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1915 of 1987 
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
Who will get rid of Feiglin? "Kahane? He was right. Baruch Goldstein? An amazingly kind man. Hitler? A genius. And the Arabs? Their future is somewhere else. The leftists? They're disturbed." That is how, in large print alongside a huge picture, Yedioth Ahronoth lured its readers to partake of Feiglin's doctrine. Yes, I read it, of course I read it. There is something fascinating about exposed pus. Unsurprisingly enough, the headlines did not take his words out of context. Once upon a time, when the public disc...
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 9:57am PDT
Iraq car bomb targets foreigners At least 11 people have been killed in a powerful car bomb attack in a busy square in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 9:54am PDT
Bush, Torture, and American Values in Iraq The
highest levels of the Bush government authorized
torture. What is more astonishing is the active
participation of religious Christians in policy-making
which led to crimes against humanity....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 8:24am PDT
Israel tries to kill resistance leader A leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades has escaped an Israeli assassination attempt in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 11:50am PDT
Hamas: Resistance goes on after Gaza pullout A top Hamas official has said that Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip will not end resistance attacks....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 10:31am PDT
Sadr plans political party to contest January polls Sadr's movement is truly interested in joining national political arena if elections are free, honest....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 10:26am PDT
Senior official: Israel would move Erez, Rafah crossing as part of Gaza pullout Israel will move two main crossing points as part of its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, a senior Israeli official said Sunday....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 10:19am PDT
US 'meddling in Australian vote' Australia's main opposition party has accused the US of meddling in upcoming elections by criticising plans to withdraw troops from Iraq if it wins....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 9:30am PDT
Afghan polls put off again Voter registration, security and funding problems are threatening Afghanistan's historic elections, originally due this month and now likely to be delayed until October at the earliest....
Posted: Sun, Jun 13, 2004 9:28am PDT
Iraqi education official killed A senior official at Iraq's ministry of education has been shot dead in west Baghdad, according to reports....
Posted: Sat, Jun 12, 2004 11:55pm PDT
Israel warming to EU, UN role in post-pullout Gaza Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is scheduled to meet with Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday after the weekly cabinet meeting. This will be the first meeting between the two since the conflict over the approval of the disengagement plan erupted between them....
Posted: Sat, Jun 12, 2004 10:40pm PDT
Palestinians accuse Jordan of sending officers to W. Bank JENIN - Palestinian militants accused Jordan on Saturday of sending officers to scout the West Bank unbeknown to Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat....
Posted: Sat, Jun 12, 2004 10:39pm PDT
US troops warn of returning to Falluja US officials have said they are "not satisfied" with progress made by Iraqi forces in Falluja, warning their forces may return to the city....
Posted: Sat, Jun 12, 2004 10:37pm PDT
1915 of 1987