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Accused Narco Banker to Host Bush-Calderón Meeting in Yucatán Another US-Mexico Presidential Summit in the Temozon Sur Hacienda of Roberto Hernández Ramírez of Banamex-Citigroup...
Posted: Tue, Mar 13, 2007 8:09am PDT
Turkey: depressed prices sparking farmers protests Turkish hazelnut estimates for 2006-2007 show a significant excess supply, putting huge downward pressure on prices of the key agricultural and export commodity and threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of farmers. This will be the second blow to Turkish farmers after excess supply last year led to hazelnut prices plummeting to around 2.5 YTL per kilo from the previous year’s level of 7 YTL....
Posted: Mon, Mar 12, 2007 9:02am PDT
Iraq war resister convicted in Germany On Tuesday, March 6, US soldier Agustin Aguayo was convicted on charges of desertion by an American military court in Würzburg, Germany. He was sentenced to eight months’ detention in a military prison. He was also given a dishonourable discharge from the army and stripped of pay and benefits. The US army prosecutor had originally pleaded that Aguayo be locked away for two years....
Posted: Fri, Mar 9, 2007 6:51am PST
Afghanistan in Winter: Where Death Comes Cheap A crazy woman stalks the streets near Afghanistan's parliament. When a warlord's rocket killed her family during the early 1990s she lost her mind. Now she moves between the cars and people looking for it, another of the living dead trapped in her own private hell....
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 10:17am PST
Federal charges in home pot-growing operation Five suspects who allegedly grew marijuana in specially-outfitted homes in Oakland - including one across the street from an elementary school -- are facing federal charges for producing plants with a street value of $6 million, court records show....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 6:57pm PST
Is the Bush administration behind the bombings in Iran? Two bombings this week in Zahedan in southeastern Iran are the latest in a series of incidents involving armed opposition groups based among the country’s ethnic minorities. The most recent attacks again raise questions about the activities of the US military and CIA inside Iran as the Bush administration intensifies its preparations for war....
Posted: Sat, Feb 17, 2007 1:43pm PST
Putin Denounces Unilateral US Iraq War Jaafari Calls for US Troops to Depart ......
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2007 10:45am PST
Guerrillas Kill 3 GIs: US Accidentally Kills 8 Kurdish Policemen ......
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 4:50pm PST
Bush administration stokes trade tensions with China The Bush administration took a drastic step last Friday toward provoking an open trade conflict with China by referring its disputes with Beijing to the World Trade Organisation (WTO)....
Posted: Wed, Feb 7, 2007 7:14am PST
Sri Lankan journalists protest against attacks on media More than 300 journalists demonstrated at the Fort Railway Station in central Colombo last month to condemn the growing harassment and intimidation of the media, including killings, abductions and death threats. As President Mahinda Rajapakse has intensified the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), his government and the military have imposed what amounts to a regime of de facto censorship....
Posted: Wed, Feb 7, 2007 7:13am PST
Germany: Guantánamo detainee Murat Kurnaz and the politics of the SPD Following two terms in office by the government led by Gerhard Schröder, broad layers of voters in Germany know that the politics of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) are anything but social. Under the SPD and the Greens, the most comprehensive welfare cuts and the biggest redistribution of wealth took place since the establishment of the Federal Republic after World War Two. Now, following the return of 24-year-old Murat Kurnaz from his Guantánamo detention, it is also clear that the politic...
Posted: Tue, Feb 6, 2007 8:19am PST
Interview with Fernando Botero at the Opening of "Botero: Abu Ghraib" 
The Botero paintings must be experienced. They are worth traveling to see. The prisoners’ huge bodies dominate the large yet claustrophobic canvases. They endure pain that is palpable to the viewer...yet these men convey a strength and a dignity that stays with you. The question is posed: what kind of society, what kind of country would visit such crimes against humanity? Ask yourself, what am I doing to allow this to continue?...
Posted: Mon, Feb 5, 2007 1:20pm PST
Belgium Volkswagen workers resume strike On the evening of Wednesday, January 24, workers at the Volkswagen Forest factory in Brussels resumed their strike....
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2007 6:08am PST
Top Volkswagen executives on trial for corruption in Germany The trial of the former Volkswagen human resources executive Peter Hartz ended on Friday, January 26, with Hartz receiving a two-year suspended sentence and a fine. His case has drawn crowds of journalists and camera teams, with angry workers also protesting outside the court in the town of Braunschweig. Hartz was a former top Volkswagen manager and is still a member of the IG Metall trade union and the Social Democratic Party (SPD). As special advisor to Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD), Ha...
Posted: Sun, Jan 28, 2007 10:04am PST
A Twelfth Night Tale: A Walk in Oaxaca This is the story of how we took a walk in Oaxaca and went to the zócalo, or city square, for a shoe shine....
Posted: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 8:36am PST
Australia: A grim start to the summer bushfire season Bushfires in southeastern Australia over the past three weeks have ravaged more than 880,000 hectares or 2.1 million acres, damaging small towns and seriously impacting on local economies. Fortunately only one person has been killed, and a sudden burst of cold weather on Christmas Day helped to contain or put out several fires. However, the intensity and scope of the blazes and their early arrival indicates that Australia’s annual bushfire season—usually three or four months long—will be one ...
Posted: Thu, Dec 28, 2006 9:17am PST
Bus Stop Massacre Kills 20; Sistani Aide Warns against Violence, Blames Arab T.V. ......
Posted: Sat, Dec 2, 2006 11:48am PST
Canada’s Liberal leadership contest—a race to the right This weekend’s federal Liberal Party convention in Montreal will choose the new leader of Canada’s official opposition and quite possibly the country’s next prime minister....
Posted: Fri, Dec 1, 2006 7:29am PST
Thanksgiving for the Birds Originally published at Alternet.org (http://www.alternet.org/story/44618/), where it has inspired an unproductive and hostile discussion, I thought it would find more friendly eyes here. Just because Thanksgiving has ended doesn't mean the suffering of turkeys has....
Posted: Wed, Nov 29, 2006 6:54pm PST
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