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Iraq's education setback The Iraqi education system has witnessed two setbacks in the last 14 years, which has left it in ruins....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 3:25pm PDT
Jamaica Gleaner: Adieu, Jean-Bertrand Aristide FORMER PRESIDENT of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family are expected to fly out of the island later today to take up residence in South Africa, after spending two-and-a-half months of temporary asylum here....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:57pm PDT
US frees Palestinian envoys in Iraq Two Palestinian diplomats have been released from a year in US custody in Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:30pm PDT
Sharon government shaky Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon threatened to fire Cabinet members who oppose his revised Gaza pullback plan. "I have every intention of seeing this plan passed, even if I have to change the makeup of the government. That is my duty to the public," Sharon was quoted as telling ministers during a seven-hour Cabinet debate on Sunday....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:22pm PDT
Israeli torture at Shatah prison. Israel continues attacks on Rafah The Palestinian Political Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners Association, “Hussam”, released a statement yesterday detailing the torture of Palestinian prisoners by their Israeli guards at Shatah prison....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:17pm PDT
Israel'sTransportation Minister Presents Plan To Expel "Disloyal" Israeli Arabs Transportation Minister Avigdor Lieberman has presented Russian officials with his plan to separate Jews from Arabs, which involves exiling Israeli Arabs deemed disloyal to the state....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:13pm PDT
U.S. Marines See Falluja Brigade in New Iraq Army FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A militia charged with keeping the peace in the flashpoint city of Falluja may become the nucleus of Iraq's new army after an interim Iraqi government takes over on June 30, U.S. military commanders said Sunday....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 1:11pm PDT
Iraq's interim PM gets to work amid confusion over how he was chosen Iyad Allawi, Iraq's newly nominated interim prime minister, set about forming a government team yesterday amid international astonishment and local scepticism at how his appointment came about....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 12:56pm PDT
Aristide leaves Jamaica for "temporary home" in S.Africa HAVANA, May 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide left Jamaica on Sunday for what he said is his "temporary home" in South Africa, according to reports reaching here from Jamaican capital Kingston....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 12:54pm PDT
Five US soldiers killed, many wounded in Iraq Shiite militia attacks US patrol in Iraq holy city, clashes erupt near cemetery....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 11:42am PDT
Vanunu 'wanted to avert holocaust' The former technician jailed for 18 years for leaking Israel's nuclear secrets has said he was trying to prevent a nuclear holocaust....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 11:38am PDT
Update on Guadalajara In Guadalajara, Mexico, violent repression and torture is occurring during protests of the meeting of Latin America and the Caribbean and the European
Union May 26-29th....
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 8:36am PDT
U.S.-appointed governor says al-Sadr failed deal Kufa, Iraq — The U.S.-appointed governor of Najaf accused radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Saturday of failing to honor a deal to end fighting as U.S. soldiers clashed with Shiite gunmen. Three Marines were killed Saturday in separate fighting west of Baghdad, pushing the number of U.S. deaths to more than 800....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 10:33pm PDT
US soldiers killed in Afghanistan Four US soldiers have been killed in an attack in Afghanistan amid signs of growing insurgency in the strife-torn country....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 10:29pm PDT
Senior pro-Taliban cleric killed Gunmen riding in two cars and a motorcycle shot and killed a senior Sunni Muslim cleric in this violence-prone Karachi on Sunday....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 10:28pm PDT
Many killed, hostages taken in Saudi attacks Al-Qaida-linked fighters have killed at least 16 people - including seven foreigners - and seized several hostages in the eastern city of Khubar....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 10:49am PDT
Riots at end of Mexico summit Violent clashes between rioters and police have marred the end of a summit of EU and Latin American leaders in Mexico's second city, Guadalajara....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 12:12am PDT
100,000 strikers force SBC to pick up phone CHICAGO – Phone giant SBC Communications got the message when 100,000 workers in 13 states put down their headsets and tool belts to hit the streets, transmitting their own powerful message. After a four-day strike, May 21-24, the multi-billion-dollar company took the call. They came back to the bargaining table with the Communication Workers of America and signed a tentative agreement, addressing the union’s job loss issues and setting aside some of the company’s demands for health care take...
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 12:10am PDT
Haiti Struggles With Latest Disaster PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Last year there was drought followed by flash floods at Christmas. This year, an armed revolt left the nation in shambles. Now, as they try to meet growing needs with limited resources, aid agencies confront yet another disaster in Haiti's never-ending cycle of crises....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 12:04am PDT
Gaza withdrawal debate expected to be postponed JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gambled yesterday on a risky showdown with opponents of a Gaza withdrawal, asking his cabinet to approve the entire plan after failing to win over skeptical ministers with last-minute compromise proposals. But with a majority of ministers still unconvinced, a top Sharon aide said a vote on the pullout could be postponed. The cabinet is due to debate the proposal tomorrow but Sharon is unlikely to call a vote unless sure of a majority....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 12:02am PDT
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