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TVNL Editor's Comments: Have you received all the information that you need regarding Michael Jackson? If you watch TV you did. Did you catch today’s press conference about Terri Schiavo’s autopsy? Well CNN sure covered it in detail. Interestingly enough I recall Senator Bob Graham’s press conference at the conclusion of the Congressional investigation into 9/11 and how the networks cut coverage of the conference as soon as Graham started talking about another country’s involvement; a country that we would not think was involved. I bet you that they won’t be covering the hearings on the Downing Street memos tomorrow! Interesting priorities, don’t you think? Think about it! – Jesse, Editor, TvNewsLIES.org

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

· Kurdish Officials Sanction Abductions in Kirkuk - Police and security units, forces led by Kurdish political parties and backed by the U.S. military, have abducted hundreds of minority Arabs and Turkmens in this intensely volatile city and spirited them to prisons in Kurdish-held northern Iraq, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials, government documents and families of the victims.

· New Memos Detail Early Plans for Invading Iraq - In March 2002, the Bush administration had just begun to publicly raise the possibility of confronting Iraq. But behind the scenes, officials already were deeply engaged in seeking ways to justify an invasion, newly revealed British memos indicate.

· Bombings overshadow Iraq rescue - Bombers have hit Iraqi security forces in and around Baghdad, killing at least 33 people in two separate attacks.

· Fighting in Afghanistan Leaves 14 Dead - Fighting between about 90 suspected Taliban rebels and hundreds of Afghan soldiers and U.S.-led coalition troops left seven insurgents dead and 10 wounded, while a rebel attack on a medical clinic killed a doctor and six others, officials said Wednesday.

· Over 200 Foreigners Taken Hostage in Iraq - Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped more than 200 foreigners:
TVNL Comment: Is this really better than continued intrusive inspections?

· Iraq 'no more safe than in 2003' - US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has acknowledged that security in Iraq has not improved statistically since Saddam Hussein's fall in 2003.
TVNL Comment: So where is the progress that Bush and the media talk about?

· Counting the civilian cost in Iraq - More than 1,600 US soldiers have been killed since the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. Other coalition allies are mourning dozens of their own fighting men and women.

· More British memos on pre-Iraq war concerns - “The memos are startlingly clear that the British saw that there was inadequate planning, little planning for the aftermath,” says Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

· The Fix is In: Why the Downing Street Memo Matters - Pentagon whistleblower Lt. Col. Karen Kwiatkowski and Daniel Ellsberg on the deceptions of the Bush administration
TVNL Comment: You can see the entire video here

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

· GOP Frets Over Bush's Political Standing - Fearing that President Bush's political problems may become their own, Republicans in Congress and elsewhere are beginning to yearn for the good old days of seven months ago, when he had somebody to run against.

· Ex-White House Official to Join Fuel Co. - A former White House official and one-time oil industry lobbyist whose editing of government reports on climate change prompted criticism from environmentalists will join Exxon Mobil Corp., the oil company said Tuesday.
TVNL Comment: He went from a government environmental position to Exxon Mobil. What a surprise!

· Deep Throat of Downing Street - "The suggestions that the allies use the UN to justify war contradicts claims by Blair and Bush, repeated during their Washington summit last week, that they turned to the UN in order to avoid having to go to war," Smith wrote. Perhaps the person who provided the documents is concerned about the world body's credibility and disagrees with the Bush administration's decision not to stick it out in the Security Council for a second resolution.

· Top Officials’ Names Censored from Report on Lawbreaking - Government censors redacted 45 names from a report charging that Pentagon officials broke laws in negotiations with aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Based on the context in which the blacked-out names appear, some could be White House officials.

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

· UPDATE PENDING

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

· 9/11: Ten Smoking Guns - TVNL Comment: Lots to think about!

· Bin Laden, Mullah Omar alive and healthy - Three-and-half years after a US-led military offensive toppled the fundamentalist Taliban regime for sheltering bin Laden, the alleged architect of the 9/11 attacks remains free as does Mullah Omar.

· Hijacking the Facts - FBI worked hard to cover up a 9-11 cover-up—and then hide it some more

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

· Senators and Administration Spar Over North Korea Policy - Two senior senators, a Republican and a Democrat, pointedly criticized American policy on North Korea today, saying that it was inconsistent, ineffective and undercut efforts to revive stalled talks with Pyongyang by giving the impression that its real aim was regime change.

· Memogate Hearings Scheduled for June 16 - The hearings are being held at the Democratic National Committee because the Republicans controlling the House Judiciary Committee refused to permit the ranking Democratic Member to use a room on the Hill. See Article. Nonetheless, Republicans are welcome to attend.

· Judiciary GOP pulls the plug on Conyers 'forums' - In a sign of how far relationships on the committee have soured, majority staff recently announced a new policy to deny any request from a committee Democrat for the use of a committee hearing room.

· Maryland candidate critically wounded - A social activist and perennial political candidate was stabbed multiple times in an attack at his home Monday afternoon, police said.

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

· U.S. Scales Back Passport Standards - The new passport standards — requiring digital photographs to match with a person's unique physical characteristics by October and an embedded identification chip later — would be similar to international biometric guidelines already in place.

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

· 'The US must find its own way' - "George Bush has been running from the issue of global warming for four years, but the walls are closing in.

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

· US show muscle in India-Pakistan-Iran pipeline accord - US has warned Pakistan of sanctions if it goes ahead with the proposed $4 billion, 2,600-kilometer Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.

· Canadian Govt survives pre-break confidence votes - Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority Government has survived a barrage of confidence votes.

· New UN refugee commissioner starts work - Former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres has formally taken up his post as the new UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

· Koizumi announces retirement - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says he will step down in September next year, when his term as head of the Liberal Democratic Party expires.

· AP: Saudis Reject Call for Inspections - Saudi Arabia is defying the United States, the European Union and Australia by resisting U.N. efforts to verify that it has no nuclear assets worth inspecting, according to a confidential EU document obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday.

· U.S. checking possibility of pumping oil from northern Iraq to Haifa, via Jordan - The United States has asked Israel to check the possibility of pumping oil from Iraq to the oil refineries in Haifa. The request came in a telegram last week from a senior Pentagon official to a top Foreign Ministry official in Jerusalem.

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

· Military academies attract fewer applicants - This drop in applications represented the latest sign that the all-volunteer military is having difficulty attracting people during an Iraq war that is producing a steady flow of U.S. casualties, defense analysts said.
TVNL Comment: They blame the drop off on the casualties but they never address questions of trust. Perhaps part of the drop off is due to the fact people know that Bush lied this nation into war.

· Mother of dead soldier vilifies Bush over war - Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, Calif., accused President Bush of lying to the nation about a war which has consumed tens of billions of dollars and claimed more than 1,700 American lives -- including the life of Army Specialist Casey Austin Sheehan.

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

· UPDATE PENDING

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

· Who's a Journalist? It Depends. - While 48 percent of the public said their first priority is to generate high profits for the owners, 46 percent said it is to deliver high-quality news coverage

· Microsoft censors Chinese blogs - Weblog entries on some parts of Microsoft's MSN site in China using words such as "freedom", "democracy" and "demonstration" are being blocked.

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

· Fluoridated water can cause bone cancer in boys - Fluoride in tap water can cause bone cancer in boys, a disturbing new study indicates, although there is no evidence of a link for girls.

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

· British arms supplies fuelling abuses in Nepal, says Amnesty - Britain is among international arms suppliers fuelling serious human rights abuses in Nepal and the conflict there between the army and Maoist rebels, says Amnesty International.

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

· Pilots' joke flight ended in death - Two airline pilots joked and laughed as they flew an empty commercial jet to its limits, switched seats in mid-air and ignored automated warnings before crashing into a residential area, a cockpit voice recorder has revealed.