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Lockerbie: Megrahi Was Framed By John Pilger The American satirist Larry David once addressed a voluble crony as “a babbling brook of bullshit”. Such eloquence summarises the circus of Megrahi’s release. Continue 'Vladimir Putin's Dark Rise to Power' Why 'GQ' Doesn't Want Russians To Read Its Story By David Folkenflik His investigative piece, published in the September American edition of GQ, challenges the official line on a series of bombings that killed hundreds of people in 1999 in Russia. It profiles a former KGB agent who spoke in great detail and on the record, at no small risk to himself. But instead of trumpeting his reporting, GQ's corporate owners went to extraordinary lengths to try to ensure no Russians will ever see it. Continue Hidden in Olmert Indictment Are Charges That He Swindled U.S. Jews: The indictment against former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has riveted Israelis with its allegations that the ex-prime minister took envelopes of cash from supporters for his personal use. But another aspect of the August 30 indictment, one directly relevant to American Jews, has been all but lost amid the fallout: Tribunal declares Internet hate speech law unconstitutional: A ruling from a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal member says a controversial law banning Internet hate messages is unconstitutional because it violates free speech protections. 'Big power' Brazil stands by Iran, Venezuela: Lula: Brazil is poised to become one of the 21st century's great powers, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told AFP, as he fended off international criticism of its role as a "conciliator" in dealings with Iran and Venezuela. U.S. unemployment rate jumps to 26-year high of 9.7%: U.S. payrolls have dropped by 6.9 million to a total of 131.2 million since the recession began in December 2007, the government data showed. Unemployment has increased by 7.4 million during the recession to stand at 14.9 million. 1.3 million to lose jobless benefits by year's end: The human toll is devastating. Here are some excerpts for people who have gone to the end of their benefits: Food stamp list soars past 35 million: USDA: More than 35 million Americans received food stamps in June, up 22 percent from June 2008 and a new record as the country continued to grapple with the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s.