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As a result of this accelerating migration, the Jewish population in Germany has swollen from 33,000 in 1990, the year of that nation's reunification, to 200,000 today, according to Schoeps. Before World War II more than half a million Jews lived in that country. At the end of the war there were only 15,000 left....

A team of United Nations nuclear inspectors has arrived in Baghdad to investigate the looting of material from Iraq's main nuclear facility. But the IAEA team will only have access to a small area outside the Tuwaitha site, which is about 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Baghdad....

There was another American soldier 40 metres away who was busy losing hearts and minds. "Tell them to get the fuck out of here," he told a private, pointing at a group of teenagers. Then he turned to a middle-aged man sitting on a chair on the pavement. "You stand up and I'll break your neck," he screamed at him....

Already at this early stage, Bush has backed away from a confrontation with Sharon on the key issue of settlements. Sharon will go home from the summit happy, having given the impression of flexibility and boldness while actually conceding nothing. The usual outlet in an impasse is to pile more pressure on the Palestinians. After what Abbas conceded, its hard to see what they have left to give....

Ashcroft says were winning the war on civil liberities now I need to start killing "terrorist"....

xx:xx Dennis Bernstein: introduction: International Action Day for Palestine; An International movement to boycott Israeli products; An update on Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu; A mock wall to protest Israel's new Apartheid Wall around Palestine; Young people from the Dahatia Refugee Camp speak out against the occupation; and the Knight Report....

Clint Black's "Iraq and I Roll" was the pro war anthem. Here's the version of the video he did not want anyone to see. Pass it on....

New Iraqi attacks brought to eight the number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq during the past eight days and brought home the dilemma facing occupation forces as their efforts to provide security in towns and cities make them more visible and more vulnerable to attack....

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.1MB) and quick download (3.2MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Russia, and Cuba....

"After the Americans destroyed our village and killed many of us, we also lost our houses and have nothing to eat. However, we would have endured these miseries and even accepted them, if the Americans had not sentenced us all to death. When I saw my deformed grandson, I realized that my hopes of the future have vanished for good, different from the hopelessness of the Russian barbarism..."...