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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Government Secrecy : Regime |
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Brazilian Victim of "Shoot to Kill" Orders Did Not Wear Bulky Jacket |
by Mark Honigsbaum
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28 Jul 2005
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Relatives Say Met Admits That, Contrary to Reports, Electrician Did Not Leap Tube Station Barrier |
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News :: Health |
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Study Says Popular Herb Has No Effect on Colds |
by NYT via Joe Futrelle
futrelle (nospam) shout.net (verified) |
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28 Jul 2005
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By GINA KOLATA
Echinacea, the herbal supplement made from purple coneflower and used by millions of Americans to prevent or treat colds, neither prevented colds nor eased cold symptoms in a large and rigorous study. |
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News :: Agriculture : Civil & Human Rights : Economy : Elections & Legislation : Environment : Globalization : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Labor : Latin America : Political-Economy : Regime |
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The Hidden Pages of CAFTA |
by Liza Grandia
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27 Jul 2005
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At 2,400 pages, the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) isn't really about trade. Frankly, you don't need 2,400 pages to eliminate tariffs and regulations on exports and imports. But, you might need 2,400 pages to smuggle through a new set of transnational corporate rights disguised by complicated legalese. I wonder, how many of our Congressional representatives will have even attempted to read this trade to me before next week's vote? |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Government Secrecy : International Relations : Political-Economy : Regime : Right Wing |
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Who's Taking Blame for Christian Violence? |
by Calvin White
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26 Jul 2005
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On Tuesday, Tony Blair issued a call for religious leaders to make stern moral calls to end violence. His call was highly selective, however. Blair said that "There is no justification for suicide bombing, whether in Palestine, in Iraq, in London, in Egypt, in Turkey, anywhere," and then stated that Muslim religious leaders should ``confront this evil ideology.''
Surely a just and balanced call by Blair for moral rectitude on political violence should have stated, "There is no justification for 'precision' bombing, whether in Hiroshima, in Vietnam, in the former Yuogoslavia, in Iraq, or in Afghanistan" and Tony would then have mused aloud about why Christian religious leaders have not made a stronger public condemnation of the moral evil of high-technology bombing, which leaves the perpatrators to kill again and again with little threat to those who order such atrocities.
-Dose of Reality |
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LOCAL Announcement :: Arts |
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psalters (tribal nomadic psalmists) |
by andy lewis
antishowers (nospam) hotmail.com (verified) |
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26 Jul 2005
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The nomadic musical group Psalters, who play a musical blend of tribal drums with middle eastern stringed instruments and singing will play at The Urbana Free Library(auditorium) on Tuesday August 2nd at 5:30 their web site is www.psalters.org singer Scott Kruger went to Iraq with Voices in the Wilderness during the U.S. sanctions. |
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Community Ownership & Challenging the GOP's Privatization Agenda |
by David Sirota
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26 Jul 2005
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Opponents of Community Ownership want to socialize everything that costs money, and privatize everything that makes money. |
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News :: Education : Environment : International Relations : Nukes : Regime |
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Bush Administration Stokes Dangerous Arms Race on Indian Subcontinent |
by Stephen Zunes
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26 Jul 2005
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The Bush administration tried to justify its 2003 decision to invade Iraq on the grounds that the Iraqi government was flouting UN Security Council resolutions requiring the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, WMD programs, and offensive delivery systems. Although the Iraqi government had in fact already done so, and had even allowed UN inspectors unfettered access to verify that it had disarmed as required, the United States proceeded with an invasion to deal with this supposed “threat.”
By contrast, Pakistan and India—unlike Iraq in 2003—not only have active nuclear weapons programs; they have built, tested, and amassed a stockpile of nuclear weapons and nuclear-capable missiles. Pakistan and India, unlike Iraq in 2003, are in open defiance of the UN Security Council’s insistence that they disarm these weapons and delivery systems.
The Bush administration and Congressional leaders, however, appear to believe that nuclear proliferation and violations of UN Security Council resolutions only matter for governments that the U.S. government does not like. |
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Announcement :: Globalization |
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Protest the Annual IMF/World Bank Meetings::Sept. 23-25 in Washington, DC |
by Mobilization for Global Justice
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26 Jul 2005
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Block the Bank! Fight the Fund! Reclaim Our Communities! Confront Economic Violence and Corporate Capitalism during the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings September 23-25, 2005 :: Washington DC :: Call for DIRECT ACTION |
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