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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Would Obama pardon Julian Assange?

Would Obama pardon Julian Assange?




Obama hasn't pardoned ANYBODY! You think he's going to start the ball rolling with assange? Clueless. Obama is a mind-controlled "manchurian" President, who does what he's told to do. Nothing more

GOP Weekly Address: Tax Cuts

GOP Weekly Address: Tax Cuts


In their weekly address, Republican Rep.-elect Kristi Noem of South Dakota applauded the deal and said it's good for small businesses. (Dec. 11)


Weekly Obama Address: Tax Cut Plan

Weekly Obama Address: Tax Cut Plan

President Barack Obama calls his tax-cut agreement with Republicans far from perfect but a good deal overall for Americans, while acknowledging that many fellow Democrats aren't happy about what he negotiated with the GOP. (Dec. 11)

N.C. Teen Likely Fell From Boston-bound Plane

N.C. Teen Likely Fell From Boston-bound Plane


A Massachusetts prosecutor said Friday it's likely that a North Carolina teen whose mutilated body was found in a Boston suburb fell from the sky after stowing away in an airplane's wheel well. (Dec. 10)


Vermont's Sen. Sanders Rallies Against Tax Deal

Vermont's Sen. Sanders Rallies Against Tax Deal


Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders made a marathon 8 1/2-hour Senate speech railing against President Barack Obama's proposed tax cut compromise. The 69-year-old said 'tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires who don't need it' were unconscionable. (Dec.10)

Songwriter's Son Arrested for Murder

Songwriter's Son Arrested for Murder

The son of an Oscar-winning songwriter was arrested Friday on charges of choking his girlfriend, a fashion designer found dead and half-clothed in a bathtub overflowing with water in a posh hotel. (Dec. 10)


Missing Va. Girl Found Unharmed in California

Missing Va. Girl Found Unharmed in California


A 12-year-old girl who had been missing for a week was found unharmed Friday after she and the man accused in her abduction were recognized in a store in San Francisco. (Dec. 10)




Smart Says She Is Thrilled After Guilty Verdict

Smart Says She Is Thrilled After Guilty Verdict


Brian David Mitchell faces up to life in prison when he's sentenced in May. A jury in Salt Lake City convicted the street preacher of abducting Elizabeth Smart more than eight years ago when she was just 14. (Dec. 10)


Iran Airs New Ashtiani 'confession'

Iran Airs New Ashtiani 'confession'

An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery confessed to helping a man kill her husband and re-enacted the alleged crime in an interview broadcast on Friday by Iranian state television. (Dec. 10)


AP Top Stories

AP Top Stories


Here's the latest news for Friday, Dec. 10: Jury convicts Smart kidnapper, rejects insanity; 6 people injured when NYC bus, van, truck collide; Mother of WikiLeaks founder defends son; Lady Gaga wax figure unveiled in LA.


At Obama's Side, Clinton Backs Tax Deal

At Obama's Side, Clinton Backs Tax Deal


Former President Bill Clinton says the tax cut deal President Barack Obama negotiated with Republicans is the best bipartisan deal possible. Clinton and Obama made a surprise appearance together in the White House briefing room Friday. (Dec. 10)


WikiLeaks Founder No Criminal

WikiLeaks Founder No Criminal


The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says her son has been betrayed by Australia, his native country, under pressure after he leaked scores of secret U.S. government documents. (Dec. 10)


Bus Crash Leads to Injuries in NYC

Bus Crash Leads to Injuries in NYC

Five people were taken to hospitals following a crash involving a city bus, a mini-van and a tractor-trailer in Queens. None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening. (Dec. 10)

Phila. Police Searching for Serial Strangler

Phila. Police Searching for Serial Strangler


Police are investigating a fourth death in Philadelphia's gritty Kensington neighborhood to see if it's part of a recent string of strangulation deaths and sexual assaults by choking. (Dec. 10)


New Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Opens on Strip

The $3.9 billion Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is the last major casino resort approved before the Great Recession, and will need to lure thousands of gamblers from established neighbors to survive after it opens Wednesday. (Dec. 10)


Guilty Verdict in Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping

Guilty Verdict in Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping


A federal jury in Utah has convicted former street preacher Brian David Mitchell of kidnapping Elizabeth Smart more than eight years ago. (Dec. 10)


Fire Rips Through Atlanta Charter School

Fire Rips Through Atlanta Charter School


A major fire heavily damaged an Atlanta charter school. Fire officials say there were no reports of injuries. (Dec. 10)


Election Protestors Clash With Police in Haiti

Election Protestors Clash With Police in Haiti


Haitians prepared for armed clashes and more days of flaming barricades as rival candidates called on supporters to take to streets and tip the balance in a sharply disputed presidential election. (Dec. 10)


America's human rights rhetoric tarnished

America's human rights rhetoric tarnished


Exactly 62 years ago today, the United Nations adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Making today, International Human Rights Day. America's first lady at the time, Eleanor Roosevelt helped inspire the 1948 agreement. A global pledge critics say the US is failing to follow


Mumia Abu-Jamal's case - symbol of flawed American justice

Mumia Abu-Jamal's case - symbol of flawed American justice


Mumia Abu-Jamal is a political prisoner who has been on death row for almost thirty years. Jamal and hundreds of thousands of supporters say he never committed the crime. Many believe Mumia's case to be fabricated and fraught with racism, having become a symbol of a flawed justice system in America. RT's Anastasia Churkina reports


US - China human rights hypocrisy

US - China human rights hypocrisy

When it comes to human rights in China, the US talks tough but rarely takes action. Dozens of Chinese dissidents, human rights groups and one US congressman gathered at the Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Washington DC to denounce the imprisonment of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. But Washington's dependence on Beijing economically and its eagerness to sell billions of dollars in arms to Taiwan, Japan and South Korea highlight the US's hypocrisy when it comes to human rights.



Obama fails to pardon political prisoners

Obama fails to pardon political prisoners


One issue shadowing America's human rights record is the existence of political prisoners in the US Civil rights lawyers argue political prisoners are in direct violation of articles 8, 9 and 10 of the Universal UN Declaration on Human Rights. US President Barack Obama recently granted clemency to nine men and women who committed for low level offenses such a forgery, drug possession and even mutilating coins. Most of them never spend time in jail or prison. Human rights advocates insist the pardons were misguided given reports that many US prisoners are either wrongfully convicted, over sentenced or legally trapped by the criminal justice system. Such is the case of America's political prisoners.



Has Bradley Manning betrayed the US?

Has Bradley Manning betrayed the US?



With WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in police custody and Pfc. Bradley Manning behind bars, who allegedly leaked all the secret documents, there is much discussion over the fate of these two men. The City Council of Berkeley, California announced it will soon be voting on a resolution that would elevate the status of Pfc. Bradley Manning to that of hero. Director of the US Strategic Perspective Institute David Gewirtz and Courage to Resist Project Director Jeff Paterson join RT's Kristine Frazao to discuss.




Shock therapy for US?

Shock therapy for US?


Russia, Britain and other countries are using shocking anti drinking and drug ads to get people to change their ways. Maybe the US should take a lesson from these controversial tactics? Anti-Drug Campaigner Barbara Harris says sometimes shock and awe campaigns are exactly what people need to wake them up and change


Mainstream media driven by profits, celebrities

Mainstream media driven by profits, celebrities


There is still a double standard between how the American mainstream media treats US officials and foreigners. Has the American press become too soft on its politicians or are they concerned with other things? Russ Baker says the American media owned by corporations are driven by profits and why they flaunt celebrities over facts


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