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In an unprecedented simulcast with Canadian Broadcasting's morning show, "The Current," Democracy Now! broadcasts live from Toronto, Canada. Decades after Vietnam War resisters fled to Canada to avoid the draft, American soldiers who are resisting the war in Iraq are now looking north of the border for a safe place to call home. We speak with two Iraq war resisters, Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey who are seeking refugee status in Canada as conscientious objectors. And we speak wi...

"Hamdillah Assalama" (thank God for your safety), the residents of Jabalia Refugee Camp repeat whenever they meet each other in the dusty roads and lanes of the camp. Groups of people are paying condolence visits at dozens of condolence tents scattered in the camp. The scene is eerily remniscent of the way that people here celebrate and congratulate each other on major religious holidays, such as Eid al-Fitr....

BAGHDAD, October 15 (IslamOnline.net) - The Fallujah Muslim scholars Friday, October15 , appealed to the international community for helping save the heavily-populated Iraqi city from a feared massive US onslaught. In a statement obtained by IslamOnline.net, the scholars threatened to declare holy war across Iraq if the US occupation forces continue the onslaught. "Since the Fallujah negotiating team said Iraq’s interim government is not interested into negotiations, the scholars a...

Next week, something will happen that will unmask the upside-down morality of the invasion and occupation of Iraq. On October 21, Iraq will pay $200-million in war reparations to some of the richest countries and corporations in the world. If that seems backwards, it’s because it is. Iraqis have never been awarded reparations for any of the crimes they have suffered under Saddam, or the brutal sanctions regime that claimed the lives of at least half a million people, or the U.S.-led invasi...

US military authorities have denied Iraqi police reports that US troops arrested Khalid al-Jumaily, head of Falluja's negotiating team....

A global study revealed yesterday that almost a third of amphibians face extinction - and pollution is cited as the biggest cause. The three-year survey, involving 500 scientists from more than 60 countries, has found that a third of the 5,743 known species are threatened with being wiped out and at least 427 are so critically endangered that they could disappear tomorrow....

BAGHDAD - At least 500 activists of Moqtada Sadr’s movement are being held in US-run prisons in Iraq, aides to the radical Shiite cleric say, warning that a lasting end to the group’s armed opposition to US-led forces is conditional on their release....

Reporting Period, October 7th - 13th, 2004...

Israel is guilty of severe human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including "wanton destruction" of houses and infrastructure, according to a United Nations report obtained Thursday by The Associated Press....

Alison Weir, Executive Director of "If Americans Knew," established...that 150% of Israeli children's deaths (more than one story on some) were the subject of front page articles and photos in the San Francisco Chronicle while only 5% of Palestinian children's deaths made it to the front page. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting noted that NPR reported on 89% of Israeli children's deaths and only 20% of Palestinian children's deaths. These studies mirror the reality for most American...