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Berkeley City Council votes to support censure of President Bush
President Bush can breathe a little easier today, assuming he cares what Berkeley thinks: The City Council voted not to ask Congress to impeach him and Vice President Cheney. Instead, it settled for requesting a milder sanction: formal censure....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 12:54pm PST
S. Florida Haitians assume control of government in strife-torn nation
Haiti's new prime minister comes from Boca Raton. The proposed defense minister is from Miami Shores. And the latest adviser to the new government hails from Lauderhill....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 12:50pm PST
Haitians must get serious about their future
The circumstances surrounding the demise of Jean-Bertrand Aristide and the current wave of instability in Haiti are regrettable. While one cannot overlook the seriousness inherent in the "Sunday Morning Diplomacy", or the dangerous precedent it could set for emerging democracies, one has to be careful not to sidestep the real issues affecting the vast majority of Haitians. It must begin to resonate among the Haitian people that there is very little to be gained from these frequent c...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 12:45pm PST
Haiti Foreign Press Update
1. Statement by Jamaica's Prime Minister/Aristide to visit
2.. BBC: Haiti health system 'devastated'
3. Youth Reporter Phones in Story From Haiti, Pacifica
4. Ira Kurzban, Esq. raises questions about reporting of Associated Press
5. Description of recent PBS Lehrer Newshour (Senators Coleman/Dodd)...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 9:51am PST
Purported al-Qaida statement on Madrid Attacks
Unconfirmed claim of responsibility for Madrid attacks, other plans....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:32am PST
Los movimientos sociales frente al atentado
Pronunciamientos de diversas organizaciones sobre el atentado en Madrid...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:05am PST
Comunicado ante los atentados de Madrid y en respuesta a las especulaciones sobre su autor
"Tan perverso es categorizar -como ha hecho en reiteradas ocasiones el gobierno Aznar con relación a la situación en Iraq- la resistencia contra la ocupación como terrorismo, como considerar acciones indiscriminadas, destinadas, como ha sido el caso de la cadena de atentados de Madrid, a causar el mayor número de víctimas civiles, como resistencia, como ha hecho Otegui para exculpar a ETA de la responsabilidad de lo ocurrido hoy en Madrid...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 8:02am PST
Provisional List of Wounded in Madrid/Lista provisional de trabajador@s heridos
More than 190 were killed and more than 1,000 were wounded in the synchronized bombings of commuter trains....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 7:56am PST
Bush Campaign Slogans!
Here's some RNC-endorsed campaign slogans. Feel free to create your own!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 10:44pm PST
Aristide heading for Jamaica
Kingston, Jamaica — Ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his wife will travel to Jamaica next week, returning to the Caribbean less than three weeks after fleeing into exile, Jamaica's Prime Minister said Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 5:53pm PST
Two killed at pro-Aristide rally in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A shootout between police and protesters killed two men and injured seven during a demonstration in support of Jean-Bertrand Aristide Thursday as the exiled Haitian president planned a return to the Caribbean....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 5:51pm PST
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 3/12/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.2MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Russia, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 4:50pm PST
Equatorial Guinea TV to air 'mercenary' confession
Right on! Executive Outcomes - like something out of a B action flick. Pathetic....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 1:06pm PST
Iraqi police officers held for US killings
Iraqi police have detained six police officers suspected of involvement in the killing of two US government employees in Karbala....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 10:58am PST
Terrorist Atrocity in Madrid
NO TO TERRORISM-STATE OR INDIVIDUAL...
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 10:07am PST
3/14: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Women Political Prisoners
An Evening of
Revolutionary Arts & Politics Honoring Palestinian Women Political Prisoners
Sunday, March 14th 2004
7PM - 9PM
The Women's Building...
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 9:59am PST
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) And The Spanish Attack
No group made an immediate claim of responsibility for today's terrorist outrage in Madrid, but politicians and journalists blamed the Basque separatist group Eta for the train bombings, which left 173 people dead....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 9:12am PST
Haiti Foreign Press Update
1. Claude Adams, CBC Dispatches: Izmery, Raboteau, "rebels"
2. Aristide deserves better from U.S. by Jesse Jackson
3. Aristide's Lawyers Preparing Complaints
4. US urged to probe Aristide 'coup' by Coralie Carlson
5. African Union Blasts Haiti Ouster by Anthony Mitchell...and more...
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 12:08am PST
"Save Democracy In Haiti" Demonstration on March 12
Sacramento area peace and justice organizations are organizing a "Save Democracy In Haiti" demonstration at the federal building at 5 & I, Sacramento on Friday, March 12 at 10:30 a.m. We need to get a big turnout for this event!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 10, 2004 11:52pm PST