Dutch cabinet collapses over Afghanistan: media
The Dutch coalition government collapsed Saturday when the two largest parties failed to agree on whether to withdraw troops from Afghanistan as planned this year, Dutch media reported.

Russia warns US against military strike on Iran
In an exclusive interview to RT, General Nikolai Makarov outlined Moscow's concerns.

Israel unveils drone that can reach Iran
The Israeli air force has unveiled an unmanned surveillance drone which local media say can fly for over 20 hours and reach Iran.

Israel shrugs off calls for arrest of top spy
ISRAEL has shrugged off calls for its top spy to be arrested in the killing of a Hamas commander, as pressure mounts after Interpol issued arrest notices for 11 suspects in the Dubai hit.

Ukraine court hears Tymoshenko poll challenge
Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko Friday appealed for Ukraine's presidential polls to be declared void as a court began hearing her claim that she lost the election to Viktor Yanukovych because of fraud.

Saudi prince in court over London murder
A Saudi prince was remanded in custody on Friday after appearing in court accused of murdering his employee in a luxury London hotel.

Did Britain know about Mossad hit? Israeli agent claims MI6 was tipped off
MI6 was tipped off that Israeli agents were going to carry out an 'overseas operation' using fake British passports, it was claimed last night.

CrossTalk on Dalai Lama: CIA monk exposed
On Peter Lavelle's Crosstalk, his guests talk about what is behind the Dalai Lama's meeting with Obama. The US speaks nice words about China, but its actions say something different, and China has the means to show its displeasure.

War in Iraq to Be Given New Name
ABC News has learned that the Obama administration has decided to give the war in Iraq -- currently known as Operation Iraqi Freedom -- a new name.

UN accuses Iran of working to build nuclear bomb
UN weapons inspectors have officially accused Iran of carrying out work to build a nuclear bomb for the first time.

Biden: Israel has 'sovereign right' to attack Iran
In interview with ABC, VP Biden suggests Washington won't stand in Israel's way should it choose to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, but White House says 'allies know Obama believes now is the time to explore diplomatic options'

Not many millionaire Brits pay taxes
Figures published in 2007 showed that while about 400 people earned more than £10 million a year in Britain, only 65 of them paid income tax.

Dubai: Hamas slaying nearly '100 percent' Mossad
Dubai investigators are nearly "100 percent" certain that Israel's Mossad spy agency was behind the hit squad slaying of a Hamas commander, the police chief said as the number of suspects rose Thursday to 18.

France demands Israel explain Dubai passport affair
France demanded on Thursday that Israel explain how a forged French passport came to be used by assassins suspected of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai last month.

US could attack Iran – Russia’s General Staff
The US could deliver a strike on Iran, Russia’s military command said on Wednesday, adding that it will be devastating for the whole world.

Niger soldiers seize president in coup
Niger troops have stormed the presidency complex amid deadly gunbattles in Niamey and seized President Mamadou Tandja and his cabinet in a coup d'Etat, diplomats said.

WHO: Add swine flu to regular flu vaccine
The World Health Organization is recommending that swine flu be added to regular flu vaccines next season.

Top U.N. climate official resigning
Top U.N. climate-change official Yvo de Boer tells The Associated Press says he is resigning after nearly four years.

Ron Paul Rocks CPAC
Rep. Ron Paul, former Republican presidential candidate and leading light of the current libertarian grassroots movement, enjoyed a huge rock star moment at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), as he took the stage Friday to thunderous applause and a standing ovation in a ballroom filled to capacity.

Obama to spell out new healthcare plan
President Barack Obama is expected to publish his healthcare plan as early as Sunday or Monday, combining features of the two Democratic bills passed by the Senate and House of Representatives, congressional aides and healthcare advocates said on Friday.

Ex-Congressman Jim Traficant: If I Was Elected, I'd Kick The IRS In The Crotch 'Real Good'
"I want to get the IRS," Traficant said. "Kick them in the crotch real good." He also said he'd work to repeal the 16th Amendment, which gives Congress the power to collect income tax.

Frustrated Owner Bulldozes Home Ahead Of Foreclosure
Like many people, Terry Hoskins has had troubles with his bank. But his solution to foreclosure might be unique.

F.B.I., Laying Out Evidence, Closes Anthrax Letters Case
More than eight years after anthrax-laced letters killed five people and terrorized the country, the F.B.I. finally closed its investigation of the matter on Friday.

Wife of pilot who crashed into building expected to talk
The wife of the pilot in a fiery plane crash in Northwest Austin was expected to speak out Friday.

Cook County a "Dark Pool of Political Corruption"
New study provides insight into 141+ years of political hijinks

Austin-Crash Pilot Possibly Angered by Contract-Worker Tax Issue
Andrew Joseph Stack, identified as the pilot of a plane that slammed into an Austin, Texas, Internal Revenue Service office Thursday, apparently took issue with the agency in the 1980s over the proper tax treatment of independent contractors--a topic that to this day remains a sore point between the IRS and businesses.

Officers lose 243 Homeland Security guns
Nearly 180 Department of Homeland Security weapons were lost -- some falling into the hands of criminals -- after officers left them in restrooms, vehicles and other public places, according to an inspector general report.

Republican of the People
She’ll hit the trail again for another series of 16-hour days, one small campaign event after another, and—most likely—continue to climb in the polls, one aggrieved voter at a time. Her opponents will keep spending millions to assail one another on the airwaves and wonder: Where in God’s name did this Medina woman come from?

Austin Plane Crash: Suicide Note That Joe Stack Allegedly Wrote
Here is the suicide letter alledgelly written by Joe Stack.

Fanatic Tax Haters Set Up A Joseph Andrew Stack Fan Club On Facebook
Just a few hours after Joseph Andrew Stack killed himself in an attack on an Austin building that housed local IRS office someone went and set up a fan club for him on Facebook. It already has 124 members.

Report: IRS divebomber posted communist-leaning, anti-Catholic, anti-Bush rant before crash UPDATE: Rant taken offline.
The New York Daily News is reporting that this screed is from Joe Stack, the alleged pilot of a plane that hit an Austin, Texas office building today that houses a local IRS office. Stack's rant inveighs against capitalism, Catholicism, and George W. Bush.

Eyewitness: Hazmat Teams In Place Before Plane Crash (Video)

Austin pilot's Web rant: 'I am finally ready to stop this insanity'
Joseph Andrew Stack, identified by authorities as the man who crashed a plane into a Texas building, had a website in which he complained about the IRS, the U.S. healthcare system and big business.

Pilot Intentionally Crashes Plane Into IRS, CIA, And FBI Complex In Austin, TX
The IRS gave us this statement: "We can confirm that a small plane hit a building in Austin, Texas that includes IRS offices. This is the Echelon 1 Building, which houses about 190 IRS employees.

Former NY police commissioner sentenced to prison
Former New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, once selected to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, was sentenced on Thursday to four years in prison for tax evasion and lying to White House officials.

NASA Putting Mars Rover To Sleep To Save Money
Although it might seem like a headline from The Onion, the story's actually true. NASA's being forced to cut four million dollars from the Mars rover project. In order to meet that requirement, they'll have to put one rover, Spirit, to sleep — a "hibernation" period.

1972 Article Unearthed: 'Worse than Hitler': 'Population Bomb' author Paul Ehrlich suggested adding a forced sterilization agent to 'staple food' and 'water supply'
A 1972 article about “The Population Bomb” biologist Paul Ehrlich reveals a nascent environmental movement grappling with mass sterilization, climate fears, “international policy planning” and redistribution of wealth. The article reveals dramatic parallels to today's modern environmental movement.

Yvo de Boer's resignation compounds sense of gathering climate crisis
The resignation of Yvo de Boer as executive secretary of the UN climate change secretariat today only compounds the sense of gathering crisis.

Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Second Highest on Record
According to Rutgers University Global Snow Lab, last week’s Northern Hemisphere winter snow extent was the second highest on record, at 52,166,840 km2.

WHO Announces That Seasonal Flu Vaccine Will Now To Contain H1N1 Virus
As anticipated, this year's seasonal flu vaccine in the northern hemisphere will include the H1N1 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced.

Pound slides further on surprise Fed rate rise
Sterling hit a nine-month low against the dollar on Friday as the US currency continued to gain broadly after the Federal Reserve raised its discount rate.

Asia Leads the Global End to Cheap Money
The U.S. Federal Reserve has just kick-started its cautious exit from unprecedented emergency lending measures — but the process has been going on for months in the Asia-Pacific region, underscoring the two-speed path of the global recovery.

Wall Street's Bailout Hustle
Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash

Head Of Greek Debt Office Replaced By Former Goldman Investment Banker
Yet what is oddest, is that Mr. Christodoulou worked not only as head of derivatives at JP Morgan but also held comparable posts at Credit Suisse, and… wait for it, Goldman Sachs… Uh, say what?

Fed bumps up rate banks pay for emergency loans
The Federal Reserve decided Thursday to boost the rate banks pay for emergency loans. The action is part of a broader move to pull back the extraordinary aid it provided to fight the financial crisis.

The Middle Class Two Income Trap – Two Breadwinners plus Extra Money to support the Banking Industry. How Middle Class Americans are losing Ground by Supporting the Financial Sector.
If it isn’t enough that average Americans are contending with the rising cost of healthcare, education, and daily necessities like food now additional funds are going directly to the banking sector to keep them propped up like a money loving puppet.

George Soros buys gold despite dubbing it 'ultimate bubble'
George Soros doubled his investment in the world's largest gold fund – just weeks before claiming investing in the precious metal is now the "ultimate bubble".

Producer Prices in U.S. Increase More Than Forecast
Wholesale prices in the U.S. accelerated more than anticipated in January, led by a jump in the costs of energy, light trucks and pharmaceuticals.

Gold May Advance to $1,400 in 12 Months: Technical Analysis
Gold may climb to about $1,400 an ounce in the next 12 months, according to technical analysis by Chartered Market Technician Daniel Bruno, who advises banks and hedge funds.

The Volcker Rule: It’s not happening
The much-hyped Volcker Rule proposal is failing fast in the U.S. Congress. But Paul Volcker himself probably isn’t that surprised.

U.S. state pension funds have $1 trillion shortfall: Pew
U.S. states face a total shortfall of at least $1 trillion in their funds for employees' pensions and retirement benefits, and their financial problems are quickly mounting, according to a report released by the Pew Center on the States on Thursday.

How JP Morgan treats its clients: scandalously and in bad faith
Judge Jed Rakoff’s January 29 ruling in the case of Empresas Cablevisión vs JP Morgan Chase Bank has barely been reported, which is a shame, because it sheds some much-needed light on how banks like JP Morgan really operate — and, for that matter, on the kinds of methods by which Carlos Slim has made his multi-billion-dollar fortune.

When stints on payroll hurt the jobless
After nearly a year without work, Gary LaPlante was happy to take a three-week construction job. What he didn’t know was that the job would cost him more than two-thirds of his benefits when he went back on unemployment.

Muni Threat: Cities Weigh Chapter 9
Just days after becoming controller of financially strapped Harrisburg, Pa., in January, Daniel Miller began uttering an obscure term that baffled most people who had never heard it and chilled those who had: Chapter 9.

IMF gold plan poses tricky twist for market
The International Monetary Fund's long-planned sale of its 403 tonnes of gold has taken on a new twist that may chip away at one of the fundamental drivers for higher gold prices.

The Economic Elite Have Engineered an Extraordinary Coup, Threatening the Very Existence of the Middle Class
The economic elite have robbed us all. The amount of suffering in the United States of America is literally a crime against humanity.

Stimulus: One year later
Going forward, the government will distribute $32 billion in Recovery Act funds per month, up from an average $27 billion a month over the past year, according to Biden's annual report.

Jobless Claims, Inflation Jump as Economy Wobbles
The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance unexpectedly surged last week, while producer prices increased sharply in January, raising potential hurdles for the economic recovery.

U.S. jobless, price data fan concerns on economy
The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for unemployment insurance unexpectedly surged last week, while producer prices increased sharply in January, raising potential hurdles for the economy's recovery.

Greek MPs lash out at Germany over debt crisis
Greek opposition lawmakers said on Thursday that Germans should pay reparations for their World War Two occupation of Greece before criticising the country over its yawning fiscal deficits.

Investors can have gold without holding
Gold has been one of the hottest investments of the past 10 years, but not everyone who wants the benefits of investing in gold wants to be burdened with storing it in a safe place.

The Fed’s real exit strategy by John P. Hussman, Ph.D.
Unlegislated Bailout of Fannie and Freddie

Party Gridlock in Washington Feeds Fear of a Debt Crisis
Senator Evan Bayh’s comments this week about a dysfunctional Congress reflected a complaint being directed at Washington with increasing frequency, and there is broad agreement among critics about Exhibit A: The unwillingness of the two parties to compromise to control a national debt that is rising to dangerous heights.

Repeal the 17th Amendment. Restore Liberty
By Walt Garlington
Until 1913, when the 17th Amendment was ratified, the citizens of the states elected U.S. senators indirectly: Voters elected the state legislators, and they in turn selected U.S. senators.

Social Security Will Fall To Obama Before The Taliban Do
By Paul Craig Roberts
Social Security, formerly an untouchable "third rail of politics," is now "unsustainable," while the real unsustainables--a pre-1929 unregulated financial system and open-ended multi-trillion dollar Global War Against Terror--are the new untouchables.

The Next Ron Paul? (Video)
Governor Gary Johnson On the Judge Napolitano Show

The Tide Has Changed - Gilad Atzmon
The British anger at Israel would be a positive signal in the right direction if we were not aware of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband investing enormous efforts trying to amend Britain’s ethical stand just to appease Tzipi Livni, Ehud Barak and other Israeli leaders.

Fed Raises Discount Rate - Peter Schiff
Discussing the impact on the markets, with Peter Schiff

Debra Medina, Glenn Beck, 911 Truth and the Importance of Private Property
I’ve been paying particular attention to the governor’s race in Texas of late, particularly the Republican primary for that position. There’s a woman running, a true champion of freedom. She understands the concept of liberty.

Sadly, Obama didn’t save us from Depression, only made it worse when it comes.
Delaying a depression is not the same as saving us from one. Our own government accountants have warned for years that the policies he is using are not sustainable and that we will lose BOTH our standard of living and domestic tranquility (their words, in the report, not mine or somebody on TV).

Big Pharma researcher admits to faking dozens of research studies for Pfizer, Merck
It's being called the largest research fraud in medical history.

Frightening Voters into Submission
By James Bovard
Former Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge has a new book out that reveals that he almost resigned because the Bush administration was hustling bogus terror alerts before the 2004 election. Ridge's revelation was not surprising to people who had closely followed the tactics Bush used to snare a second term.

Bin Laden: Dead and Loving It
By Jeff Huber
How dead can one evildoer get?

Activist's case will test U.S. anti-terrorism law
Ralph Fertig hardly resembles a terrorist, but the soft-spoken 79-year-old pacifist and human rights activist from Los Angeles might well qualify as one under the government's strong anti-terrorism law.

School used student laptop webcams to spy on them at school and home
According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools' administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their families.

Frustration Mounts After Latest Newark Breach
TSA: Agent Flagged Wrong Passenger For Rescreening, But Person In Question With Carry-On Was Never Found

Trashing the Fourth Amendment to Keep You Safe
Tampa police and federal agencies are teaming up “to keep your family safe,” at bus stations, according to ABC News..