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textPalestinians sources: IDF destroys 18 homes in Rafah by haaretz
At least 18 houses were demolished in the latest Israel Defense Forces raid in Rafah, Palestinian security officials said Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:14am PDT
textUS marines plead guilty to prisoner abuse by UK Guardian
Two US marines have pleaded guilty to giving electric shocks to an Iraqi prisoner they were guarding at a temporary detention centre south of Baghdad, the US military announced today. The torture occurred in early April inside the Al Mahmudiya prison, several months after the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, military officials said....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:13am PDT
textIraq demands say in UN resolution by BBC
Iraq's interim leaders are demanding input to a United Nations draft resolution, which will set out how much power a new Iraqi government will have....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:11am PDT
textIraqi president questions de-Baathification by ALJ
Iraq's new president has said that the interim government could bring back former members of Saddam Hussein's defunct Baath Party....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:09am PDT
textSecrets and Lies: Author Dilip Hiro on Chalabi, the CIA and the Battle for Iraq by Democracy Now (repost)
With the June 30 deadline for the so-called transfer of power in Iraq just weeks away, we speak with author and veteran Middle East journalist Dilip Hiro whose trilogy of books on Iraq and Iran are considered some of the most definitive histories of the wars in the Persian Gulf....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:08am PDT
textCALL TO ACTION: OPPOSE REPRESSION IN GUADALAJARA by Americas
FYI the # of the Mexican consulate in San Francisco is 415-354-1700. please read below, make the call & forward this message... * * * * * * * * * ~ Please forward widely ~ CALL TO ACTION: OPPOSE REPRESSION IN GUADALAJARA...
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 1:13am PDT
textHaiti's Constitution and the Coup by znet
In the debate over Haiti's events of February 29, we have heard from almost all angles. We have heard from opponents and supporters of the elected government and its replacement, and from officials from France, the U.S., the Caribbean and Africa. We have not, for the most part, heard from the law. Although both the new and old government claim "legitimacy" (from the Latin word lex, or "law"), there has been little analysis of what Haiti's law requires in the circumstances....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 1:39pm PDT
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Monsanto, the world most prominent biotech company is facing protests all over the world....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 1:11pm PDT
textNo consensus on Iraq sovereignty resolution by Aljazeera
There is no consensus among UN Security Council members on a new draft US-British resolution on Iraq, Russia's foreign minister has said....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:56pm PDT
textIraq: Nine killed in anti-occupation clashes by ALJ
Nine Iraqis have been killed and 44 wounded in ferocious clashes between US forces and Iraqi resistance fighters....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:55pm PDT
textMassive Blasts at U.S. Base in Kirkuk, Iraq -Witness by repost
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Massive explosions rocked a major U.S. military base outside the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, shrouding the city in smoke, after what police said was a rocket strike on an arms store. Shells and rockets screamed into the night sky over the base at Kirkuk's main airport and thick smoke rolled across the whole area, a Reuters reporter said from the scene....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:53pm PDT
textEx-Baathist With Ties to the CIA Picked To Be New Iraqi Prime Minister by Democracy Now (repost)
The Iraqi Governing Council was dissolved today as a newly selected Iraqi government emerged comprising many key members of the Council including Ayad Allawi who will become prime minister. Andrew Cockburn talks about Allawi's ties to the old Baathist regime, the CIA, MI6, Saudi intelligence and how Allawi claims that Iraq had WMDs and ties to Al Qaeda....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 7:17pm PDT
textHaiti: Protection of human rights essential for security and long-term stability by Amnesty International
Last week's devastating flooding in Haiti is another compelling reason for the international community to take action to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Haiti, said Amnesty International today....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 8:15am PDT
textIsraeli Arab rights center calls to forbid talk of transfer by haaretz
Thousands of Israeli Arab citizens are suffering from increasing racism, xenophobia, incitement and violence, according to the annual "Racism in Israel 2004" report released on Tuesday by the Mossawa Advocacy Center for Arab Citizens in Israel....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 8:12am PDT
textIraq's interim cabinet sworn in, Governing Council Disolved by bbc
Iraq's new interim government has been sworn in at a ceremony in Baghdad, to begin the task of preparing the country for elections in January next year....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 8:10am PDT
textUNRWA: Rafah residents need $16 m by ALJ
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has launched an appeal for $15.84 million from the international community for Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 8:07am PDT
textAt least 25 dead in blast at Iraqi Kurdish party HQ by repost
BAGHDAD, June 1 (Reuters) At least 25 people were killed and many wounded by an explosion which tore through the headquarters of a Kurdish party in Baghdad today, police at the scene said. The blast was at the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, close to Iraq's Foreign Ministry and an entrance to the ''Green Zone'' compound where the U S-led administration in Iraq is based....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 8:07am PDT
textAl-Yawir appointed interim Iraq president by Aljazeera
Sunni Muslim tribal chief Ghazi al-Yawir has been sworn in as Iraq's new interim president by the US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 8:02am PDT
textArmy Court-Martial Sentences Camilo Mejia by Dan Bacher
Join the international campaign to free Camilo Mejia, U.S. Army Conscientious Objector, from his illegal and arbitrary imprisonment by an Army Court-Martial!...
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 8:43pm PDT
textUrgent cry for help from Guadalajara by Help!
An email from a friend in Mexico about the Guadalajara demos. Can someone please translate this!...
Posted: Mon, May 31, 2004 11:55am PDT
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