Posts tagged: Larry Johnson

‘Disappeared’ Pakistani woman convicted of attempted murder charges in New York City

Aafia Siddiqui, a U.S.-trained Pakistani scientist was convicted Wednesday of charges that she tried to kill Americans while detained in Afghanistan in 2008. The Associated Press reported that Siddiqui, 37, was convicted on two counts of attempted murder, though the crime was not found by the jury to be premeditated. She was also convicted of […]

Wednesday February 3rd, 2010 in , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Doctors report “unprecedented” birth deformities, cancers in Iraq

As we in the news media like to say, violence has “abated” in Iraq. For example, on Monday it was reported that 16 people – including a member of the country’s main Sunni political party and several of his relatives – were killed by gunmen. And a parked car bomb exploded in a market in […]

Monday November 16th, 2009 in , , , | 2 Comments »

International News

It seems like the more the United States gets involved around the world, the less international news we have. The news media has cut its foreign coverage to the bare minimum . Foreign news seems to be the last item, if at all, on everyone’s news budgets. For that reason, and because the subject is […]

Wednesday September 16th, 2009 in , | 10 Comments »