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South Korea struggles against WEF
While we are since 214 days in sit-in strike, last weekend we supported the struggle of S. Korean workers, peasants and students against WEF....
Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2004 8:59pm PDT
Bay Area Resident Threatened with Deportation from Israel
Brooke Atherton threatened with deportation 7:30 p.m. today, Pacific Daylight Time for attempting to enroll in Arabic language school in Palestine...
Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2004 3:46pm PDT
Miami TV Invites Terrorists to Talk Openly About Attacks on Cuba and Venezuela
Cuban television tonight broadcasted remarkable segments of a one hour program on Miami TV Channel 41 in which known paramilitaries from the Florida based Comandos F4 (www.comandosf4.org) organization openly spoke of their preparation for an armed attack against Cuba....
Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2004 12:23pm PDT
France - Power workers pull plug over sell-off plan
Striking power workers cut France's national electricity output and blacked out the homes of targeted politicians on Tuesday as thousands of others marched against plans to partly privatise Electricite de France....
Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2004 11:56am PDT
Nine dead in Ramadi blast
Nine people have been killed, including four foreigners, and 10 wounded after a vehicle was targeted in the western Iraqi town of Ramadi....
Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2004 8:09am PDT
Israeli undercover forces raid Jenin
Israeli occupation forces have shot dead a Palestinian, wounded a second and arrested several others in the West Bank city of Jenin....
Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2004 7:59am PDT
Iraqi oil security chief killed
The security chief for the oil industry in northern Iraq has been assassinated, police say....
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 10:43pm PDT
Turk PM blames Israel for rising anti-Semitism
ANKARA - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, increasingly critical of regional ally Israel over its treatment of Palestinians, yesterday blamed the Israeli government for rising anti-Semitism in the world....
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 8:38pm PDT
Israel plans new West Bank settlements
Israel is considering building thousands more homes in West Bank settlements, in line with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to keep large chunks of the territory but give up Gaza....
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 8:34pm PDT
1,8 million people at Brazil´s GLBT Pride Parade
Brazil´s GLBT (Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders) Pride Parade was the biggest of the world, with 1,8 million people in the streets of Sao Paulo....
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 7:16pm PDT
Senior Afghan official shot dead
There has been more violence in Afghanistan as its President Hamid Karzai visits the United States....
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 5:16pm PDT
Georgia G-8: Model for repression @ Democratic/ Republican party conventions is matial law
The Summit of the Group of Eight (G-8), the US and other wealthy “democracies,” networked from June 8-10 in Georgia to advance their free market plans while a state of emergency led to the suspension of basic constitutional rights. Not the “Miami model” of repression but the logical next step of domestic repression....
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 3:19pm PDT
Poll of Iraqis Reveals Anger Toward U.S.
WASHINGTON -- A poll of Iraqis commissioned by the U.S.-backed government has provided the Bush administration a stark picture of anti-American sentiment -- more than half of Iraqis believe they would be safer if U.S. troops simply left....
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 2:36pm PDT
Attackers sabotage Iraqi oil industry
Insurgents have stepped up pressure on Iraq's new interim government with another blow to the vital oil industry just two weeks before a formal end to the US occupation.
Oil Minister Thamir Ghadhban has confirmed saboteurs blasted an oil pipeline feeding storage tanks at Basra in the country's south, cutting exports by a third.
"There were two sabotage cases," he told Reuters.
The Basra attack shut down the country's two main oil terminals, virtually halting Iraq's petroleu...
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 2:11pm PDT
One Year On and the Swiss Authorities Try to Jail the Aubonne Bridge Activists they Nearly
One Year On and the Swiss Authorities Try to Jail the Aubonne Bridge Activists they Nearly Killed while they were doing an action against the G8 in Evian.
On the 1st of June 2003, an international affinity group blockaded the motorway in order to stop an official delegation from reaching the g8 in Evian, two climbers suspended themselves from a single rope being stretched across the street. Nevertheless a police officer cut the rope and sent Martin plummeting 20 metres into a shallow, rocky ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 12:50pm PDT
US bulldozer firm in Mid-East row
A leading UN official has warned US manufacturer Caterpillar that it may be complicit in human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 11:07am PDT
Afghan district warns of poll boycott
A district in northwestern Afghanistan, an area largely controlled by regional strongmen, has threatened to boycott elections due this year unless it is upgraded to a province....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 10:01am PDT
Knesset defeats three no-confidence motions
The Knesset rejected three no-confidence motions on Monday afternoon, including one filed by the National Union over Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 9:59am PDT