News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
- ‘G15 to discuss economic crisis’ | Press TV 16 May 2010
- Why Dubai’s Islamic austerity is a sham – sex is for sale in every bar | The Guardian 16 May 2010
- Here’s Another $23 Billion Bailout That You May Have Missed This Week | TBI 16 May 2010
- ‘Nobody is winning,’ admits McChrystal – Patrick Cockburn | The Independent 16 May 2010
- Guantanamo detainees find island homes — this time it may the Maldives | McClatchy 16 May 2010
- Pakistan’s Third $1.13 Billion Loan Installment Approved by IMF | BusinessWeek 16 May 2010
- A way forward in Afghanistan – Haroon Siddiqui | The Star 16 May 2010
- War Crimes against Women: A Private Hell | CommonDreams.org 16 May 2010
- Result unchanged after Iraq recount | AJ English 16 May 2010
- Somali rebels fire mortar bombs at MPs’ rare meeting | BBC 16 May 2010
- Yisrael Beiteinu unveils latest drive to link civic rights with ‘loyalty’ | Haaretz 16 May 2010
- Israeli leftists: Zionism and Judaism are not in line with settlements | Haaretz 16 May 2010
- Brazil and Iran sign trade deal amid Western push for nuclear sanctions | Haaretz 16 May 2010
- Kandahar fears greater peril as West rethinks its planned offensive | LA Times 16 May 2010
- U.S. Is Still Using Private Spy Ring, Despite Doubts | NY Times 16 May 2010
- Greece Considering Legal Action Against U.S. Banks for Crisis | Bloomberg.com 16 May 2010
- Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel | Haaretz 16 May 2010
- Thai Violence Worsens: Central Bangkok Declared ‘Live Fire Zone’ | Antiwar.com 16 May 2010
- US Funds Israel’s Apartheid Roads Plan – Jonathan Cook | Antiwar.com 16 May 2010
- Robert Fisk: Silenced for speaking the truth about Guantanamo – Robert Fisk | The Independent 15 May 2010
- US extends Myanmar sanctions | AJ English 15 May 2010
- Israeli settler ‘kills Palestinian’ | AJ English 15 May 2010
- Egypt opens Gaza border crossing to 8,000 stranded Palestinians | Haaretz 15 May 2010
- Report: IDF soldiers kill elderly Palestinian near Gaza border | Haaretz 15 May 2010
- Another Way That The Federal Reserve Makes Massive Gobs Of Money For The Big Banks | The Econ Collapse 15 May 2010
- Student’s Arrest Tests Immigration Policy | NY Times 15 May 2010
- At Least 25 Civilians Killed as Somali Govt Shells Market, Again | Antiwar.com 15 May 2010
- As Obama’s August Drawdown Nears, Most Troops Still in Iraq | Antiwar.com 15 May 2010
- Afghan Police Kill Protester Condemning US Night Raid | Antiwar.com 15 May 2010
- Obama plan would delay probable cause hearings to allow uninterrupted interrogations | Raw Story 15 May 2010
- U.S. asks Israel to curb rhetoric, demolitions of Palestinian homes | McClatchy 14 May 2010
- Israeli activist buys up Arab property for Jewish settlements | McClatchy 14 May 2010
- The Predictable and Inevitable Blowback – David Sirota | truthout 14 May 2010
