion
 Scott M. Fulton, III
In what was presented to the public this week as a clarification of its privacy policy, the US Dept. of Homeland Security published a paper referring to new guidelines for its immigration and customs agents regarding how they may conduct border searches of travelers' computers and electronic media.
Colombia's Uribe Defends US Base Deal from Neighbours
 Marcela Valente
At a special summit Friday in Argentina, the presidents of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) questioned the agreement under which Colombia will allow the United States to use seven military bases in its territory.
Sheehan Returns to Rebuke Obama
 Agence France-Presse
After spending weeks dogging George W. Bush's presidential vacations, anti-war protester Cindy Sheehan is now trying to make life uncomfortable for President Barack Obama.
Honduras: Lessons From the Coup: Or, Why Are We in Honduras Anyhow?
 John Lamperti
The military's ouster of President Zelaya, followed by the suspension of civil liberties and repression of non-violent protests, looks like a return to the bad old days when coups were the rule and real elections the rare exception.
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