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Disgraced ex-reporter to speak in Va. on ethics

Disgraced ex-New York Times reporter Jayson Blair will be the featured speaker at a Virginia journalism ethics seminar.

Britain's Blair seen as EU presidential material

President Tony Blair? Don't laugh, it could happen.

Britain's Blair hopping the pond for Letterman

Tony Blair is set for his first appearance on David Letterman's "Late Show."

Ex-reporter Jayson Blair now working as life coach

Jayson Blair knows his new profession — life coach — smacks some people in the face like a bad punchline.

Intel chief: Computer attacker still a mystery

The U.S. still has not figured out who was behind the July 4 cyberattacks that took down a series of government Web sites, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Wednesday.

Official: NKorean events potentially dangerous mix

North Korea's nuclear tests and missile launches follow a familiar pattern of provocation but take on dangerous significance with Kim Jong Il's designation of his successor last week, the top U.S. intelligence official said Monday.

Tony Blair holds out hope for two-state solution

A self-described optimist, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Congress on Thursday there is no workable alternative to a two-state solution to the long and bloody conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, and both sides are in favor of it.

Blair: US-China deal key to climate change accord

The key to a new global climate change agreement will be a deal between the United States and China, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday.

Intel director: High-value info obtained

The Obama administration's top intelligence official privately told employees last week that "high value information" was obtained in interrogations that included harsh techniques approved by former President George W. Bush.

Pitt All-American Blair to declare for NBA draft

DeJuan Blair guaranteed Pitt coach Jamie Dixon a year ago that he would play a full college career. One exceptional season changed all that.

Tony Blair criticizes Vatican attitude toward gays

Roman Catholic leaders are out of step with ordinary believers in their attitude toward homosexuals, former Prime Minister Tony Blair said in an interview published Wednesday.

Blair: Skepticism about peace after Netanyahu win

International mediator Tony Blair says there's skepticism about the prospects for peace because of Israel's new government.

Blair: Mideast peace process in jeopardy.

Middle East envoy Tony Blair said Wednesday the peace process was in jeopardy and Israel must fully support the goal of living in peace next to an independent Palestinian state.

Official: Mexico not in danger of collapse

The Mexican government is not on the verge of collapse, the top U.S. intelligence official said Thursday, seeking to tamp down increasing alarm over the powerful and violent drug cartels operating in the country that is the United States' southern neighbor.

Blacklisted actress Betsy Blair dies in London

Betsy Blair, the Oscar-nominated actress and teenage bride of Gene Kelly, has died in London at the age of 85, her publisher said on Thursday.

Intel chief: Gitmo jail hurts more than it helps

The detention center at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has to be closed because of the damage it has done to America's reputation and to its ability to achieve foreign policy goals, the top U.S. intelligence officer told a House panel on Wednesday.

Obama intel nominee says no torture on his watch

The man tapped to oversee U.S. intelligence pledged to Congress Thursday there would be no torture on his watch, but National Intelligence Director-nominee Dennis Blair refused to say whether he believes waterboarding — a form of simulated drowning — is torture.

New intelligence director may lead smaller agency

President-elect Barack Obama's top pick to become national intelligence director won high marks for countering terrorism in southeast Asia after 9/11, but he will preside over an agency that may be downsized somewhat under the new administration.

Pitt's Blair expected to play despite knee scare

Pitt center DeJuan Blair is expected to play Friday night when the No. 4 Panthers face Texas Tech in Newark, N.J.

Blair to AP: West Bank downward spiral halted

Tony Blair toured a Palestinian aluminum factory and was told it runs at one-third capacity because of Israeli import restrictions. He promised he'll take it up with Israeli authorities.

Blair: Cease-fire should pave way to Mideast peace

Mideast envoy Tony Blair is urging the Israelis and Palestinians to use the cease-fire that took effect June 19 as an opportunity to try to reach a peace agreement.

Blair cancels Gaza trip, cites threats against him

A spokeswoman for Mideast envoy Tony Blair says threats against the former British prime minister have caused him to cancel a planned trip to the Gaza Strip.

Blair postpones Gaza visit, cites specific threat

Mideast envoy Tony Blair on Tuesday called off what would have been the first visit of a top Western diplomat to Hamas-ruled Gaza, after Israel's Shin Bet security service said he might come under attack there.

Tony Blair returns to Parliament

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday that U.S. President George W. Bush still has time to broker a peace deal in the Middle East.

Blair starts religious education group

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that leaders in an interdependent world must work to end religious conflict or face "catastrophe" as he introduced a new foundation dedicated to interfaith understanding.

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Saddam lawyer seeking consent to prosecute former UK PM Blair for war crimes
Source: jurist.law.pitt.edu

Saddam Hussein's former lawyer on Saturday asked the British attorney general for consent to prosecute former prime minister Tony Blair for violations of the Geneva Conventions [materials].

Cone of silence over Blair evidence
Source: New Zealand Herald

LONDON - Key parts of Tony Blair's evidence to the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war will be given in secret, sources close to the hearings have revealed.

Tony Blair will give Iraq war evidence in public
Source: The Australian - AFP

BRITAIN'S Iraq war inquiry annouced today that former prime minister Tony Blair would be questioned “very much in public”. The decision comes amid fears that crucial evidence would only be heard in private.

Blair: Iraq war was right even without WMDs
Source: IrishExaminer.com

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he believes it still would have been right to have invaded Iraq even if it was known then that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction.

Who knows who
Source: whoknowswho.channel4.com

Who Knows Who is Channel 4's new website which shows who is connected to who in public life. You can help us build a network to show where power really lies in the UK.

Gossiping taxi driver source of Iraq 45-minute WMD claim
Source: The Times

An Iraqi taxi driver who overheard two military commanders talking about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction was allegedly the "intelligence sub-source" quoted in the Government's dossier to prove that chemical missiles could be fired in 45 minutes, according to a report b …

UK writer Mehdi Hassan: 5 reasons "Why I have no faith in the Chilcot inquiry on Iraq"
Source: New Statesman Contents

"5 reasons to be cynical: 1) Chilcot himself... 2) Recent history... 3) The composition of the committee... 4) The media... 5) Teflon Tony... the lies, cover-ups, war crimes, torture, etc ... never seem to stick to Tony Blair."

3 Clergymen of Different Faiths Attempt to Bridge Interfaith Gap
Source: The New York Times

The three say they became close not by avoiding or glossing over their conflicts, but by running straight at them.

Mehdi Hasan, UK New Statesman: "There's nothing to debate about racism"
Source: New Statesman Contents

Describes current utterly unacceptable "justifications" of racism in UK: "But, to borrow a phrase from John Major, on the issue of race and the rise of the far right, it is time to condemn a little more and understand a little less. "

EU clears hurdle to Lisbon treaty
Source: BBC News

EU leaders meeting in Brussels have agreed a deal designed to win Czech backing of the Lisbon Treaty, clearing a major hurdle to its ratification. The Czechs were granted an opt-out from the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights, similar to that of the UK and Poland.

UK New Statesman Leader: Why Britain must abort mission in Afghanistan
Source: New Statesman Contents

Quote: "neoconservative vision of setting up a western-style, democratic state in Afghanistan - endorsed by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, among others - lies in ruins, discredited by widespread and state-engineered fraud"

'President' Blair waits on voters of Ireland
Source: The Times

Tony Blair is in line to be proclaimed Europe's first president within weeks if the Irish vote "yes" in today's referendum.

National Stop the War Students' Conference
Source: afterdowningstreet

The National Student Conference on 19 September 2009 was a great success, bringing together students and young people from across the country to discuss the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Israel's intensified colonialisation of Palestine, the rise of Islamophobia, the threats of i …

Obama's Afghan strategy: A blank page
Source: foreignpolicy.com

President Barack Obama says he is waiting on making a decision about sending more soldiers to Afghanistan until he has "absolute clarity about what the strategy is going to be."

Request That George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and Tony Blair Be Barred From Canada
Source: afterdowningstreet

Lawyers Against the War (LAW) is writing to inform you of planned visits to Canada by:

UK hostage freed - when the 70 million Muslim hostages of US?

UK journalist Mr Farrell is alive and free in Afghanistan after 4 days as a hostage. When will 70 million Muslim hostages of the US Alliance be freed?

UK Government heroin adviser: US-occupied Afghan feeds 90% of global heroin market
Source: New Statesman Contents

Mike Trace is chairman of the International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC), and was formerly deputy drug "tsar" in the Blair administration: 8 years post-invasion Occupied Afghan opium feeds 90% of global market

Angel or Demon? In the Vatican, Obama Is Both
Source: Repubblica.it

"L'Osservatore Romano" praises him. Two prominent scholars of the pontifical academy of social sciences rail against him. The complete text of the accusation, signed by Michel Schooyans in conjunction with the archbishop of Dijon, Roland Minnerath

Memo confirms Bush and Blair knew claims Iraq had WMDs were lies
Source: wsws.org

A confidential memo obtained by the Observer, detailing a meeting between President George W.

Britain's Place In The World: Discussion On Dean Acheson's Thoughts

When giving a speech at West Point on December 5, 1962, Dean Acheson said "Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role."

Confidential memo reveals US plan to provoke an invasion of Iraq | Politics | The Observer
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Slowly the truth is coming out. This is a major conspricy that needs to be investigated by the International Court.

Tony Blair knew of secret policy on terror interrogations
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Tony Blair was aware of the ­existence of a secret interrogation policy which ­effectively led to British citizens and others being ­tortured during ­counter-terrorism investigations the Guardian can reveal.

Hoon sorry for expenses 'error'
Source: BBC News

Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has become the second cabinet minister in 24 hours to repay money he claimed on his designated second home.

US Afghan Holocaust (3-7M dead) & Jewish Holocaust (5-6M dead)

It is timely to compare violent and non-violent excess deaths in the US-imposed Afghan Holocaust (3-7 million) with those in the WW2 Nazi-imposed Jewish Holocaust (5-6 million, 1 in 6 dying from deprivation).

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