By IAN JAMES
Associated Press August 26, 2006 CARACAS, Venezuela - The U.S. government is spending millions of dollars in the name of democracy in Venezuela - bankrolling human rights seminars, training emerging leaders, advising political parties and giving to charities. But the money is raising deep suspicions among supporters of President Hugo Chavez, in part because the U.S. has refused to name many of the groups it's supporting.
Details of the spending emerge in 1,600 pages of grant contracts obtained by The Associated Press through a Freedom of Information Act request. The U.S. Agency for International Development released copies of 132 contracts in all, but whited out the names and other identifying details of nearly half the grantees. |
Published: Sunday, August 27, 2006
Bylined to: Patrick J. O'Donoghue VHeadline.com News Editor Patrick J. O'Donoghue writes: According to a report in Maracaibo broadsheet, Panorama, Interior and Justice (MIJ) Minister, Jesse Chacon states that a US military plane that arrived at (Caracas) Simon Bolivar international airport at Maiquetia on Wednesday was carrying arms and military material.
The Minister says that among the 20 cases loaded off on the plane, there was a case that contained explosive materials. |
By JEFFREY McMURRAY
Associated Press August 27, 2006 LEXINGTON, Ky. - A commuter jet was on the wrong runway when it crashed just after takeoff early Sunday and burst into flames, killing 49 people and leaving the lone survivor - a co-pilot - in critical condition, federal investigators said.
Preliminary data from the Comair Flight 5191's data records and the damage at the scene indicate the plane took off from Blue Grass Airport's shortest runway, a 3,500-foot-long strip not intended for commercial flights, National Transportation Safety Board member Debbie Hersmann said. |
By ANABELLE GARAY
Associated Press Aug 26, 2006 FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - Clutching American flags and signs that read "America was formed by immigrants," more than 300 protesters on Saturday denounced a city proposal that would prohibit landlords from leasing to illegal immigrants.
About two dozen counter-protesters staged a demonstration nearby. The proposal by City Councilman Tim O'Hare would also make it tougher for illegal immigrants to work in the Dallas suburb, penalize businesses that employ undocumented workers and make English the city's official language. |
by Charley Reese
LewRockwell.com August 27, 2006 To get a better idea of what ails the world, let's use our imagination to transport ourselves into outer space. From there, we can look down on Earth not as an American or as a European, but as a disinterested alien.
We see a collection of sovereign nations - some large, some small, some powerful and some weak. We also see that some of the powerful nations do not respect the sovereignty of some of the others. For example, by what right do the United States and the Europeans tell Iran it cannot enrich uranium? Other nations enrich uranium. Iran is a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and it grants the right to enrich uranium. Where does the United States get off telling the Iranians they can't do it? |
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