Experiments with truth: 9/11/09

    •  12 Iranian exiles on hunger strike for the past 44 days outside the US embassy in London called on America and Britain yesterday to break their silence over an Iraqi attack on a refugee camp that left 11 people dead and 450 others injured.
    • Dozens of Duke Energy customers in Charlotte, North Carolina protested a hearing with the NC Utilities Commission Wednesday night, where a 12 percent power bill hike was being proposed.
    • The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons in Kashmir staged its monthly sit-in at a community park yesterday to demand the whereabouts of their missing relatives and punishment for the forces responsible for the custodial disappearances and killings.

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