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'Homosexuality preventable,' Christian conference A look inside Focus on the Family's conference on homosexuality...
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 4:57pm PDT
'Torture & Occupation - Not in Our Name' ads in SF, NYC, Baghdad Full-page ads to appear in New York City, San Francisco, and Baghdad, Iraq. Your contribution is needed today to make this happen....
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 2:22pm PDT
US state recognises gay marriages Massachusetts has become the first US state to issue marriage licences to same-sex couples....
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 12:41am PDT
Baghdad blast kills Iraq leader The head of Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council has been killed in a car bomb blast near the headquarters of the US-led coalition in Baghdad....
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 12:36am PDT
Iran slams sacrilege of holy sites in Iraq, warns of consequences Tehran, May 16, IRNA -- Iran on Sunday strongly condemned US forces for entering the Iraqi cities of Karbala and Najaf and warned the United States of the `consequences` of breaching the sanctity of holy places....
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 12:11am PDT
Thousands protest Colombian paramilitary presence in Venezuela CARACAS : Thousands of Venezuelans draped in national colors marched through the streets of Caracas to protest an alleged coup plot by suspected Colombian right-wing paramilitaries against left-wing President Hugo Chavez....
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 12:03am PDT
IDF begins operation to isolate Rafah from rest of Strip A massive deployment of Israel Defense Forces troops on Monday morning launched a major operation in the southern Gaza Strip, aimed at isolating the town of Rafah from the rest of Gaza and neighboring Egypt....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 11:59pm PDT
Iraq Insurgents Drive Italians From Base BAGHDAD, Iraq - Fighters loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr drove Italian forces from a base in the southern city of Nasiriyah on Sunday and attacked coalition headquarters there with grenade and mortar fire as tensions in the Shiite region escalated....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 11:57pm PDT
28 Iraqis Killed in Recent Clashes AMARAH, Iraq - At least 28 Iraqis died in recent fighting between British troops and gunmen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, hospital officials said Sunday....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 11:22pm PDT
AUDIO: Robert Fisk on the occupations of Iraq and Palestine Fisk discusses the occupations of Iraq and Palestine and the reaction of people in the region to both of these occupations. Israel uses the occupation of Iraq as a cover to do whatever they want in the Occupied Territories....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 11:16pm PDT
Fallujah sends delegation to meet Sadr Sunnis could fight alongside Mehdi Army--
NAJAF, Iraq: Townsmen from the flashpoint town of Fallujah met radical Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Sunday, Shiite sources said, as Islam's rival sects made common cause against the US-led coalition....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 2:54pm PDT
Statistics on Israeli Army Demolition The Israeli military has demolished dozens of homes in the Palestinian refugee camp of Rafah over the weekend, following attacks that killed seven Israeli soldiers there. The army says it may raze hundreds more homes in the Gaza Strip shantytown to widen a military patrol road....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 1:14pm PDT
Iraqi Outrage Grows… Yesterday at 5:30pm I tried to approach U.S. soldiers who had sealed off the Abu Hanifa Mosque in Al-Adhamiya, Baghdad. Holding my press badge up in the air, in loud, clear English from about 50 feet away I yelled to a soldier sitting behind a machine gun on a Bradley, “I am press! May I please get a comment from one of you about what the goal of your operation is here?”...
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 1:06pm PDT
Electricity Production in Iraq Remains Below Pre-War Levels Baghdad , May 14 - Contrary to US President George Bush’s recent statement that electricity in Iraq "is now more widely available than before the war," Iraqi officials say the power supply in their country has not yet been repaired to pre-war levels. Bush made the claim in his May 1, 2004 speech commemorating the one-year anniversary of the "mission accomplished" address he delivered from aboard the USS Lincoln....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 1:05pm PDT
Coalition officials evacuate headquarters building due al-Sadr militia threats BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Most of the civilian staff of the U.S.-led coalition was evacuated from their headquarters in the southern city of Nasiriyah because of growing threats from Muqtada al-Sadr's militiamen, a coalition official said Sunday....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 1:00pm PDT
Blasts rock Sadr stronghold THREE mortar rounds hit the east Baghdad stronghold of radical Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada Sadr today....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 12:58pm PDT
New Yorker: Rumsfeld 'approved' abuse US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved a secret programme that encouraged interrogation methods used at Abu Ghraib prison, reports The New Yorker magazine....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 12:54pm PDT
The left won't be held hostage by the Likud More than 150,000 people took part last night in a mass demonstration in Tel Aviv, and called on the government to pull out of Gaza and start peace talks....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 12:46pm PDT
Israel: The majority' is waking up Only the future will show whether last night's demonstration, the largest ever seen in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, calling for a pullout from the Gaza Strip and the resumption of talks with the Palestinians, has any effect. Not every rally, however successful, is a historical watershed....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 12:45pm PDT
Israel 'to step up demolitions' The Israeli army has said it plans to destroy hundreds more homes in the Gaza Strip, after Israel's Supreme Court said demolitions could go ahead....
Posted: Sun, May 16, 2004 12:44pm PDT
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