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...President George W. Bush. The prosecution’s filing said that Libby told a grand jury that Bush had authorized Cheney to leak specific classified information that supported the administration’s views on Iraq, namely that Saddam Hussein had attempted to acquire uranium ore from Niger...
Libby is now on trial for lying and obstructing an investigation of the leak of the identity of Valerie Plame, an undercover Central Intelligence Agency officer working in Niger. Despite the fact that Bush is not on trial, the revelation that Bush ordered selective leaks raises worrisome questions about his methods of pushing for the invasion of Iraq, especially given the contested nature of the leaked information. And considering the notoriously strong loyalties of Bush’s staffers, we believe that Libby, in turning against the president, is presenting allegations that are at least plausible...
Lately, Chisholm has been paying a lot more attention to the news from overseas. Since the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus was first reported in Turkey last fall, avian flu has spread swiftly, landing in France, Germany, Iraq, India, Nigeria, Niger, Poland and many other countries. So far this year, three dozen human cases have been confirmed in China, Turkey, Iraq and Indonesia...
...eating was once a living thing, and that getting it to their table is a complicated exercise," he says. Laffitte hopes that migratory birds will stay away from his hens, and that consumers' fears will soon quiet down. With stories of new outbreaks of h5n1 cropping up from Niger to Serbia, he may have a long wait...
...global scramble for energy, Nigeria is blessed. Its resources earn billions of dollars each year, and it bobs atop enough oil and gas reserves to ensure wealth for generations. Yet try telling that to impoverished villagers in the country's Niger Delta region, where Royal Dutch Shell has drilled for nearly 50 years. "Look at this?the crops are stunted, the water is polluted," rails Bari-Ara Kpalap, grabbing a wilted stalk of cassava as he stands ankle-deep in oily water. For Kpalap, a local activist, there is one obvious culprit: "A great part of our problems have been...