Lasantha Wickramatunga, who was one of Sri Lankan's most popular and outspoken critics of the Rajapaska administration was shot dead this morning while driving to work. Wickramatunga had accused the Government of corruption and attempting to stop protests. Update:  Lasantha apparently left a letter to be released in case of his Assassination titled "And Then They Came For Me" , amazing and sad foresight . C ...

Cheney's still convinced that 4,500 Americans and over 100,000 Iraqis had to die. History will not be kind to Cheney's arrogance. Think Progress In an interview airing tonight on PBS’s Newshour, host Jim Lehrer asks Vice President Cheney about the U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives in the war in Iraq...  ...

Gay rights leader, Gene Robinson has been invited by Obama for the opening inauguration prayer. Kudos to Obama for this one Huffington New Hampshire Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, a vocal gay rights leader, will open President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration with a prayer on Sunday's kick-off event at the Lincoln Memorial...   ...

As Alan Colmes departs "Hannity and Colmes" many were wondering what liberal would step in to sell their soul for a News Corp. paycheck,  enter Al Sharpton. Conservative guest Michele Backman will also be filling in for Hannity when he is to busy researching his next story from the Weekly World News (Bat Boy Magazine). Bachmann as you may remember during the campaign, started channeling Joseph McCarthy on t ...

A reported 12,000 households are left with no heating after Russia halts gas supplies through Ukraine. Russia's New Years resolution to piss off every surrounding territory can only be seen as a catalyst for future confrontation. Democracy Now Exports of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine appear to have completely stopped amid a dispute over gas supplies between the two countries. The BBC reports EU depends ...

In what will be a permanent visible sign of US occupation in in Iraq the US has inaugurated a 700 million Embassy flat middle in the green zone. Huffington BAGHDAD — The United States inaugurated its largest embassy ever on Monday, a fortress-like compound in the heart of the Green Zone _ and the most visible sign of what U.S. officials call a new chapter in relations between America and a more sovereign Ir ...

In what is becoming a blurry picture of actual events happening in Gaza, the Foreign Press Association is taking action today over reporting access in that area. Democracy Now the Israeli Supreme Court will hear a petition today challenging Israel’s ban on journalists from entering Gaza. The Foreign Press Association filed the challenge on behalf of 400 reporters. In an open letter, the Foreign Press Associ ...

And the award goes to....Fox News pundit and wing-nut Sean Hannity. What a year for Hannity; I thought he really showed his true colors during his "special report" when he used Anti-semit radical Andy Martin as a credible source. But that was just a snack compared to his main course of nightly lies and distortion of anything Obama. Congratulations to you Mr. Hannity. Some of his greatest hits below via Medi ...

In what was a important verdict, Rwandan Colonel was convicted for organizing the deaths of over 500,000 people in 1994. Huffington ARUSHA, Tanzania — A former Rwandan Army colonel behind the 1994 slaughter of more than 500,000 people was convicted of genocide Thursday and sentenced to life in prison, the most significant verdict of a U.N. tribunal set up to bring the killers to justice... ...

Paging Obama... Hopefully the past 8 years of Bush complacency towards Global Warming will evaporate like an ice berg he helped melt. As the world waits for a clear leader in this cause, President elect-Obama has shown a willingness to take some much needed steps.       Democracy Now The twelve-day international climate conference in Poland has ended after nations failed to set ambitious new goals to cut gr ...