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1902 of 1986 
A Stranger in My Own Land: Checkpoints and Walls When I first came to the USA for college, you would not believe my shock upon making my first Spring Break drive to Florida, some 24 hours, and realizing no one stopped us to ask for ID or inquire where we're going. In the West Bank, during the 10-mile drive from Ramallah to Jerusalem, travelers today get stopped twice at Israeli checkpoints. Now I have seen checkpoints before, but on this last trip, the procedures at those two checkpoints were just surreal....
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2004 9:27am PDT
Israeli conscientious objectors receive reduced sentences GENEVA, PARIS -– The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint program of FIDH and OMCT, welcomes the decision by the Military Parole Committee on July 14, 2004 to reduce the sentences of Haggai Matar, Matan Kaminer, Shimri Zameret, Adam Naor and Noam Bahat, conscientious objectors to the occupation of the Palestinian territories. Initially scheduled to be released in January 2005, they will now be released September 15, 2004....
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2004 9:24am PDT
Arafat agrees to give up authority over security forces Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat, under growing pressure, has agreed to grant his prime minister full authority over the security forces, a Palestinian lawmaker said Thursday after meeting with Arafat....
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2004 9:20am PDT
Several killed in Ramadi Four civilians in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi have been killed in fighting between US occupation forces and resistance fighters....
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2004 9:17am PDT
Haiti's loan-aid deal a debt trap - Oxfam PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Too much of the US$1 billion in aid pledged to rebuild Haiti is in loans that could force the country deeper into debt and poverty, a British-based charity said yesterday....
Posted: Wed, Jul 21, 2004 10:59pm PDT
Rumsfeld knew all about me, says American 'jailer' held in Kabul The saga of "Jack" Idema, the American arrested for running a private interrogation centre in Afghanistan, took a new twist yesterday when he claimed that he was acting with the knowledge and agreement of Donald Rumsfeld's office....
Posted: Wed, Jul 21, 2004 7:05pm PDT
Judge Permits Petter into Israel on Conditions Judge Releases American Peace Activist Protesting Israel's Separation
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Judge Dismisses General Security Service's "Security Threat" Claims...
Posted: Wed, Jul 21, 2004 10:22am PDT
Samarra toll mounts in continuing clashes The toll from fighting in Samarra has risen to five dead and eight wounded, according to Iraqi police sources....
Posted: Wed, Jul 21, 2004 10:16am PDT
Elder Indian womyn's nude protest against military July 2004- In Manipur, as in Marin, womyn protest against violence. (Please repost worldwide.)...
Posted: Wed, Jul 21, 2004 8:52am PDT
'Rejoice over Iraq': fury at Blair's echo of Thatcher Tony Blair, on the eve of his tenth anniversary as leader of the Labour Party, echoed one of the most famous quotations from Lady Thatcher yesterday by telling critics of the war in Iraq to "rejoice".
Lady Thatcher told Britain to "Just rejoice... rejoice" when British forces recaptured South Georgia on 25 April 1982. She was under pressurefor allowing the Falkland Islands to be invaded by Argentina.
Mr Blair's use of the word "rejoice" - loaded with all th...
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 9:21pm PDT
Israeli army warns of strike against Syria As the conflict on the Israel-Lebanon border escalates, the Israeli military has issued a blunt warning that it may launch a direct attack against Syria....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 8:19pm PDT
Alarm at US drift over Middle East UK report reveals fears for future of Palestinians...
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 8:02pm PDT
UN demands Israel scrap barrier The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution demanding that Israel comply with a world court ruling to dismantle its West Bank barrier....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 7:59pm PDT
Robert Fisk: Iraqi leader discusses what many Iraqis believe about US motives The Shia marja [leading Shia scholars] are known for their outspokenness but Sayed Baghdadi more than speaks his mind. The Americans occupied Iraq as part of a Zionist project, he announces. They will not leave Iraq because they intend to steal Iraq's oil. The new US-appointed Iraqi government are "collaborators"....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 6:35pm PDT
Linda Ronstadt Ejected From Aladdin Casino For Praising Michael Moore US singer Linda Ronstadt was booed off the stage and kicked out of a Las Vegas casino after praising polemical filmmaker Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11," the casino said....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 1:11pm PDT
17 Russian invaders eliminated near Gansolchu Sunday afternoon Spokesman of the Military Council of State Defense Council Majlis al-Shura of Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (CRI) reported about a battle that happened near the village of Gansolchu Saturday morning. Chechen spokesman reported that mobile squads of Chechen Armed Forces traced the route of the movement of a large unit of the invaders’ Spetznaz (special forces). Chechen troops ambushed the aggressors and carried out a surprise attack on the enemy. 17 Russian invaders were killed...
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 8:32am PDT
'Winnie the Pooh' is elected mayor of Vladivostok after rival 'trips' on grenade Fresh questions were raised about the health of Russia's body politic yesterday after a convicted criminal nicknamed "Winnie the Pooh" became mayor of the Pacific port city of Vladivostok....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 8:28am PDT
More Palestinians made homeless The Israeli army has embarked on a flurry of house demolitions at a northern West Bank village in an activity apparently related to the continued construction of the separation wall....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 8:09am PDT
Did Bush Allow a Network of Right-Wing Republicans to Foment a Violent Coup in Haiti? We speak with Max Blumenthal contibutor to Salon.com and author of a new investigative piece that examines the role of the United States in destabilizing the democratically-elected government of Jean Bertrand-Aristide through the International Republican Institute, a federally-funded, nonprofit political group backed by powerful Republicans close to the Bush administration....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 8:06am PDT
Annan: Arafat must listen to his prime minister United Nation's Secretary General Kofi Annan, speaking Monday evening in New York, urged Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat to listen to his prime minister and other governmental colleagues and implement security reforms....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 8:05am PDT
1902 of 1986