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Imprisoned Climate Activist Tom DeChristopher`s Appeal Hearing Thursday

Legal Defense Team to present appeal in front of 10th District Federal Court of Appeals.

(DENVER, CO) - On Thursday May 10, 2012 the Legal Defense Team representing imprisoned climate activist, Tim DeChristopher will present oral arguments before the 10th District Federal Court of Appeals.

DeChristopher is currently serving two years in federal prison for disrupting the December 2008 illegitimate sale of federal land in Southern Utah.

Oil & Politics - The Real Situation in Iraq

"I wouldn't hold my breath on getting anything accomplished on the oil law," - Professor Juan Cole

(WASHINGTON DC) - A delegation from the International Energy Agency spent two days in Baghdad speaking with high-ranking officials in preparation for an end-of-year report on the country's oil sector.

By some estimates, Iraq could hold some of the largest oil reserves in the world and an international auction for oil and natural gas blocks is planned for May.

Ignore the Intelligence Reports, let`s Make War on Iran

Let’s shred and vapourize a few million more innocents... But first we’ll strangle them with sanctions, say our elected leaders.

(LONDON) - Is this what we voted for? Is this what Western diplomacy has come to in the 21stt century?

Thank heaven for Dr David Morrison’s very timely briefing document entitled “Iran hasn’t got an active nuclear weapons programme, says US intelligence”. Morrison is the noted political researcher from Northern Ireland. He sets out the position in easy-reading form so that even our dimmest politicians can understand.

Senate Placates Lobbyists While Risking a Disastrous War

The US and Israel are opposed to Nuclear Free Zone and have nixed it. Why?

(JAMESTOWN, RI) - The US Senate is playing a dangerous game that has already cost consumers money at the gas pump, and now is putting the US in a very dangerous position.

A good part of the rising price of gas is due to sanctions that prohibit nations from buying Iranian oil and gas, thus creating an artificial shortage which oil companies have exploited.

IAEA working with spy agencies on Iran: Blix Political Desk

There are still things that can be put on the negotiation table with Iran, but for that a colonial tone should be dropped and more attention should be paid to the reward side, Blix noted.

(ROME) - The International Atomic Energy Agency has been closely cooperating with the world’s spy agencies on Iran and certain other countries for years, Hans Blix, the former director general of the agency, said on February 27.

“In 1991, we realized that Iraqis had been cheating the IAEA. We went to declared installations, but not to other places and they were building things elsewhere,” he told RT.

Tell President Obama: Don`t Capitulate to the War-Makers

There is a non-violent way to deal with all this...

(NEW YORK) - President Obama is under immense pressure to give Netanyahu private assurances that if the U.S. strategy to stop Iran from developing the capacity (not the actuality) for nuclear weapons doesn't work, the U.S. will back an Israeli first strike.

This is the moment for peace oriented voices to speak out and say no to an Israeli first strike with American overt or covert backing.

Boehner Pushes the XL Pipeline, Obama Gets Soggy

Opponents say the costly project is no answer for the nation's energy-related ills.

(LOS ANGELES) - Politico reports today, that Obama met with House Speaker John Boehner over the Keystone XL oil pipeline, and that "optimism" was expressed over finding "common ground" on several energy and jobs bills.

Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters, "I did press the president on the Keystone pipeline. The president said, ‘Well, you’re gonna get part."

Reactor Reax Top Stories - Warren Buffett Wants a Subsidy From You

The latest stories from the world of nuclear energy.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In this week's Reactor Reax, the 'Wizard of Ohama', Warren Buffett, wants the American taxpayer to pony up for dangerous nuclear power.

It's quite a risk and a lot to ask of a citizenry but then he is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors in the world, which is sort of laughable as the U.S. economy settles lower and lower into the ground.

Wikileaks Scandal, Embarrassing for US

Press TV has conducted an interview with Michael Maloof, former Pentagon official, to share his opinion on this issue.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - The leakage of classified information by former US Army soldier, Bradley Manning, to whistleblower website, WikiLeaks, is a source of embarrassment for the US government, a former Pentagon official tells Press TV.

Manning has been formally charged with involvement in the largest leakage of classified information in the American history.

Will Colbert Grow a Pair for The Secret Policeman`s Ball vis-a-vis Israel`s WMD?

Recently on The Colbert Report, Stephen balled out when it came to nailing where Nuclear Weapons are in the Middle East

(CLERMONT, FL) - Amnesty International is celebrating fifty years in support of free speech at a comedy show on March 4th in my homeland-New York City with the import of The Secret Policeman's Ball.

Among the acts that have signed on for the happening at Radio City Music Hall for the concert to benefit Amnesty International are Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.