Democrats eye more aid for infrastructure, damage control in mortgage crisis.
On Call Exclusive: Obama Met Privately With Powell At His Office — Sen. Barack Obama and retired Gen. Colin Powell met privately two weeks ago in Powell's personal office in Alexandria. — Peggy Cifrino, Powell's spokeswoman, confirmed that the presumptive Democratic nominee
Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman's hat — A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman's hat advertising a Scottish police force's new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims. — Tayside Police's new non-emergency phone number …
US denies IAF likely to hit Iran in '08 The US State Department on Tuesday dismissed an ABC News report based on comments by an unnamed US defense official that Israel was likely to strike Iran's nuclear facilities before the end of 2008. Israel, as well as spokesmen for the Pentagon, CIA and the White House declined comment on the report and Iran dismissed it as propaganda.
Cheer on oil front as Iraq opens bid for eight big fields Iraq opened international bidding for eight enormous oil and gas fields yesterday, paving the way for major investments in a nation with one of the world's largest petroleum reserves. If the contracts are approved, they could lead to the biggest foreign stake in Iraq since the industry was nationalised more than 30 years ago. There are concerns that a dominant role for Western firms could feed perceptions that US-led forces toppled Saddam Hussein to grab the country's natural resources.
13 Americans, not 12, electrocuted by KBR wiring in Iraq Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, says 13 Americans were electrocuted in Iraq since September 2003 and a contractor has been ordered to inspect the facilities it maintains there for electrical safety hazards, a Pennsylvania senator said. Petraeus said KBR received $3.2 million for maintenance services as part of a February 2007 contract modification.
US advisers steered Iraqi oil contracts to Western firms As the Iraqi regime formally opened the bidding for foreign oil companies to resume exploitation of the country’s oil wealth, it was revealed that US "advisers" played the leading role in drafting the contracting procedures and steering preferential deals to the big US energy conglomerates... That this was the principal aim of the US invasion in the first place is becoming increasingly impossible to deny.
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