| Automated Killer Robots ‘Threat to Humanity’: Expert
If you murdered your neighbor and stole his property could that be described as 'winning". When you start out with an evil premise there is no way to turn it respectable. I am disturbed at the continuing dehumanization of this murdering. The same stuff they use on them can be used on us. Most of the people they are killing are innocent. They do have the right to defend themselves against imperial occupiers. Anyone who opposes them they call terrorists. Are you a terrorist? The real terorists are the ones who launched this illegal war based on lies. .
Pentagon Aide's Invitations Contradicted U.S. Policy
At the urging of a subordinate, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England scheduled at least two meetings with foreign emissaries in direct contradiction of U.S. policy at the time. The meetings date back to 2005. They involved a Lebanese ambassador considered a proxy for the Syrian government and a leading member of Syria's Muslim Brotherhood. U.S. policy at the time was not to engage in talks with either man, because they represent groups with whom the United States was not to communicate. The meetings were organized by England's special assistant for international affairs, Hesham Islam. An invitation to Muslim Brotherhood official Husam al-Dairi was canceled in late 2005 after a senior State Department official heard about it and insisted it not take place.
Israel broke law with use of cluster bombs in Lebanon: HRW
Human Rights Watch said Sunday that Israel breached international law when it bombed southern Lebanon with cluster weapons in 2006.
A 131-page report "Flooding South Lebanon: Israeli Use of Cluster Munitions in Lebanon in July and August 2006", made available to reporters at the United Nations Headquarters, said that Israel violated international humanitarian law with hundreds of "indiscriminate and disproportionate cluster munitions attacks on Lebanon."
Human Rights Watch said Israel had rained as many as 4.6 million submunitions, or cluster bomblets, across southern Lebanon - mostly in the final days of the war.
The report's lead author, Bonnie Docherty, said the United Nations must investigate whether Israel deliberately targeted civilians with the munitions.
International Speedway Corporation Announces Ten-Year Facility Naming ...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- International Speedway Corporation ("ISC"), a leading promoter of motorsports activities, today announced a 10-year, multi-million dollar partnership with the Automobile Club of Southern California ("Auto Club"), the nation's largest member of the AAA federation, to re-name California Speedway as Auto Club Speedway of Southern California (the "Speedway"). Specific financial terms were not released. The partnership will place a premium on enhancing the fan experience at the Auto Club Speedway, with special initiatives aimed at Auto Club members, and a series of capital improvements that will make the racetrack more comfortable, accessible and enjoyable. Detailed plans are still being developed, but as soon as this year, fans can expect to see new escalators, increased shade, additional misting zones, and more interactive fan-friendly elements incorporating new technologies.
Update: Library Has 10 Copies of "Water for Elephants"
No Zags: Candidate endorsement is one of the most antiquated and soon-to-be-extinct functions of the newspaper industry. In a world where anybody can publish any opinion they want and anyone can read it, it seems pretty silly that the "wise old minds" of an editorial board still feel the need to put a newspaper's stamp of approval on a political position. Endorsements are relics of the old-journalism past, as are editorials. Question: I'm curious about the last sentence of No Zags' comment. Are editorials, indeed, relics. Or are the still important contributions to the public dialogue -- and help form community opinion? .
March 7: Amazon's #1 Selling Blu-ray Player
The player, which can play audio CDs as well as various DVD formats, is ranked #297 today in Amazon's best-selling electronics category as well as being the top-ranked Blu-ray player.Note: Amazon.com prices change regularly due to supply and demand.For more info on this Amazon offer, please click: Amazon.For more high-def news, please click: TVPredictions.com .
German tech show CeBIT goes green
Banners sporting the CeBIT computer fair logo flutter in the wind on February 27 at the fair grounds in Hanover, central Germany. With efforts to fight climate change growing apace around the world, the IT industry is also doing its bit, as the world's largest technology fair starting next week in Germany aims to show. .
Manley recommends extending Afghan mission
You and I both know the manley panel on Canada's mission in Afghanistan (combat versus a purely humanitarian only) is akin to asking a panel made up of don cherry, bobby clarke, bob probert to advise Canadians on fighting in hockey.
It would be imposible to find a more hawkish individual who labels themselves Liberal. It is his reson d'etre.
Kabul is the original UN and Nato mission (in the North) where Canada spent 4 years building schools, hospitals, homes, water supplies, democracy building, and development aid. That mission is still continuing with the help of 30 countries under the UN mandate, and is reaping considerable success.
Canadian troops were respected, appreciated and not once attacked by the population as an invasion force in Kabul, since they were a force for good.
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