| Felicity Arbuthnot: Iraq; Abraham's “Children of a Lesser God” ? ( 2007-06-03 ) “Thus were they defiled with their own works.” (Psalms 106: 39.) “For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight.” (Alexander Pope, 1688-1744.)... (read more) |
 | Joint AAI/APN Poll: Jewish and Arab Americans Overwhelmingly Support Two-State Solution, U.S. Engagement in Peace Process ( 2007-06-03 ) Briefing Call with James Zogby and Debra DeLee ... (read more) |
| CITES Conference at The Hague ( 2007-06-03 ) CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties Th... (read more) |
| Felicity Arbuthnot: Depleted Uranium - A Way Out? ( 2007-06-02 ) The term “Gulf War Syndrome” is now known world-wide – but - after the 1991 Iraq war, as formerly A1 fit soldiers fell ill with debilitating symptoms, in th... (read more) |
| U.S.: Can Democrats End the Iraq War? ( 2007-06-02 ) Summing up the media's conventional wisdom about the congressional vote to approve funding for the Iraq War with no timeline for withdrawal, the Los Angeles Tim... (read more) |
| Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) ( 2007-06-02 ) Please check out the 1600 stories about the suicides and homicides and other violence related to SSRIs at: http://www.ssristories.com/index.php . This w... (read more) |
| Heather Wokusch: Poisoning the Troops, Again ( 2007-06-02 ) The Pentagon has a disturbing pattern of withholding information on the impact of chemical/biological weapons and other toxins on US service members. As a resul... (read more) |
 | US Bombs Somalia Targets ( 2007-06-02 ) MOGADISHU — A US warship overnight bombed targets in northeastern Somalia in the second known direct military intervention by Washington in the Horn of African ... (read more) |
| Israel/OPT: Civilians in the line of fire in Gaza and Sderot ( 2007-06-01 ) Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups must cease reckless air strikes and indiscriminate rocket attacks which have been killing civilians and spreading fe... (read more) |
 | First Video of BBC Gaza Hostage ( 2007-06-01 ) "First of all, my captors have treated me very well," said Johnston. ... (read more) |
| Yousef Alhelou: Israeli High Court allows Shin Bet to torture Palestinians, Public Committee Against Torture in Israel says ( 2007-06-01 ) The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) has issued a report documenting a number of Palestinian cases of torture endured during interrogation at ... (read more) |
 | Lebanon Army Set to Storm Bared Camp ( 2007-06-01 ) NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon — The Lebanese army was poised Friday, June 1, to storm a besieged Palestinian camp in northern Lebanon as fighting raged between army tr... (read more) |
| Trish Schuh: The Salvador Option in Beirut ( 2007-06-01 ) "The only prospect that holds hope for us is the carving up of Syria... It is our task to prepare for that prospect. All else is a purposeless waste of time." Z... (read more) |
| Yousef Alhelou: UK academics back proposal to boycott Israeli universities by 158 to 99 + UPDATE ( 2007-06-01 ) On Wednesday, at the UK's University and College Union (UCU)'s first annual conference, British academics were urged to back calls for a boycott of Israeli univ... (read more) |
 | Imperial US Sparks New Arms Race: Putin ( 2007-05-31 ) "There was a desire among several international actors to dictate their will to each and everyone", Putin said. (Reuters)... (read more) |
| ACLU Sues Boeing Subsidiary for Participation in CIA Kidnapping and Torture Flights ( 2007-05-31 ) Group Also Appeals to United States Supreme Court in Khaled El-Masri Lawsuit NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union today (May 30) filed a fede... (read more) |
 | Brenda Norrell: United Nations calls for second Indigenous Border Summit ( 2007-05-31 ) NEW YORK -- The Indigenous Border Summit of the Americas, held in San Xavier on Tohono O'odham land in Arizona, was so successful that the United Nations Perman... (read more) |
| Dr. Mae-Wan Ho: Mobile Phones & Vanishing Birds ( 2007-05-31 ) Birds near mobile phone base stations do not breed well Where did all the sparrows go? The sparrows have disappeared completely from the c... (read more) |
 | Helpless Iraqi Refugees Turn to Sex ( 2007-05-30 ) Umm Hiba shook her head. "During the war we lost everything. We even lost our honor."... (read more) |
| Two Conflicting Stories on U.S./Iran Relations ( 2007-05-30 ) Bush authorises covert CIA operations to destabilise Iran An ABC News report on Tuesday provided further evidence that the Bush administration is active... (read more) |
| Dollar crash must be averted to sustain global economic growth – UN report ( 2007-05-30 ) In order for current world economic growth rates to continue, it is crucial to keep the United States dollar from falling rapidly while also avoiding a recessio... (read more) |
 | Venezuela: The "Call for Truth" rests with you Mr. President ... lies bring you failure, says Drew Raines ( 2007-05-30 ) American Disquisition talk show host, Drew Malone, Raines III writes: To fellow citizens worldwide I am so very proud of Venezuela ... she stands against these ... (read more) |
| VENEZUELA, RCTV, AND MEDIA FREEDOM: JUST THE FACTS, PLEASE, by James Jordan ( 2007-05-30 ) LESSONS IN CURTAILING MEDIA FREEDOM There are a number of ways to curtail press freedom. You can charge a journalist with murder and put him on death... (read more) |
| Rethinking Cuba - Taking Off Those Miami Sunglasses May Help Clear Up the Picture ( 2007-05-30 ) The recent politicized dismissal of the indictment against Luis Posada Carriles by federal judge Kathleen Cardone has brought the historically thorny relationsh... (read more) |
 | Ramzy Baroud: Cape of Good Hope; One Apartheid Regime Down; One More to Go ( 2007-05-30 ) I stand at the southernmost corner of Africa, the Cape of Good Hope. The grand mountains underneath and behind infuse a moment of spiritual reflection unmatched... (read more) |