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More Bush Pre-War Lies Exposed

Senate report slams Bush over prewar intelligence

The Bush administration misused intelligence to build a case for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Senate Intelligence Committee said in a report issued Thursday. "Senior officials disclosed and discussed sensitive intelligence reports that supported the administration's policy objectives and kept out of public discourse information that did not,"the committee chairman, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV said.

The report also found that the administration misled the American people about contacts between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda. "Policymakers' statements did not accurately convey the intelligence assessments" about contacts between Hussein and bin Laden, "and left the impression that there was Iraqi cooperation or support of al Qaeda," the report said.

In making the case for war, the administration repeatedly presented intelligence as fact when in reality it was unsubstantiated, contradicted or even nonexistent.

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Zimbabwe Problems Worsen

Pressure Mounts On Mugabe to cease the relentless assaults and policies of oppression on dissenting voices

The country will hold a run-off election between Tsvangirai and 28-year incumbent Robert Mugabe on June 27. The MDC says 58 of its supporters have been killed by pro government henchmen since last March's disputed national elections, details.

Opposition MP arrested, details. Mugabe suspends food aid, details. EU demands for aid work to resume, details. US and British diplomats confronted and detained, details. Currency crashes, prices rocket, details. Traders demand U.S. Dollar or South African Rand, details. UN fears 2 million people in danger, details. Economy in coma, details. Restrictions on foreigners, details. Lawyers flee country,details.

U.S. State Department Report, details.

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Obama Clinches Nomination - Moves to Next Phase

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Obama takes the reins of the Democratic Party.

Senator Barack Obama moved forcefully into the general election on Thursday, placing his stamp on the Democratic Party apparatus and holding a private nighttime meeting with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in an effort to unify Democrats.

Mr. Obama said the Democratic National Committee would no longer accept donations from federal lobbyists or political action committees. and that he would keep Howard Dean as the national chairman, but was deploying his own advisers to oversee party operations. details

This Week's Other Top Election Stories

Pakistan opposition pushes for impeaching Musharraf
Musharraf "a virus in the democratic computer" A junior party in Pakistan's government called Sunday for its main coalition partner to back the impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf a day after he rebuffed calls from both parties to resign. Musharraf and parliament "cannot co-exist". The coalition has threatened to unravel because of a dispute between the two parties over whether restoration of dozens of judges sacked by Musharraf should be linked to a constitutional package that weakens the presidency and allows judicial reforms

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Other Prime Time Issues

Iraq Government shake-up
Fighting in Somalia
Battle over Gay marriage

Israel threatens war on Gaza and Iran

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Israel threatens attacks; large scale military action.

Ehud Olmert, the prime minister, said the "pendulum is closer" to a large scale military operation in Gaza after another Israeli civilian was killed in a mortar attack from the Strip.

"Based on the data as I see it now, this pendulum is closer to a decision for a serious operation." More >>

Hamas braces for Israeli invasion.

Hamas believes the threats are a result of pressure on the Israeli government by extremist settlers and to help in elections in Israel, distracting from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's criminal probe.

Israel imposed a closure on the Gaza Strip and stepped up attacks after Hamas seized control of the territories a year ago. More >>

*Congression Legislation in the News*
	Climate Security Act of 2008 Fails	Drug War Funding Conditions Angers Mexico, Others
	A procedural vote by Republicians blocked global warming bill. International Energy Agency calls for policy-led "energy revolution." Environmental Defence Fund keeps pushing for passage. details	.The aid asks that the police and military will not violate human rights. Some claim hypocracy. Money attacked to 2008 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill. Could cost billions. Violence escalating.