Tuesday, March 31, 2009

SPB News for Tuesday.



Anchorage lawyer Ross made opinion known in public letter to state bar.



Sarkozy threatens G20 walk-out
Demanding global financial regulations, French warn they'll 'wreck' summit.

Gays sentenced to death in Iraq: report
Executions to begin next week, Britain-based Iraqi-LGBT reveals.

Five activists arrested in G20 'bomb plot' as London goes into lockdown for world leaders --The five were held after officers found weapons, imitation weapons, suspicious devices and 'material relating to political ideology' during a house search Five people were arrested under anti-terror laws yesterday after an imitation Kalashnikov rifle and other weapons were seized by police investigating a possible plot to cause havoc at the G20 summit. In searches of several homes, officers found a range of imitation and deactivated firearms from handguns to hunting rifles and a Kalashnikov-style assault rifle... Assistant Chief Constable Paul Netherton said 'politically sensitive material' had been found.

UK terrorism document says strategy will target al-Qaida The British government will tackle the threat of terrorism through the relentless pursuit of terrorists and disruption of their plots, according to a document released by the Home office. The Home Office laid out a comprehensive strategy, under the name "CONTEST," "to reduce the risk to the UK and its interests overseas from international terrorism," in the report. The threat from 'al-Qaida,' and Islamist groups and individuals that al-Qaida seeks to "bring together into a single global movement," represent the biggest current challenge to the UK, according to the document.

U.S. pledging $40M for Afghan elections The U.S. has spent $32 billion on aid to Afghanistan since 2002, including nearly $7 billion in development aid by the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to the Congressional Research Service. Most of the USAID money has been administered through private contractors , some of which have been criticized in audits by the agency's inspector general for failing to demonstrate results... Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that the U.S. would contribute $40 million to close a $100 million gap in funding needed to oversee Afghanistan's August

US-sponsored Iraq Sunni guard wanted for grave crimes A U.S. general said on Monday that the Sunni Arab patrol leader arrested by Iraqi forces in Baghdad on Saturday was suspected of committing serious crimes while under the watch and sponsorship of U.S. forces. The arrest of Adil al-Mashhadani, the head of a local neighbourhood guard unit in the downtown Fadhil district, led to a firefight between Iraqi forces and his supporters. Three people were killed, at least two of them civilians.

New York's lavish new stadiums spark outrage among baseball fans --The new £700 million Citi Field stadium, previously the Shea, is now saddled with the unfortunate nickname "Bailout Park". Two of the most expensive stadiums in American history will open this week, in a lavish £1.7 billion facelift for the Yankees and the Mets, New York's two major league teams. The projects received hundreds of millions of dollars of public money, as well as lucrative sponsorship deals with banks now being bailed out by Washington. Despite receiving £31 billion in federal aid, Citigroup has found £276 million for a sponsorship deal with the Mets.

Star Lobbyist Closes Shop Amid F.B.I. Inquiry — WASHINGTON — For most of the last three decades, the lobbyist Paul Magliocchetti might have been mistaken for an owner of the Alpine, a wood-paneled Italian restaurant across the Potomac River from Washington where he routinely presided …

Guantanamo detainee to go free after Obama-ordered review - GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — The U.S. government on Monday agreed to release a Yemeni surgeon who reportedly treated al Qaida wounded at Tora Bora.....

Pentagon war spending hits $685.7 billion - GAO
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