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An appeal to the Orange Revolution’s paymaster: Ukraine’s president writes in the Washington Post Viktor Yushchenko, the pro-Western president of Ukraine, wrote an opinion column in the Washington Post on November 29 marking the second anniversary of the so-called Orange Revolution, the American-orchestrated coup that brought him into power....
Posted: Thu, Dec 7, 2006 7:45am PST
Robert Gates Unanimously Confirmed by Senate Armed Services Committee; Testifies U.S. is Not Winning Iraq War The Senate Armed Services Committee has unanimously approved the nomination of Robert Gates to be the next Secretary of Defense. Gates testified before the committee Tuesday that the United States was not winning the war in Iraq and that all options remained on the table for dealing with the war. We play highlights of the hearing....
Posted: Wed, Dec 6, 2006 7:13am PST
Senate committee votes unanimously to confirm Bush nominee for Pentagon chief There is nothing ambiguous about Tuesday’s unanimous vote, 21 to 0, by the Senate Armed Services Committee to recommend that the full Senate confirm President Bush’s nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense....
Posted: Wed, Dec 6, 2006 7:12am PST
Who Will Challenge Newsom in 2007? It did not take long after November 7 for San Francisco activists to begin considering possible opponents for Mayor Gavin Newsom next year. There are two views about challenging well-funded incumbent Mayors who do not appear politically vulnerable. Some believe it is risky not to challenge incumbents, as it leaves them feeling that they are not constrained by popular concerns. Others see a race involving a candidate with little chance of victory as unnecessarily divisive, as it can jeopardize...
Posted: Wed, Dec 6, 2006 7:08am PST
Fijian government ousted in military coup The Fijian military yesterday overthrew the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. Military head Commodore Frank Bainimarama declared himself interim president and appointed 77-year-old military doctor Jona Senolagakali as prime minister. Heavily armed soldiers are patrolling the streets of Suva, Fiji’s capital....
Posted: Wed, Dec 6, 2006 7:05am PST
Opposition parties fail to oust Taiwanese president A third recall motion aimed at removing Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian for alleged corruption was defeated on November 24, after it failed to achieve the necessary two-thirds majority, or 146 out of the 218 parliamentary votes. The vote followed two previous failed attempts to remove Chen in June and October....
Posted: Wed, Dec 6, 2006 7:04am PST
Last men standing: Blair heads to US for crucial talks with Bush Tony Blair will be over the Atlantic today on his way to Washington as the Iraq review group chaired by the former US Secretary of State James Baker delivers its long-awaited report....
Posted: Tue, Dec 5, 2006 5:15pm PST
Fiji military takes power The head of Fiji's military has confirmed that he has taken over the government in the country's fourth coup in two decades....
Posted: Tue, Dec 5, 2006 8:44am PST
Bolton Resigns As UN Ambassador Ending Controversial 16-Month Term John Bolton resigned as Ambassador to the United Nations on Monday ending a controversial 16-month term. In August 2005, Bolton was a given temporary recess appointment after he failed to be confirmed by the Senate. Last month President Bush re-nominated Bolton but a number of Democratic and Republican Senators announced they would not back his confirmation. We speak with UN expert Phyllis Bennis....
Posted: Tue, Dec 5, 2006 8:40am PST
CIA Analyst Who Testified Against Gates on the Politicization of Intel During Iran-Contra Robert Gates, President Bush's nominee to replace Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense is facing his Senate confirmation hearings today. We speak with two former CIA analysts who worked with Gates at the Agency. Ray McGovern was Gates' CIA branch chief in the early 1970s and Jennifer Glaudemans is a former CIA analyst who was asked to testify at the 1991 confirmation hearings for Gates when he had been nominated to be CIA Director....
Posted: Tue, Dec 5, 2006 8:39am PST
Why the Canadian Liberals elected Stéphane Dion as new leader Former federal cabinet minister Stéphane Dion was elected leader of the Liberal Party, the Official Opposition in Canada’s parliament, at last weekend’s Liberal leadership convention....
Posted: Tue, Dec 5, 2006 8:34am PST
Australian Labor Party’s “fresh face” masks a pro-war, corporate agenda Australian Labor Party federal MPs voted 49-39 yesterday to ditch their parliamentary leader Kim Beazley in favour of the party’s foreign affairs spokesman Kevin Rudd. What had been portrayed as a close contest became something of a stampede as the Labor MPs sniffed the message of the media owners: that a Rudd victory was essential to give Labor a “fresh face”....
Posted: Tue, Dec 5, 2006 8:33am PST
Send 500,000 impeachment letters to Pelosi by her first day as speaker Jan. 3 More than 50,000 telegrams poured in on Capitol Hill today, so many, Western Union was swamped. Most of them demanded impeaching Mr. Nixon.
John Chancellor, NBC News on a Special Report on October 20, 1973...
Posted: Tue, Dec 5, 2006 8:00am PST
Lame Ducks, Hold That Nomination! A CIA Insider's View of Robert Gates The lame-duck Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee seems determined to force through confirmation of Robert Gates to replace Donald Rumsfeld as secretary of defense. The hurry is synthetic -- and totally unnecessary....
Posted: Mon, Dec 4, 2006 5:32pm PST
Fiji PM says coup is 'imminent' Fiji's prime minister has told the BBC that he expects to be taken into custody by the army, amid speculation the country is on the brink of a coup....
Posted: Mon, Dec 4, 2006 5:23pm PST
Right-Wing Extremists Promote “Son” of Prop 90 It takes a certain level of audacity to revive a proposition immediately after voters rejected it. But nobody ever claimed that right-wingers weren’t shameless, or that they didn’t have the funds to pay a “signature-gathering firm” to place whatever measure they want on the state ballot. In November 2005, California voters decisively rejected Proposition 73, which would have required teenage girls to notify their parents before getting an abortion. One year later, the same anti-choice million...
Posted: Mon, Dec 4, 2006 5:20pm PST
Bolton to quit as ambassador to UN John Bolton, the controversial and outspoken US ambassador to the United Nations, will step down when his temporary appointment expires within weeks....
Posted: Mon, Dec 4, 2006 5:18pm PST
Urgent Action for Abducted Oaxaquenos Amnesty International and concerned people everywhere call on the government of Mexico to stop the represssion in Oaxaca and release political prisoners being held and reportedly tortured in Mexico in connection with the protests in Oaxaca....
Posted: Mon, Dec 4, 2006 1:52pm PST
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