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'Jihad Jane': The Changing Face Of Terrorism

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 07:25

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By L.D. McCLELLEN
Paltalk News Network Contributor

A Pennsylvania woman, Colleen LaRose, has been indicted on charges relating to terrorism. U.S. government officials say Colleen R. LaRose, also known as "Jihad Jane", is charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements to a government official, and attempted identity theft.

This relates to a disturbingly growing trend of women recruiting for Islamic terrorism.

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Iranian Women Rally Against Polygamy

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 07:34

By SAHAR SEPEHRI
Common Ground News Service

Iranian women's groups and other organizations are fighting a much discussed proposed law which they say would encourage polygamy by allowing a man to take a second wife without the permission of the first under certain circumstances. The proposal comes at a time when the country has been rocked by protests, in which women have played a major part, following the disputed re-election last June of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Kansas, Vermont Latest Unemployment Debtor States

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 07:47

By OLGA PIERCE
ProPublica

Kansas and Vermont have become the two latest casualties of record unemployment insurance claims. Both states have exhausted their unemployment insurance trust funds and have turned to borrowing from the federal government to keep unemployment benefits flowing.

Resistance To Citizens United Decision Grows

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 07:41

By DAVID SWANSON
Paltalk News Network Contributor

The damage from the Supreme Court's decision in "Citizens United v. FEC" continues to spread as feared. Newly emboldened corporations are suing to overturn state laws that restrict corporate spending on politics.

The Changing Way We Get Our News

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 07:51

Eric Williams, an award winning reporter from New York, now based in Australia, and Rafael Martinez Alequin, veteran journalist who edits www.yourfreefpress.blogspot.com discussed the state of journalism inn this troubled economy on News Talk Online on the Paltalk News Network today.

News organizations were already under criticism for abrogating their responsibilities before the economy declined. Now, with fewer resources, their ability to properly investigate the stories they bring to us is hampered further. The public suffers.