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1839 of 1988 
University professor faces campaign of censorship and intimidation by pro-Israel groups ...the class that this propaganda machine is targeting, my "Palestinian and Israeli Politics and Societies" course, is one of a number of courses offered at Columbia that cover the Palestinian/Israel conflict. All the others have an Israel-friendly perspective, including Naomi Weinberger's "Conflict Resolution in the Middle East", Michael Stanislawski's "History of the State of Israel, 1948-Present" and a course offered in my own department by my colleague Dan Mi...
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 10:16am PST
ICRC worried about bodies in Fallujah Middle East News, GENEVA — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) yesterday expressed concern about civilians in Fallujah, where sewage is flowing in the streets and hundreds of bodies apparently lie in a warehouse since a US assault....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 8:21am PST
Shiite cleric with links to Iran tops Iraqi election list A cleric with links to Iran leads the candidate list of a powerful coalition of Iraq's mainstream Shiite groups for next month's election, an aide said Friday.
Abdel-Aziz al-Hakim - the head of Iraq's largest Shiite party, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) - would stand to take a central position in the assembly that will create Iraq's next government and constitution, if the coalition takes most Parliament seats in the Jan. 30 vote....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 8:03am PST
Fallujah: The homecoming and the homeless The assault by 10,000 US troops began on 8 November, just after the US presidential elections: its aim, to clear a city regarded by the Americans as a hotbed of insurgency....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 7:59am PST
Palestinian presidential candidate arrested at border A candidate in next month's Palestinian presidential election was detained briefly Friday by Israeli authorities after allegedly assaulting a border policeman at a checkpoint....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 7:57am PST
US Soldier Guilty of Murdering Unarmed Iraqi At a court martial, Staff Sgt. Johnny Horne was found guilty of the unpremeditated murder of a severely wounded Iraqi civilian in Baghdad’s Sadr City district in August. The murder of Kassim Hassan took place after US soldiers spotted a garbage truck apparently dropping homemade bombs in Sadr City, the capital’s most populous Shiite neighborhood, the court heard....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 7:54am PST
Israeli troops re-invade Gaza refugee camp Israeli occupation forces in tanks have re-occupied the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunus, a day after they shot and killed a Palestinian girl....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 7:49am PST
Iraqi fighters kill top police officers Armed fighters have ambushed a group of senior police officers in northern Iraq, killing two of them and wounding three, one of the survivors said near the town of al-Sharqat....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 7:46am PST
El Salvadoran "equivalent of a poverty draft" in Iraq Poor Salvadorans Chase the 'Iraqi Dream' : U.S. Security Firms Find Eager Recruits Among Former Soldiers, Police Officers...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 9:31pm PST
ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, GROUPS DEMAND JUSTICE IN CLIMATE CONVENTION CITE CARBON TRADING SCHEM Buenos Aires, Argentina-In a press conference today, human rights and environmental organizations participating in the 10th Conference of the Parties for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change condemned the rapidly emerging market in carbon as a failed experiment in solving the climate change crisis....
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 1:32pm PST
Bleak news for the pygmy chimpanzee (bonobo) Pygmy chimpanzees or bonobos — arguably our closest relative — may have been hunted so extensively that the survival of the species is at risk, WWF is warning....
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 12:37am PST
IRC Study Reveals 31,000 Die Monthly in Congo Conflict IRC Study Reveals 31,000 Die Monthly in Congo Conflict and 3.8 Million Died in Past Six Years. When Will the World Pay Attention?...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 12:32am PST
Israel To Recognize Same-Sex Couples Israel has announced it will give limited rights to same-sex couples.
Attorney General Menahem Mazuz has directed government offices that the government now will recognize same-sex couples for monetary and property issues....
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 12:16am PST
Extermination of Lavalas Bernstein: I'm looking at a very troubling photograph and it represents the level and intensity of violence taking place on the ground in Haiti. First of all, describe this photograph, tell us if we know who this is, and what does it signify?...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 7:56pm PST
Dahr Jamail: Fallujah Pictures 
Two weeks ago someone was allowed into Fallujah by the military to help bury bodies. They were allowed to take photographs of 75 bodies, in order to show pictures to relatives so that they might be identified before they were buried....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 7:35pm PST
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Parliament can allow gay marriage, top court decides A federal proposal to extend marriage rights to gays and lesbians would be
constitutional, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday in a unanimous
opinion....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 6:17pm PST
'We can't bring him back, but we want them to pay' It has been nine months since Najim Abdullah Hamid was shot dead as he drove up to a US military checkpoint on his way home.
Despite repeated requests by his relatives, no one from the Iraqi or US military authorities has agreed to investigate or accept responsibility....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 4:29pm PST
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 12/10/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! A 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, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 4:07pm PST
Running for the cause: Interview With Wife Of Marwan Barghouti This week proved to be an especially deciding one for Israel, the Palestinians and perhaps even neighbouring Arab states, writes Graham Usher from Jerusalem...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 3:44pm PST
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