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Shia fume over Bremer sharia threat Shia clerics in Iraq are furious over a threat by top US administrator Paul Bremer to use his veto should the interim Governing Council choose Islam as the main basis for legislation....
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2004 9:40am PST
Aristide Gov't Will Investigate Revlut'ary Front for Haitian Advancement and Progress FRAPH, (Revolutionary Front for Haitian Advancement and Progress), a paramilitary organization formed during the second half of the coup d'etat (1991-1994) has been reported on and denounced by all international human rights groups
for their use of various methods of torture against Aristide supporters during that time....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 6:48pm PST
Haiti rebellion hits another town At least three people have been killed as armed rebels launched a new attack in the central Haitian town of Hinche....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 4:30pm PST
Rep. Maxine Waters Charges U.S. Is Encouraging A Coup in Haiti Several thousand demonstrators clashed with supporters of Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide this weekend as they marched through the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince. We speak with Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) about what role the U.S. is playing in the current events in the country....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 4:27pm PST
More U.S. gay couples marry in Canada TORONTO - Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham spoke of tolerance Saturday as he addressed a crowd celebrating the marriages of several same-sex couples from the United States....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 12:06pm PST
El EZLN recuerda sus fallecidos El EJÉRCITO ZAPATISTA DE LIBERACIÓN NACIONAL marca un día dedicado a sus compañeros fallecidos....
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 10:39am PST
Incurious George - What's Not on George Bushes Mind Today? Focusing on the important, not the urgent, is the hallmark of any successful business school graduate. While many Americans are trying desperately to follow the leader of the free world's proactive initiatives and programs, equally useful is an inventory of items that are "shelved", "off the table" or "not on the president's radar".
Unfortunately, that list is quite long and growing longer. And while many qualified news outlets have provided excellent info...
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 9:30am PST
Hunger Increases - Neoliberal Globalization Fails "The number of starving has increased by 18 million since the middle of the nineties.. Instead of overhasty market opening and a Christmas policy for multinational corporations, local development should be promoted with interest-free credits and investments.."...
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2004 6:02am PST
Definition of a Tragedy The following story over-estimates dubya's ability to carry on an intelligent conversation, but evaluates his place in the universe pretty accurately....
Posted: Sun, Feb 15, 2004 4:10pm PST
Call for Global Women's Strike 3/8 8 March 2004 -- Calling all women
5th GLOBAL WOMEN'S STRIKE
Calling all men to join with women to STOP THE WORLD AND CHANGE IT!
INVEST IN CARING NOT KILLING!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 15, 2004 12:52pm PST
Freedom, Equality and Justice or War and Peace "Now these movements are coming together, exchanging with one another, thematicizing capitalism.. Learning from one another, exchanging ideas and testing alternatives is a new world that can make possible new worlds.."...
Posted: Sun, Feb 15, 2004 5:32am PST
Iraqi police hit in daring resistance raid An estimated 21 people have been killed and 35 wounded after suspected anti-occupation fighters attacked a police station and local government building in the Iraqi town of Falluja....
Posted: Sat, Feb 14, 2004 8:55am PST
Juarez Killing Now Include Drug Trade The wave of killings targeting women in Ciudad Juarez has now intensifed as a rash of drug-related killings sweeps northern Mexico...
Posted: Sat, Feb 14, 2004 8:12am PST
Mbeki questions Aids stats South Africa joins the growing number of Third World Nations dismissing WHO and CDC 'AIDS' estimates as utter nonsense and exaggerated beyond all proportion. India has pointed out that the average 'AIDS' mortalities over the last three years have been under 150 a year dispite predictions of 25 'AIDS' cases within two years....
Posted: Sat, Feb 14, 2004 1:43am PST
Drowned Iraqi 'was forced into river by five US soldiers' Five American soldiers have been accused of driving a 19-year-old Iraqi civilian to his death in the Tigris river in one of the main centres of resistance to the occupation....
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2004 8:09pm PST
Author has lethal solution to Blair's weapon dilemma The pen may be mightier than the sword, but Louis de Bernieres leans toward a gun. If he were Tony Blair, he would shoot himself if claims that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction prove unfounded, he has announced....
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2004 8:05pm PST
Haiti's militias claim to uphold the law - but now they have become the law Gary Younge in St Marc finds both government and opposition enfeebled...
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2004 8:02pm PST
March 22, Anniversary of our friend's death Our friend, "Angel" of Basra (real name unknown) passed on March 22, 2003 (as best we know). She will not be forgotten, especially now that we have proof: Bush lied and she died. [Various links and stories attached with some commentary.]...
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2004 6:27pm PST
Ashcroft Seeks Hospital Abortion Records The Justice Department is demanding that at least six hospitals in New York City, Philadelphia, Ann Arbor and other cities turn over hundreds of patient medical records on certain abortions performed there. We speak with the president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League....
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2004 5:33pm PST
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