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1897 of 1988 
Canada's Toronto Star: la oposición venezolana repudia la democracia Venpres: El diario Toronto Star de Canadá acusa a la oposición venezolana de repudiar la democracia por no querer aceptar los resultados electorales que le dieron la victoria al presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez; y exhorta al gobierno canadiense a que así lo exprese en el seno de la OEA....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 8:55pm PDT
Iraqi oil company torched in Basra Shia fighters loyal to leader Muqtada al-Sadr have broken into the headquarters of Iraq's South Oil Company and set its warehouses and offices on fire, witnesses have said....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 7:23pm PDT
Al-Sadr orders handover of disputed Iraqi shrine to Shiite leaders NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - Radical Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters Thursday to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shiite religious authorities, hours after U.S. forces bombed militant positions and Iraq's prime minister made a "final call" for the cleric's militia to surrender....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 7:18pm PDT
Dr. Steven Miles Accuses US Military Doctors Of Participating In Abuse Of Iraqi Prisoners Some U.S. military doctors in Iraq and Afghanistan betrayed their duty to patients by participating in and covering up the abuse of prisoners, a report in the British journal Lancet argues....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 7:13pm PDT
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 8/20/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! 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, Russia, Spain, and Germany....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 4:50pm PDT
US troops seize control of Sadr City US occupation forces backed by dozens of tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles have overrun Baghdad's Sadr City suburb, a powerbase for Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, witnesses said....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 6:28am PDT
Fierce Fighting Reported Around Najaf Shrine Fierce fighting was reported around Najaf’s holy shrine today after a rebel cleric’s aide rejected a government ultimatum for Muqtada al-Sadr’s militia to disarm or risk a massive offensive....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 6:25am PDT
Al-Sadr 'rejects ultimatum' to surrender Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr has rejected an Iraqi government ultimatum to renounce violence and disband his militia, says a senior aide....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 6:22am PDT
Nepal Maoist Execute Reporter Thap was kidnapped in Dailekh (500 km west of Kathmandu) by Maoist troops who accused him of spying for the government. Among 10 charges against him was one of helping to organise a ceremony to honour King Gyanendra in April. The leaflet, signed by "Comrade Ranajeet," the local party secretary, said he was executed after being found guilty of spying....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 5:35pm PDT
An Open Letter in Support of the Presbyterian Church's Decision to Divest from Israel Recently, and in light of the historic ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 9 July 2004, which found Israel's colonial wall built on occupied Palestinian territories to be illegal, we've issued a press release that called upon people of conscience the world over to participate in diverse forms of boycott against the state of Israel, its institutions and industries, as a minimal show of civil opposition to its persistent violations of international law, its continued military ...
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 5:01pm PDT
Blood Money: The Human-Capital Equation of the U.S. Occupation of Iraq When a state is determined to pursue war, and all forms of indirect symbolic protest actions have failed to sway politicians to halt their imperialist aggression, the only remaining option is direct action by the working class. One option is a general strike by workers that can effect the production and transpiration of military capital, that is the materials essential for the war machine. The other is to deprive the military of the labor it needs to fight the war....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 1:14pm PDT
Violence flares as delegation quits Najaf Heavy fighting has left many dead in Najaf with the Iraqi defence minister promising a ''decisive battle'' on Wednesday after an attempt to negotiate a peace deal with Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr failed....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 6:22am PDT
Interview with human shield Ken O'Keefe An in-depth interview with "human shield" Ken O'Keefe during his recent Japan tour, on direct action for Palestine, standing up to US military might in Iraq, the legacy of Hiroshima....and the better world to come...
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 9:21pm PDT
Hezbollah Hit Targets of Opportunity on Blue Line 
By Nicholas Blanford
Special to The Daily Star
In the event, it was a Hizbullah sniper that took advantage of a mistake by the Israelis in allowing two soldiers, neither wearing helmets nor body armor, to climb on top of an outpost in the western sector to fix a broken antenna. Whether the sniper was already in place or moved swiftly into position after the soldiers were spotted is unknown. But The Daily Star has learned that the sniper killed the soldiers with three rounds - two head sh...
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 5:18pm PDT
Israelis Army Shoots 8 yearold thru the heart in Nablus Palestine today The Israeli military continued its attacks against the civilian population of Nablus Palestine today by killing an 8 year old child. Over 20 people have been shot or beaten in the past 24 hours as the army conducted home invasions and occupations. "Everything they could destroy they destroyed" reported one international observer....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 1:34pm PDT
Venezuela Referendum: Internal Report and Perspective An anonymous reporter gives their impressions of the Venezuela referendum from the heart of Caracas via emails to friends and loved ones......
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 1:10pm PDT
Psychiatric Pharma's forced medication on humans and animals The pharmaceutical psych corporations are still force medicating people and animals against their will. Psychiatric survivor and activist Sara Arenson is being force medicated in a Canadian psych ward. GW Bush's pet pharma corporation Eli Lily profits from animal testing and forcing psych medications into the bodies of human captives....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 10:04am PDT
A soldier's tragic suicide Was the tragic suicide of a British soldier his final protest against an unjust war?...
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2004 10:52pm PDT
Why He Crushed the Oligarchs: The Importance of Hugo Chávez The turn-out in Venezuela last Sunday was huge. 94.9 percent of the electorate voted in the recall referendum. Venezuela, under its new Constitution, permitted the right of the citizens to recall a President before s/he had completed their term of office. No Western democracy enshrines this right in a written or unwritten constitution. Chavez' victory will have repercussions beyond the borders of Venezuela. It is a triumph of the poor against the rich and it is a lesson that Lula in Brazil an...
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2004 8:19pm PDT
Leader of American Viginates in Afghanistan Claim to be FBI-CIA Covert OP 
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Americans running private 'war on terror' allege cover-up
Bounty hunter says fbi seized documents linking group to us government
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
KABUL: An alleged American bounty hunter on trial for allegedly running a private jail, kidnapping and torturing prisoners in Afghanistan on Monday accused Federal US agents of seizing evidence proving his links to US authorities....
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2004 7:45pm PDT
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