POLITICS

GORE MAY DECIDED TO RUN
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060910/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_gore

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THE REAL RISK OF TERRORISM

A chart compiled by Ryan Singel at Wired, shows some of the relative
risks in contemporary life over the past five years. You would have
been, for example, far more likely to die in an auto accident, from a
fall, or from drowning than in a terrorist incident. You were also more
likely to die from the flu or from a hernia, not to mention being shot
by a law enforcement officer.

Other useful comparisons include those in a recent article in Foreign
Affairs that estimates the probability of an American being killed in an
terrorist incident is about 1 in 80,000. And as we have reported
previously, you are also more likely to be murdered, commit suicide, be
killed by the side effects of a prescription drug, or die of cancer or
heart disease.

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,71743-0.html?tw=wn_index_4

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WAR PROFITEER OF THE DAY

REBECCA SANTANA ASSOCIATED PRESS - A public relations company known for
its role in a controversial U.S. military program that paid Iraqi
newspapers for stories favorable to coalition forces has been awarded
another multimillion dollar media contract with American forces in Iraq.
Washington-based Lincoln Group won a two-year contract to monitor a
number of English and Arabic media outlets and produce public
relations-type products such as talking points or speeches for U.S.
forces in Iraq, officials said Tuesday. . . The contract is worth
roughly $6.2 million per year over a two-year period, according to
Johnson.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4217069.html

MORE ON THE LINCOLN GROUP
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lincoln_Group

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