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Massachusetts Court: Gay Civil Unions Not Enough
Standing by its ruling from November, the Massachusetts high court ruled on Wednesday that civil unions for same-sex couples are not a viable alternative to full civil marriage in the eyes of the state Constitution....
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 11:07am PST
Intelligence chief's bombshell: 'We were overruled on dossier'
The intelligence official whose revelations stunned the Hutton inquiry has suggested that not a single defence intelligence expert backed Tony Blair's most contentious claims on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction...
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 10:46am PST
Haiti Foreign Press Liason Update
I thank you for being in Haiti and I thank you for releasing and spraying the
truth around the world on behalf of the Haitian people as one of the richest
countries of the world, from a cultural point of view, from an historic point
of view......
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 10:25am PST
Manchester Community Choir Sings at Anti-Racist Rally (video/x-pn-realvideo 19.6MB)
The wonderful Manchester Community Choir singing two songs at the huge Manchester Against Racism rally on 15th January in Manchester, Town Hall, UK....
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 9:19am PST
Países Centroamericanos a eliminar fumigación
Productores meloneros de Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras y República Dominicana han aceptado erradicar el bromuro de metilo a más tardar en el año 2015....
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 11:01pm PST
Central American Countries eliminate methyl bromide
Melon producers in Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and Honduras are working with their governments on agreements to phase out the use of methyl bromide by 2015....
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 10:59pm PST
Millions’ March For Independent Kurdistan
An Appeal to Kurdish Leaders, Parties and Kurdish People Everywhere:
Start "Millions’ March For Independent Kurdistan". Let Nawroz be our "National Liberation Day."...
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 7:02pm PST
Bush’s WMD probe is a fraud
The supposedly independent commission that Bush has proposed on “intelligence failures” related to Iraqi weapons of mass destruction is an insult to the intelligence of the American people....
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 6:37pm PST
The World Social Forum (video/quicktime 6.1MB)
An inspiring report from the recent World Social Forum in Mumbai, India, acompanied by a 3 minute Quicktime movie....
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 2:08pm PST
From Vieques to the University of Puerto Rico
Anti-ROTC campaign at the University of Puerto Rico...
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 12:02pm PST
Activists Hit Hummers in Arkansas
In recent months, Hummers and other SUVs have become frequent targets of the group?s activities because of their extremely poor fuel efficiency. Additionally, the environmental advocacy group, Sierra Club says Hummers produce at least twice the amount of pollutants as most smaller vehicles and get half the gas mileage....
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 7:11am PST
Bush’s Budget Priorities
The president's 2005 budget: more debt to fund the U.S. military...
Posted: Tue, Feb 3, 2004 4:27am PST
Pharmaceutical corporations oppress animals and humans
Pharmaceutical corporations force medicate people with chemical psychotropics that were tested on animals locked in cages. Nazi chemical conglomerate IG Farben started force medicating "asocials" in concentration camps.....
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2004 7:32pm PST
Coca-cola infiltrates Zapatista community
Coca-cola corporation kills union activists in Columbia and targets low-income schools, increasing rates of diabetes among children from refined sugar/high fructose corn syrup...
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2004 12:07pm PST
CBS and the Hypocritic Oath
Scathing comments concerning CBS and its refusal to air MoveOn.org's commercial yet happily airing other items of questionable taste....
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2004 11:58am PST
1/30 Haiti News
President Aristide receives the wife of Lyonel Victor: Islande Gelin confirms
that leaders of the group of 184 wanted to carry off the body of her husband...
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2004 10:06am PST
1/29 Haiti News
For several weeks, opposition supporters have, through deceptive concealment within churches exploited the bodies of individuals killed either accidentally or during demonstrations, in order to organize anti-government demonstrations....
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2004 10:04am PST
1/28 Haiti News
Some degree of confusion surrounds the death of a young man during an
anti-government demonstrations...
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2004 10:02am PST
Interview with Ambassador Joseph Wilson
A democracy well worth taking back"
Interview with Joseph Wilson, former ambassador who debunked story of Iraq’s having purchased yellow cake uranium from Africa...
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2004 8:54am PST
The real numbers from Iraq?
Friends,
A campaign is underway to get the number of U.S service members killed in Iraq on the tip of the tongue of the U.S. public. A lot of G.I.'s have been unlucky this past week. Our citizens will be moved by this if they can see how badly things are going. We're asking that people display the # (now at 526) everywhere. My neighbor has a large black piece of cloth with easily changable red numbers numbers attached. It is hanging from her front porch. I have a similar sign in the ...
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2004 8:52am PST