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FREETOWN (Reuters) - On the fifth floor of Sierra Leone's main government office building, a decaying hulk where working toilets are scarce and the lift unreliable, Mines Director Jonathan Sharkah exudes optimism. He is, after all, one of the most powerful figures in the West African country's iron ore sector, and its revival could potentially create jobs and infrastructure in a nation ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - On the fifth floor of Sierra Leone's main government office building, a decaying hulk where working toilets are scarce and the lift unreliable, Mines Director Jonathan Sharkah exudes optimism. He is, after all, one of the most powerful figures in the West African country's iron ore sector, and its revival could potentially create jobs and infrastructure in a nation ...

Five days after the earthquake hit New Zealand, Jonathan Pearlman pieces together the dramatic events.

Submitted by Jonathan on Sat, 01/17/2009 - 4:25pm . Nothing important gets into the corporate media unless officially created, sanctioned, approved or leaked on purpose. I cite two recent examples of media manipulation, omission and/or fabrication. The NSA domestic spying story : Spying has been standard operating procedure by the US government for decades against its own citizens — the story was held by the New York Times before the 2004 elections but was released in Dece

U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan Headed for Another Record By Nancy A. Youssef and Jonathan S. Landay McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — With the deaths of four U.S. soldiers Tuesday, the U.S.-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan now has lost more troops this year than in all of 2008, and August is on track to be the deadliest month for American troops there since U.S. operations began nearly eight years ago. The numbers reflect the rising pace of combat in Afghanistan and come at a difficu