WAR : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#war

· IRAQI SOLDIER FATALLY WOUNDED BY MARINE - An Iraqi soldier was fatally wounded during an altercation with a Marine at a post at the Fallujah Government Center Dec. 30.
TVNL Comment: "FATALLY WOUNDED?" The word is "KILLED!"

·  Chaos Overran Iraq Plan in ’06, Bush Team Says - The original plan, championed by Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the top commander in Baghdad, and backed by Donald H. Rumsfeld, then the defense secretary, called for turning over responsibility for security to the Iraqis, shrinking the number of American bases and beginning the gradual withdrawal of American troops. But the plan collided with Iraq’s ferocious unraveling, which took most of Mr. Bush’s war council by surprise.

·  Few Iraqis Are Gaining U.S. Sanctuary - With thousands of Iraqis desperately fleeing this country every day, advocates for refugees, and even some American officials, say there is an urgent need to allow more Iraqi refugees into the United States.

·  Iraqi officials report 16,273 deaths - The United Nations has said as many as 100 Iraqis die violently each day, which translates into 36,500 deaths annually.

POLITICS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#politics

·  Send 500,000 impeachment letters to Pelosi by her first day as speaker Jan. 3 - - I think she and the many of the Democrats want to do this, but to overcome the reluctance of the DC etablishment and big money interests who are afraid their ox will be gored along with Bush & Cheney, she needs constant overwhelming evidence of public DEMAND not just support for impeachment.

ECONOMY : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news#economy

·  Dollar Slides on Speculation Fed Will Cut Rates, ECB to Raise - The dollar slid against all 16 of the most actively traded currencies before a report this week that may show manufacturing growth stagnated in the world's largest economy.

9/11 News : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#911

·   Reopen 9/11 investigation, local group says - A Burlington group has gathered nearly enough signatures on a petition to put a ballot question before voters on Town Meeting Day urging a new investigation of the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001.

CONGRESS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#congress

·  Democrats To Start Without GOP Input - As they prepare to take control of Congress this week and face up to campaign pledges to restore bipartisanship and openness, Democrats are planning to largely sideline Republicans from the first burst of lawmaking.

·  States Take Lead on Ethics Rules for Lawmakers - The Democrats taking over Congress this week are promising sweeping changes to ethics and lobbying laws, pledging to clean up after a spate of corruption scandals under Republican rules. So far, however, their proposals are not as comprehensive or far-reaching as changes already adopted by many state legislatures.

DOMESTIC : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#domestic

·  Betrayal of the Big Easy - Hurricane Katrina forced out New Orleans's poor residents, and developers don't want them back

·  The Private Arm of the Law - Private firms with outright police powers have been proliferating in some places -- and trying to expand their terrain.

·  Betrayal of the Big Easy - Hurricane Katrina forced out New Orleans's poor residents, and developers don't want them back

ENVIRONMENT : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#environment

·   Study: La. slowly slipping into gulf - A new report by scientists studying Louisiana's sinking coast says the land here is not just sinking, it's sliding ever so slowly into the Gulf of Mexico.

INTERNATIONAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#international

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MILITARY & VETERANS : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#military

·   UPDATE PENDING

EDITORIAL : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#editorial

·  So Can They Count or Not? - We have been told outright that ever since the Million Man March on DC crowd estimates are not possible. Then why do they keep telling us the crowd size when it helps the establishment to look good?

·  The 2006 You Didn't Hear About - While many of the big stories in 2006 were bad news, there were hundreds of activist successes in 2006 that permanently changed the world..

JOURNALISM & MEDIA : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#media

·   Iraq Orders Closure of TV Station Office - But the order also followed criticism of the tone of Al-Sharqiya's coverage of Saturday's execution, which struck some as sympathetic to the ousted dictator.

·  CNN asks 'Where's Obama?' in segment on Bin Laden - During a January 1st broadcast of Wolf Blitzer's nightly news program, a pre-commercial preview of the show's next segment included a story on the hunt for Al Qaeda's leadership. Over a photo of Osama Bin Laden and his second-in-command Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Blitzer stated, according to the transcript, "Plus, a new year, but the same mission. Will 2007 bring any new changes in the hunt for Osama bin Laden?"

·  'NY Times,' After Carrying Photo of Dead Saddam on Front Page, Considers TV Holding Back Image - One day after becoming the only major U.S. paper to carry a graphic photo of Saddam Haddam after his execution on its front page -- and above the fold, at that -- The New York Times took up the question of TV networks debating whether to run a cellphone video of the dictator in his moment of death.

·  Journalists may testify in CIA leak case - But the Libby case is even more unusual because journalists will be dueling witnesses — some called by the defense team, some by prosecutors.

·  AFP Photographer Kidnapped in Gaza City - A photographer for the French news agency Agence France Presse was kidnapped in Gaza City on Monday just before sundown, the news agency and security officials said.

HEALTH & SCIENCE : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#health

·   Sweeping smoking ban takes effect in Hong Kong - While business leaders warned the new measure would kill off trade in Hong Kong's usually teeming bars and restaurants, people on the street gave the new law the thumbs-up.

·  Aid to Africa triples during Bush presidency, but strings attached - "I know a lot of activist groups who believe that the President's stated commitment to Africa is, at best, a play on words," Nii Akuetteh, executive director of Africa Action, an advocacy organisation, told The Washington Post. "There are conditions that are attached where the emphasis is more on countries that open up their markets so American companies can go in and privatise things."

HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#rights

·   In Search of a Criminal: Donald Rumsfeld's Name Tops the List of Accused of War Crimes - “Rumsfeld is no longer untouchable,” says Wolfgang Kaleck, the German lawyer who filed the complaint along with the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights and the International Federation for Human Rights. “He is now deeply connected with claims of abuses and torture. We have taken the first step to begin the legal discussion on his accountability.”

·  How I Was Kidnapped by the CIA - London Asharq Al-Awsat- Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, otherwise known as Abu Omar al Masri, has provided detailed information to Asharq Al Awsat regarding his case, which is now at the center of a European-American dispute after the CIA was accused of abducting him in broad daylight from a street in Milan and handing him over to Egyptian authorities.

OF INTEREST : http://www.tvnewslies.org/news/#interest

· Tele-evangelist sued over 'God can heal' claim - In her book Your Life Follows Your Words, Mrs Bishop tells how she overcame her breast cancer through prayer, and how her brother was also cured.

·  In the sky! A bird? A plane? A ... UFO? - A flying saucerlike object hovered low over O'Hare International Airport for several minutes before bolting through thick clouds with such intense energy that it left an eerie hole in overcast skies, said some United Airlines employees who observed the phenomenon.

·  FRENCH GROUP SAYS 'NON' TO NEW YEAR - "The world will come to understand that it must stop this mad course towards the future and we demand the governments of the world and the United Nations declare a moratorium to stop this December 31 the future," said one of the organisers.