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JOURNALISTS HIT IN HOTEL Sky News correspondent David Chater was inside the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad when the very floor he was staying on was hit by American tank fire. A cameraman for Spanish television died, as well as one Reuters journalist. At least three others have been seriously wounded in the attack on the high rise hotel. A US 3rd Infantry commander admitted a tank had fired a single round at the media's hotel. He said the strike came after shots were fired from the building but Chater has insisted he heard nothing coming from the Palestine Hotel and...

Cuba rounds up more dissidents The US has strongly condemned this week's arrests The authorities in Cuba have arrested two leading dissidents as they continue their crackdown against government opponents. Marta Beatriz Roque, an economist who led a hunger strike to demand the release of political prisoners, was detained together with an independent journalist, Raul Rivero. Dozens of people have been detained this week, accused by the authorities of plotting against Cuba with the top US representative in Havana, James Cason. The US has expressed outrage, calling the round-up an "appalling act of intimidation". He is only a man who...

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10 Foods that pack a Wallop ... Tomatoes You can start by passing the ketchup. Several studies have linked the cooked tomatoes in ketchup, soups and sauces to a reduced risk of prostate cancer and other cancers of the digestive tract. Tomatoes contain lycopene, probably the most powerful anti-oxidant among the carotenoids, the compounds that turn fruits and veggies deep orange. It is so good at mopping up free radicals that Lycopene outperforms the best-known carotenoid of them all, beta-carotene. It is readily released from tomatoes by cooking and - good news for pizza lovers - it's most easily absorbed ...

The September 11th Attack: Pearl Harbor or Reichstag Fire? By Mark Ortiz The version of the events of September 11th that most people in the United States have accepted is a lie. This twisted version of recent history has utterly distorted millions of people's view of the current situation. It has paved the way for a war of conquest in central Asia and the acceptance of police state measures in the US. To deal appropriately with the current situation, we must get beyond the official mythology and face the true implications of the evidence. Our rulers would have us believe ...