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JERUSALEM (AP) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's government on Sunday approved an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in principle, but a last-minute compromise with Cabinet hard-liners diluted the historic decision, leaving uncertain the future of 21 Israeli settlements....
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2004 11:15am PDT
At least 17 Iraqi policemen and members of the security forces along with four foreign contractors have been killed in separate attacks across the occupied country....
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2004 10:59am PDT
JUNTA STATE RELIGION - "signed into law by George W. Bush" ( http://www.chabad.nu/rebbe100.html )...
Posted: Sun, Jun 6, 2004 2:57am PDT
The Housing Ministry is not waiting for the planned solutions for the Bedouin community in the Negev to be completed. It is advancing the establishment of Jewish settlements near the Bedouin communities to "block" their "expansion."...
Posted: Sat, Jun 5, 2004 11:58pm PDT
Thousands of people have gathered outside Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's residence in a mass demonstration calling for an immediate Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, Israel army radio has reported....
Posted: Sat, Jun 5, 2004 11:27pm PDT
Jerusalem march for "Love Without Borders";
San Francisco march against Bush....
Posted: Sat, Jun 5, 2004 10:19pm PDT
Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr has met with Grand Ayat Allah Ali al-Sistani, the first such meeting in months of tension....
Posted: Sat, Jun 5, 2004 10:01pm PDT
Climate change. Suddenly, because of a movie, so many are now talking about the greatest threat the planet has ever faced....
Posted: Sat, Jun 5, 2004 6:08am PDT
The Foreign Minister of Iraq, Hoshyar Zebari, said last night that a draft resolution before the UN Security Council on the future of his country does not go far enough to guarantee the return of full sovereignty after 30 June. Nor, he said, does it properly clarify the future relationship between the new interim government and foreign troops....
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 9:50am PDT
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon fired National Union ministers Avigdor Lieberman and Benny Elon on Friday morning in a bid to win a cabinet majority on the revised disengagement plan which will be presented to the cabinet for a vote on Sunday....
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 9:49am PDT
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has dismissed two extreme-right members in an effort to pave the way for his unilateral withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip....
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 9:46am PDT
A top UN human rights official on Friday said US-led occupation forces have mistreated ordinary Iraqis and called for an international ombudsman to monitor their behaviour....
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 9:23am PDT
At least four US soldiers have been killed and five wounded in clashes with Mahdi Army militia in a restive Baghdad district on Friday....
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 9:21am PDT
Armed loyalists of Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr were to start withdrawing from the holy of Najaf and its surroundings on Friday, their spokesman said late on Thursday after a meeting with Shia officials....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:58pm PDT
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Russia, Germany, Spain, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 5:00pm PDT
NAJAF, Iraq - Fighting broke out today between U.S. soldiers and Shiite militiamen in Kufa - the eighth straight day of clashes that have all but ruined a deal signed last week aimed at ending violence in the holy city.
At least five Iraqis were killed and 11 injured in the skirmishes in Najaf's twin city, a stronghold of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, hospital officials said....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 1:23pm PDT
Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution...
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 12:45pm PDT
Sistani's Fatwa on the New Government translated by Juan Cole...
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 11:51am PDT
This book is a must-read! You will NOT be able to put it down....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 11:30am PDT
NAJAF, Iraq - Fighting broke out Thursday in nearby Kufa between U.S. soldiers and Shiite militiamen - the eighth straight day of clashes since a deal last week to end the violence. The country's most influential Shiite cleric, meanwhile, tacitly endorsed Iraq's new interim government....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:23am PDT