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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
Hopes of Shiite peace wane in Iraq 
Sadr criticises Shiite Muslim authority for not acting against US attacks in holy cites....
Posted: Sat, May 29, 2004 12:01am PDT
Iraqi with MI6 links is new prime minister A former Iraqi opposition leader believed to have close links with MI6 and other Western intelligence agencies was yesterday named as Iraq's new interim Prime Minister....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 11:59pm PDT
Full text of Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's four-stage disengagement plan for Gaza May 28, 2004...
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 11:56pm PDT
BBC to air Vanunu interview on Sunday The BBC is scheduled to air on Sunday an interview with nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu, Israel Radio reported early on Saturday....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 11:54pm PDT
Report: Iraq being plundered A US newspaper reports that military equipment and oil rig parts are being smuggled out of Iraq in a scale tantamount to looting....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 11:51pm PDT
Iraq Background: Profile of IGC members In July 2003, the US occupation authorities in Iraq set up what they called a governing council which they hoped would lay the foundation of a future Iraqi government....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 6:42pm PDT
Israeli Guards Rape Palestinian Women A Palestinian female freed from Israeli detention said more than 15 fellow Palestinian women were raped by Israeli interrogators to force them to confess to charges leveled against them and collaborate with the Israeli intelligence. "I have been sexually abused and photographed...They have used this raping techniques before my detention and continue to use it until today," said the Palestinian woman who spent nine years of her life in Israeli detention...the U.S. soldiers' sexual ab...
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 4:54pm PDT
FEC: Nader Campaign Qualifies for Funds WASHINGTON - Ralph Nader (news - web sites)'s independent bid for the White House has qualified to receive matching government funds, the Federal Election Commission (news - web sites) announced Friday....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 4:46pm PDT
Chilean Court lifts Pinochet's immunity A Chilean court has stripped former military leader Augusto Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 9:25am PDT
Governing Body, U.S. Pick CIA Link Allawi as Iraq PM BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iyad Allawi, a former supporter of Saddam Hussein who then worked with the CIA to topple him, was chosen as prime minister of Iraq Friday....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 9:16am PDT
Deadly clashes shatter Najaf truce Five Iraqis have been killed and 14 wounded in clashes between US troops and Shia militiamen in the holy city of Najaf and in nearby Kufa, hospital sources say....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 9:08am PDT
IGC nominates Iyad Allawi to be Iraqi PM 
The US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council has nominted council member Iyad Allawi, who has long-time links to the CIA, to be prime minister in Iraq's interim government....
Posted: Fri, May 28, 2004 9:07am PDT
IGC member survives 'ambush' Iraqi Governing Council member Salama al-Khufaji survives an ambush as violence claims Iraqi and foreign lives elsewhere in the country....
Posted: Thu, May 27, 2004 5:33pm PDT
Hundreds dead in Haiti flood town As many as 1,000 people are feared missing in a remote Haitian town after last weekend's disastrous floods....
Posted: Thu, May 27, 2004 5:30pm PDT
One Day of War: Why is Ahmed Zia fighting for the New Afghan Army? Across the world today, millions of people are caught up in conflict. BBC filmmakers follow 16 different characters in 16 different war zones over a 24-hour period....
Posted: Thu, May 27, 2004 11:40am PDT
Najaf siege ends in truce US occupation forces have suspended their offensive against Iraqi militiamen in the city of Najaf....
Posted: Thu, May 27, 2004 10:50am PDT
Lebanese demonstrators shot dead Lebanese soldiers have shot at demonstrators in a Beirut suburb, killing three and wounding many more....
Posted: Thu, May 27, 2004 8:59am PDT
Al-Sadr army pullout from Najaf on hold Iraq Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr's offer to withdraw his troops from the holy city of Najaf is on hold until US occupation authorities agree to truce terms....
Posted: Thu, May 27, 2004 8:58am PDT
1922 of 1986