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

·  Video of Soldiers in Iraq Gains Attention - But that was just one still shot taken from a much longer video, a video that shows a group of male soldiers using a large roll of rigging tape to incapacitate a female soldier.

·  Gunmen Kidnap Up to 150 in Baghdad - Gunmen dressed as police commandos kidnapped up to 150 staff and visitors in a lightning raid on a Baghdad research institute Tuesday, the largest mass abduction since the start of the U.S. occupation.

·  Olmert draws fire in U.S. over praise of Iraq war - In addition, Olmert publicly praised the American operation in Iraq, which he said brought stability to the Middle East.

·  Top Marine: No Plan For Post-Saddam Iraq - Hagee says he asked his boss again and again who would take charge of those cities. He wanted to know what the plan was for Phase IV — military terminology for the phase that follows the end of major combat operations. Phase IV is, in other words, what comes after "mission accomplished." Hagee says that he sent his questions up the chain of command, as they say in the military — and never heard back.

·  Insurgent activity rising in Afghanistan - Insurgent activity in Afghanistan has risen fourfold this year, and militants now launch more than 600 attacks a month, a rising wave of violence that has resulted in 3,700 deaths in 2006, a bleak new report found.

·  Why speculating on what "we" can do to Fix Iraq is meaningless - The phrase, "you break it, you own it" gets thrown around a lot, but you know what? We don't own Iraq. The Iraqis do.

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

·   Fla. Senator Mel Martinez to chair RNC - Florida Sen. Mel Martinez, a prominent Hispanic who previously served in President Bush's Cabinet, will assume the high-profile post of Republican National Committee general chairman, GOP officials said Monday.

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

·   UPDATE PENDING

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

·   In honor of our veterans, we call for truth - Every single American daily newspaper must demand of our congressional leaders and those in the executive branch that an independent council be formed to completely and thoroughly investigate the deaths of nearly 3,000 American citizens in the attack of 9/11 — an attack that took place on American soil.

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

·  House OKs bill aimed at animal activists - Animal rights advocates who threaten scientists conducting animal research or companies funding or affiliated with it could be fined and imprisoned under a bill the House passed Monday and sent to President Bush.

·  House Defeats Vietnam Trade Bill - The measure failed to win the necessary two-thirds majority it needed to pass under a procedure House Republicans adopted in an effort to rush it through with limited debate.

·  Details on eight undecided House races - Details, as of Monday, on the 10 House races in which the outcome remains undecided:

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

·   Anthrax hoaxer may be Free Republic poster - The man arrested on Saturday for sending more than a dozen envelopes containing "fake anthrax" to anti-war celebrities, journalists, and politicians may have ties to the conservative supersite Free Republic

·  Jury Finds Tom Noe Guilty - The trial put a spotlight on the embarrassing scandal for Republicans in the weeks leading up to the election last week.

·  Electronic Voting Was Rife with Errors on Nov. 7 - Did Election 2006 mark smooth transition to electronic balloting? Not so fast, America.

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

·   Scientists: Climate change making wildfires worse - Global warming could stoke ferocious wildfires that will be more difficult and costly to fight and might drastically alter the environment in parts of the world, some scientists warn.

·  Sweden tops climate change list - Sweden, Britain and Denmark are doing the most to protect against climate change, but their efforts are not nearly enough, according to a report released Monday by environmental groups. - The United States — the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases — ranked at 53, with only China, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia doing worse.

·  Global Warming Could Wipe Out Most Birds: WWF - Unchecked climate change could drive up to 72 per cent of the world's bird species into extinction but the world still has a chance to limit the losses, conservation group WWF said in a report on Tuesday.

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

·   Bush trip inflames House - Agung had barely finished his speech when a number of lawmakers started to raise their hands to deliver fiery statements objecting to Bush's visit.

·  Blair's plea to US on Middle East - British Prime Minister Tony Blair made an open plea on Monday to United States President George Bush to recognise that a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies at the core of any hopes for wider peace in the Middle East, including Iraq.

·  Korean Unions To Stage General Strike Against Trade Agreement With U.S. - Fifteen thousand workers demonstrated in Seoul on Sunday demanding their government stop the free trade talks with the U.S. - They say the agreement will destroy their livelihoods.

·  Iran says ready to consider any U.S. offer to talk - Iran said on Monday it was ready to consider any official U.S. request to hold talks after U.S. allies called on Washington to engage the Islamic Republic.

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

·  UPDATE PENDING

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

·   I got arrested this week at a checkpoint! - The TSA agent held up my rubber band ball and asked, "what's this?" I replied, "it's my rubber band ball. What are you doing looking through my bag?"

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

·  Comcast backs away from Arab net - Al-Jazeera Intl. has all but conceded defeat in its effort to gain U.S. distribution in time for its worldwide launch Wednesday.

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

·   Mineral depletion of soils results in higher acrylamide content of foods - A team from Reading University and Rothamsted Research in the U.K. has discovered that wheat grown from sulfur-deprived soils creates flour with high acrylamide production levels.

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

·  International lawyers file suit against Rumsfeld in Germany - An international grouping of lawyers has filed a lawsuit calling on German prosecutors to investigate outgoing US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for allegedly sanctioning torture.

·  IDF denies B'Tselem claim it 'executed' 2 West Bank militants - An IDF special forces unit opened fire on the two Palestinians in the village of Kfar al-Yamin while the two were already wounded and helpless, the B'Tselem group reported.

·  Administration: Detainees Have No Rights - The Bush administration said Monday that Guantanamo Bay prisoners have no right to challenge their detentions in civilian courts and that lawsuits by hundreds of detainees should be dismissed.

·  Baptist measure would oust churches that support gays - On Tuesday, the organization is expected to pass a measure that would alter the articles of its constitution to provide for such exclusions.
TVNL Comment: They have to maintain that official Church sanctioned hatred and man's inhumanity to man. After all the Nazis were anti-gay. Isn't it a shame that Christians have something in common with Nazis?

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

·  For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is ‘God’s Foreign Policy’ - Many conservative Christians say they believe that the president’s support for Israel fulfills a biblical injunction to protect the Jewish state, which some of them think will play a pivotal role in the second coming.