O'Reilly offers Rove place to hide from subpoena
David Edwards and Ron Brynaert -- Thursday January 29, 2009
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/OReilly_offers_Rove_place_to_hide_0129.html
On Wednesday's The O'Reilly Factor, former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove (and Fox News contributor) said that he didn't plan to testify in front of the House Judiciary Committee, despite being served with a subpoena requiring him to do so last week.
Blackwater to be forced out of Iraq
Associated Press -- Thursday January 29, 2009
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Blackwater_to_be_forced_out_of_0129.html
"The Iraqi government has informed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that it will not issue a new operating license to Blackwater Worldwide, the embassy's primary security company, which has come under scrutiny for allegedly using excessive force while protecting American diplomats, Iraqi and U.S. officials said Wednesday," The Washington Post reported from Mosul early Thursday.
Was Russia behind cyber-attack on Kyrgyzstan?
Muriel Kane -- Thursday January 29, 2009
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Intrigue_surrounds_cyberattack_on_remote_Kyrgyzstan_0128.html
Though the source of the attacks remains a mystery, Wired magazine suggests that the Kyrgyz authorities may now fear that the internet will be used to turn dissent into a new elected leadership, as it was used in the so-called "Tulip Revolution" of 2005.
CIA agent accused of drugging, raping two women in Algeria
RAW STORY -- Wednesday January 28, 2009
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/CIA_agent_accused_of_drugging_raping_0128.html
Fingers point towards US on economic crisis as Chinese, Russian leaders speak
Nick Cargo -- Wednesday January 28, 2009
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Fingers_point_towards_US_on_economic_0128.html
Premier Wen Jiabao criticized the US for "...inappropriate macroeconomic policies of some economies and their unsustainable model of development characterized by prolonged low savings and high consumption; excessive expansion of financial institutions in blind pursuit of profit..."
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