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Dictator

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First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 Documents

Secret Documents Reveal Multi-million Dollar Shopping Spree by Dictator's Son [press release]

Confidential U.S. government documents uncovered by campaign group Global Witness and reported on in today's New York Times, strongly suggest that Teodorin Obiang, son of the dictator of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, purchased a $33 million private jet, ... [RBC Dain Rauscher - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Global Witness, Corroboration, Dictator, Equatorial Guinea

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 6 Documents

eBay Inc

Mussolini's blood and brain up for sale on eBay (AFP)

AFP/File – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's blood and brain went on sale Friday for 15,000 euros (22,000 …26 mins agoROME (AFP) – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's blood and brain went on sale Friday for 15,000 euros (22,000 dollars) on online auction ... [Yahoo! News - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Benito Mussolini, eBay Inc, Dictator, Alessandra Mussolini

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Swiss seize $US350m from late dictator

Swiss authorities say they've ordered that about $US350 million ($A380.68 million) of assets be seized from the son of the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha for graft.'The first order of the sentence issued yesterday by the examining magistrate found ... [Sky News Australia - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Sani Abacha, Dictator, Geneva, Criminal

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 23 hours ago - 2 Documents

Out Of Touch, Ctd

Both 2000 and 2004 were close enough to justify some amount of paranoia. Now, perhaps, the Republicans are paying back the Democratic conspiracy mongering of the last decade with their own childishness. ACORN is the GOPâ€™s Diebold, maybe. â€œBarack Obama ... [The Auto Channel - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Diebold, Dictator, Conspiracy

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Heads I Lose, Tails You Win

A few days ago, many Republican bloggers thought KSM didn't deserve a trial. Now they are calling the civilian trial a 'show trial' because it is possible that the government could continue to detain KSM in the unlikely instance he gets off. Allahpun ... [The Auto Channel - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Bush Administration, Military/Armed Forces, Acquittal

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Busted -- By: John J. Miller

The National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Va., plans to install a bust of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, according to this report . Sounds like a really bad idea. Okay, so the Soviets were a part of the Allied coalition during the Second World War. But ... [National Review - 11/20/2009]

Entities: John J Miller, D-Day, Joseph Stalin

First Reported 50 mins ago - Updated 50 mins ago - 1 Documents

Dictators have their plunder confiscated years after they were deposed

As tax havens increasingly co-operate with international law, Haiti's 'Baby Doc' Duvalier is the latest to have his money seizedPresident Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier during a 1975 press conference in Haiti. Photograph: CorbisIt is 23 years since 'Baby ... [Guardian.co.uk - 50 mins ago]

Entities: Haiti, Dictator, Switzerland, Corruption

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Dictators ruled for decades but civilians cant complete tenure: Shahbaz

KARACHI: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Balochistan CM Nawab Aslam Raisani and Sindh CM Syed Qaim Ali Shah have vowed to make Pakistan a welfare state as envisioned by the Quaid-i-Azam.Talking to reporters here on Thursday after visiting the Quaids ... [The News International - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Dictator, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League (N), Benazir Bhutto

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Parade for Australian troops in Iraq

A welcome home parade is planned today at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra for military personnel who've served in Iraq.The military's praised the nation's political parties for refusing to let politics undermine Australia's troop commitment to ... [Sky News Australia - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Iraq, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Military/Armed Forces

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Anniversaries: Nov 20

EventsIn 1906 Charles Stewart Rolls and Frederick Henry Royce founded Rolls-Royce; in 1945 the Nuremberg war crimes trials began.BirthsThomas Chatterton, poet, 1752; Selma Lagerlf, novelist and Nobel laureate 1909, 1858; Edwin Hubble, astronomer, 1889; ... [Times Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Henry Royce, Christopher Hatton, Thomas Chatterton

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

The Grassroots Fight Against Terrorism

Are we winning the war on terror? The Cultural Strategies Institute hosted a panel addressing this question at the National Press Club on October 11th. Host Lowell Christy said that the military is over-professionalized, and thus the only real solution ... [Accuracy in Media - 11/20/2009]

Entities: The Grass Roots, Terrorism, Iraq, Dictator

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Don’t become an autumn accident statistic

Make sure you can see and be seen this autumn– that’s the message to road users from Auto Windscreens, the national automotive glazing services provider.Auto Windscreens is advising motorists to ensure they clear their vehicle’s windows completely before ... [Fleet Transport - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Nigel Davies, Dictator, Conviction

Quotes

...'We thought he was a cannibal,' Chavez said. "I have doubts. I don't know, maybe he was a great nationalist, a patriot." The Venezuelan leader has previously called Ramirez a friend, and controversy erupted in 1999 after he confirmed he had written a letter to him in prison...

Chavez hails the Jackal as 'great revolutionary' [Scotland on Sunday Online - 33 mins ago]

...leader Sani Abacha – who died in 1998 – to conceal his cash on Jersey was arrested in the UK and is expected to stand trial in the new year. "Pursuing the intermediaries is one of the key things financial centres can do" says Fozzard...

Dictators have their plunder confiscated years after they were deposed [Guardian.co.uk - 50 mins ago]

...Abba, one of the sons of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, for graft and ordered $350 million worth of assets to be seized from him. "The first order of the sentence issued yesterday by the examining magistrate found that Abba Abacha, born November 9, 1968, son of the late General Sani Abacha, was guilty of participation in a criminal organisation" Geneva Canton's justice office said in a statement

Swiss Authorities Convict Abacha's Son, Seize U.S. $350m Assets [RBC Dain Rauscher - 1 hour ago]

...The BBC reports: "Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has defended jailed killer "Carlos the Jackal" and several world leaders he says are wrongly considered "bad guys". In a speech to international socialist politicians, Mr Chavez said "Carlos", a Venezuelan, was not a terrorist but a key "revolutionary fighter".... " 'Mr Chavez also hailed Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the late Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.'

Chávez declaims [Oliver Kamm - 2 hours ago]

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Envoy: Iraq Pursuing Policy on Expulsion of MKO... [Fars News Agency - 22 mins ago]
Chavez hails the Jackal as 'great revolutionary' [Scotland on Sunday Online - 33 mins ago]
Chavez praises alleged terrorist Carlos the Jackal [Miami Herald - 40 mins ago]
Dictators have their plunder confiscated years ... [Guardian.co.uk - 50 mins ago]
New polls show Britain could face hung parliament [Observer - 51 mins ago]
Swiss Authorities Convict Abacha's Son, Seize U... [RBC Dain Rauscher - 1 hour ago]
Thousands throng rival Nicaragua rallies [The Age - 1 hour ago]
Tens of thousands rally in Nicaragua [NEWS.com.au - 1 hour ago]
Mugabe's lies... [Gulf Daily News - 2 hours ago]
Secret Documents Reveal Multi-million Dollar Sh... [RBC Dain Rauscher - 2 hours ago]
Karzai Takes Oath as Clinton Warns Afghanistan ... [Al Manar TV - 2 hours ago]
Thousands throng rival Nicaraguan rallies, Orte... [AFP via Yahoo! - 3 hours ago]
Italy blushes at Mussolini sex diaries [Times Online - 3 hours ago]
The 21st Century Advertising Odyssey [Suite101.com - 3 hours ago]
Chavez claims 'Carlos the Jackal' has had a bad... [BBC - 3 hours ago]
Indonesian lessons for secular India [Times of India - 3 hours ago]
Chavez defends Mugabe, Jackal [News24.com - 4 hours ago]
Atomic-level Snapshot Catches Protein Motor in ... [PhysOrg.com - 4 hours ago]
Pakistan to have unanimous NFC Award after 19 y... [Pakistan Times - 5 hours ago]
Secret documents reveal multi-million dollar sh... [Global Witness - 5 hours ago]
Keynes’ thoughts on investing [Hindu Business Line - 6 hours ago]
New Email Management & Marketing Platform U... [CRM Xchange - 6 hours ago]
Christians condemn statement of Shahbaz Bhatti:... [Pakistan Christian Post - 6 hours ago]
Why Bongbong, militant solons want to know [Philippine Daily Inquirer - 7 hours ago]
Google phone on the way? [Neowin.net - 8 hours ago]
Cuts bring distress to Meredith campus [Raleigh News & Observer - 8 hours ago]
Russia's Tabloid King Builds An Empire [Radio Free Europe - 8 hours ago]
How a Pole could hurt Britain's Conservatives [GlobalPost - 8 hours ago]
Playing Politics With Cancer [Care2 - 10 hours ago]
There can be no 'banning of sharia law' [Guardian.co.uk - 11 hours ago]

Blogs

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Chávez declaims [Oliver Kamm - 2 hours ago] Among the reasons that someleft-wing journali ... including me, concluded that Ken Livingstone was unfit to be Mayor of a great, cosmopolitan capital city was his ...
Michael B. Laskoff: The War on Evidence-Based M... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 3 hours ago] This week saw what happens when an ugly little thing like empirical evidence collides with what might best be called faith-based health consumerism, which ...
Why Would Obama Take Such a Risk with KSM? [Pajamas Media - 3 hours ago] I was involved with a similar fiasco with in Holland. Why would Obama risk a constitutional crisis?Some years ago, when the legal position of Dutch MP was a matter ...
Hugo Chavez, cannibalism apologist [Boing Boing - 4 hours ago] Is Bruce Vilanch writing for Hugo Chavez now? 'Cause the Venezuelan leader's comedy material is pretty good lately: now he's a cannibalism apologist. In a recent ...
David Broder Brings A Rare Moment of Reid Levit... [Daily Kos - 5 hours ago] Ah, Village math. David Broder says that bringing in more federal revenue by increasing tax would bust the budget. While the CBO said that both the House-passed ...

Audio/Video

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Diaries of Mussolini's Mistress Released [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/19/2009]
Nov. 11: Stocks Rise As Dollar Dictates Trading [Associated Press - YouTube - 11/11/2009]
After the Wall Tumbled [Slate Magazine - 11/09/2009]
Argentina war crimes hearing begins - 03 Nov 09 [Al Jazeera - YouTube - 11/03/2009]
Witches' Brouhaha [Slate Magazine - 10/30/2009]

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