Alter Net News Updates

More Pain for Devastated Haiti: Under the Pretense of Disaster Relief, U.S. Running a Military Occupation

The rapid mobilization of U.S troops in Haiti was not primarily done for humanitarian reasons; we're likely to see a neoliberal economic plan imposed, at gunpoint if necessary. READ MORE

Arun Gupta / AlterNet

"These Guys Are Like Vultures": Profit-Driven Private Contractors Flocking to Haiti

Private military contractors have quickly positioned themselves at the center of an emerging "shock doctrine" for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. READ MORE

Anthony Fenton / IPS News

KBR Tells Court It Was Following Military Orders When Employees Burned Toxic Waste in Open Pits

The military's largest contractor is trying to avoid liability for health risks associated with burn pits on bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the truth is emerging. READ MORE

Nora Eisenberg / AlterNet

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An Expat's Guide to the Vancouver Olympics

Vancouver does things its own strange and subtle ways that the media hordes will only begin to be noticing by the time these Games are over. READ MORE

By Sara Robinson / AlterNet

Sanaa, Yemen to Become World's First Capital City to Run Out of Water

Sanaa is home to 2 million people, and is growing fast -- but experts say that if trends continue, it could be a ghost town in 20 years. READ MORE

By Brian Merchant / TreeHugger

Claim: Blackwater Billed US for 'Morale Welfare Recreation' Provided by Prostitute

Two former employees have accused Blackwater Worldwide of defrauding the government for years with phony billing, including charging for a prostitute, alcohol and spa trips. READ MORE

By Ron Brynaert / Raw Story

Faces of the Colombian Drug War

The forty-year-old Colombian war shows no signs of ceasing. Its fed by a billion dollar drug trade, political division and an international land battle. READ MORE

By Lagan Sebert / AlterNet

Is Kenya About to Trample Female Reproductive Rights?

If the African country's constitution is approved in its current form, it will join the ranks of three nations that have prohibited abortion in their constitutions. READ MORE

By Gillian Kane / AlterNet

What Britain's Assisted Suicide War Should Teach Us.

Ann Neumann

No, IPCC Climatologists Did NOT Make Sloppy Errors

Joshua Holland

U.S. Soldiers Respond Favorably to Discussion of DADT Repeal

stevebenen

Threat of "Terrorism" Is More Symbolic Than Actual

IraChernus

We Must Lift the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan

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