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Vanunu Interview Freed whistle-blower about Israeli nukes, Mordechai Vanunu speaks out in defiance of Israeli intimidation....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 11:28am PDT
UK Ministry of Defence gags soldier’s grieving mother “THEY HAVE lied and lied and lied—and they are continuing to lie”.
This is what David Miller, the editor of Tell Me Lies, told the meeting on “The lies of war— exposing propaganda and fighting censorship”.
Miller also revealed that the government is trying to gag Rose Gentle....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 10:37am PDT
Thousands march to Trafalgar Square to protest war LONDON (AP) Thousands of anti-war and anti-globalization activists marched through central London and filled Trafalgar Square on Sunday to protest the U.S.-led coalition's presence in Iraq.
The march marked the culmination of the third European Social Forum three days of speeches, workshops and debates largely dominated by Iraq and the U.S. presidential election....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 10:34am PDT
Anarchists storm European Social Forum Anarchists stormed the stage at the European Social Forum in London on Saturday night, barring London Mayor Ken Livingstone from speaking.
Up to 200 demonstrators, some of them masked, took control of the Forum claiming that the event, which purports to be a celebration of global justice and peace, has sold out....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 10:32am PDT
European Social Forum: Sunday October 17th London - Preventitive arrests, police violence Constant updates from the activists’ social forum in London......
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 10:27am PDT
Falluja clerics call for civil disobedience Religious officials from Falluja are calling on Muslim scholars and humanitarian organisations to take a united stand in response to US attacks against the people of the city....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 10:16am PDT
Israelis in fresh Gaza incursion Israeli troops have entered the Rafah refugee camp in southern Gaza in a new incursion to locate Palestinian weapons smuggling tunnels, the army says.
About 10 tanks and three bulldozers went into the camp, on the border with Egypt, where they came under automatic gunfire. There were no casualties....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 1:22am PDT
Is Mary Cheney a gay pawn? Her father can answer that If the scandal was about John Kerry and gay porn, that would be one thing. But John Kerry and a gay pawn? Now that's something completely different.
Gays and lesbians have reacted with anger to the latest twist in the US election - but not with Kerry for bringing up the subject of Vice-President Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter, Mary, during the presidential 'Duel in the Desert' in Arizona last week.
No, gays are furious that the Cheneys are, supposedly, furious, and that the mainstream m...
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 6:59pm PDT
Street Resistance to Occupation Regime Surges UN occupation forces continue to side with Haitian armed forces killing demonstrators...
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 6:30pm PDT
Haiti slum repels police amid angry protests slum residents stand up to U.S.-backed killers...
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 6:16pm PDT
A Clandestine Interview from Haiti: Resistance in the Slums of Port-au-Prince As AP, the New York Times, and other corporate news sources dutifully recycle disinformation about situation on the ground, the U.S.-backed coup forces ramp up killing of Lavalas supporters...
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 5:54pm PDT
Inside besieged Falluja Residents of the rebel-held city of Falluja in Iraq are packing their bags and leaving town after one of the heaviest US bombardments for weeks.
BBC News Online spoke by phone to a reporter in the city, contacted by the BBC's Arabic Service, who gave the following account of life there....
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 1:03pm PDT
Locals flee as US steps up its offensive in Fallujah THE battle for Fallujah gathered momentum yesterday as US troops moved into positions on the edge of the city, and Iraqi families fled the most intensive air and artillery bombardment since April’s failed effort to pacify the city....
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 12:42pm PDT
Palestinians Sift Through Ruins After Israeli Onslaught JABALIYA, Gaza Strip, October 16 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Hundreds of Palestinian families on Saturday, October16 , sift through the ruins of their homes in the hope of recovering some valuables after the18 -day onslaught by Israeli occupation army on the northern Gaza Strip.
"This is worse than an earthquake. The Israelis threw out the Palestinians in 1948 and in 1967 and they're trying to do the same thing now," said54 -year-old Jamila Yehya....
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 11:10am PDT
Why Do Bush and Kerry Fear Hugo Chavez? The US government and Presidential candidate John Kerry have announced that President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, is a threat to the United States. What is most ironic is that while using a different framework through which to analyze this statement, this is true. The vision of Hugo Chavez and the strong community organizing of the Venezuelan people little by little destroys the corrupt, imperialist, and repressive vision and practice of the US government and its cap...
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 11:05am PDT
NYC Mayor Sues To Block Gay Benefits New York City) New York Mayor Bloomberg is going to court to overturn a law that would force companies doing business with the city to offer benefits to the domestic partners of their employees.
The legislation was passed by city council in May. The following month Bloomberg vetoed it saying the law would hurt the city. Two weeks later council overrode the veto by a 41 - 4 vote....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 11:41pm PDT
UN says thousands of schools in Iraq lack basics for decent education UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Thousands of schools in Iraq lack the basics for decent education and over 700 have been damaged by bombing, more than 200 burned, and over 3,000 looted, according to a United Nations-backed survey.
The survey, conducted by the Iraqi Ministry of Education and released yesterday by the United Nations Children's Fund, found that one-third of all primary schools lack water and almost half have no sanitation facilities....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 11:31pm PDT
Afghanistan: The intimidating face of America KABUL, October 16 (Online): The American behind the machine gun on top of the tan Humvee was not interested in discussion....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 11:21pm PDT
Israeli Forces Pull Out of Northern Gaza GAZA CITY, 16 October 2004 — The Israeli Army began pulling troops out of northern Gaza last night after a17 -day offensive that left120 Palestinians dead and 450 wounded.
Palestinian witnesses said nearly all the 200 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles withdrew from the area and the remaining forces began moving to the outskirts of Jabaliya and Beit Lahya refugee camps....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 11:19pm PDT
Fallujah Negotiator Held BAGHDAD, 16 October 2004 — US forces yesterday arrested Fallujah’s chief negotiator as the military said it was investigating reports several members of a US reservist supply unit refused to go on a convoy mission....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 11:18pm PDT
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