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Cardinal denounces killing of homeless in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 25 (CNA/CWNews.com) - Cardinal Claudio Hummes of Sao Paulo, Brazil, issued an official statement this week condemning the anonymous attacks on homeless migrant people, which in less than a week have left six dead and another ten seriously wounded....
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2004 1:56am PDT
Iraqi Resistance Report 08/ 19-22 /04
Iraqi Resistance Report for events of Thursday, 19 August 2004 through
Sunday, 22 August 2004. Translated and/or compiled by Muhammad Abu
Nasr, member editorial board The Free Arab Voice...
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 8:08am PDT
Restoring human health without animal cruelty
The future will remember the brave people at SHAC who first stood against the immense monolith of corporate animal testing cruelty for a more humane world.....
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 9:45am PDT
200 Birds: The First Victims of Dimona's Nuclear Reactor
GAZA, August 24, 2004 (IPC + Al Bayan) -- Israeli environmental officials declared that about 200 migrating birds between Africa and Europe died when they stopped near the Israeli nuclear reactor Dimona....
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 7:21am PDT
S. KOREA, "Summer Struggle"...
...a great experience of unity and solidarity...
Posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 10:11pm PDT
Interview with human shield Ken O'Keefe (pt.1)
An in-depth interview with "human shield" Ken O'Keefe during his recent Japan tour, on direct action for Palestine, standing up to US military might in Iraq, the legacy of Hiroshima....and the better world to come...
Posted: Sat, Aug 21, 2004 9:42pm PDT
Interview with human shield Ken O'Keefe (pt. 2)
An in-depth interview with "human shield" Ken O'Keefe during his recent Japan tour, on direct action for Palestine, standing up to US military might in Iraq, the legacy of Hiroshima....and the better world to come...
Posted: Sat, Aug 21, 2004 9:38pm PDT
Militia still in Najaf mosque, cracks emerge in handover plan
Moqtada Al Sadr's militiamen were still holding their Najaf mosque stronghold on Saturday as cracks emerged in a plan to hand over control of the shrine to the Shiite religious leadership.
Supporters of the fiery radical leader remained camped out in the Imam Ali mosque, one of Shiite Islam's holiest shrines, as armed fighters prowled the streets of the Old City....
Posted: Sat, Aug 21, 2004 8:39am PDT
37 captured Iraqis summarily executed: sources
Tehran Times Political Desk
TEHRAN (MNA) –- Thirty-seven civilians and militiamen loyal to rebel Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr were summarily executed last Monday in camps established by U.S. army intelligence units on the outskirts of Najaf, informed sources in Najaf have said....
Posted: Fri, Aug 20, 2004 1:01pm PDT
Al-Sadr 'hands over keys to Najaf shrine'
As a tense calm returns to Najaf, aides of Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr have reportedly handed control of the Imam Ali mosque to Iraq's senior Shia religious authorities....
Posted: Fri, Aug 20, 2004 6:21am PDT
Haiti Assassination Trial An Affront to All Those Who Have Worked and Died for Justice
In the early hours of August 17, a sham trial in Port-au-Prince acquitted notorious Haitian rights abusers Jackson Joanis and Jodel Chamblain of the 1993 murder of businessman Antoine Izmery. Neither the judiciary nor the prosecution made even the minimum effort required by law to pursue this important case. The absence of effort combined with top Haitian officials' public support for Chamblain and his colleagues compels the conclusion that Haiti's interim government staged the trial to defle...
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 9:14pm PDT
Haiti: The dissipation of trust
This newspaper understands the concerns of regional leaders like Dr Ralph Gonsalves, Dr Kenny Anthony and Mr Bharrat Jagdeo about any move by Caricom that would prematurely welcome Haiti's interim government into the regional family....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 9:09pm PDT
Kangaroo Courts in the New Haiti?: Death Squad Leader Jodel Chamblain Acquitted of Murder
Former death squad leader Louis Jodel Chamblain who twice helped coups against Jean Bertrand Aristide was acquitted of murder in a secretive trial held during the middle of the night. We speak with Brian Concannon, an international lawyer and director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 8:57pm PDT
Canada's Toronto Star: la oposición venezolana repudia la democracia
Venpres: El diario Toronto Star de Canadá acusa a la oposición venezolana de repudiar la democracia por no querer aceptar los resultados electorales que le dieron la victoria al presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez; y exhorta al gobierno canadiense a que así lo exprese en el seno de la OEA....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 8:55pm PDT
Iraqi oil company torched in Basra
Shia fighters loyal to leader Muqtada al-Sadr have broken into the headquarters of Iraq's South Oil Company and set its warehouses and offices on fire, witnesses have said....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 7:23pm PDT
Al-Sadr orders handover of disputed Iraqi shrine to Shiite leaders
NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - Radical Iraqi Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his fighters Thursday to hand control of a revered Najaf shrine to top Shiite religious authorities, hours after U.S. forces bombed militant positions and Iraq's prime minister made a "final call" for the cleric's militia to surrender....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 7:18pm PDT
Dr. Steven Miles Accuses US Military Doctors Of Participating In Abuse Of Iraqi Prisoners
Some U.S. military doctors in Iraq and Afghanistan betrayed their duty to patients by participating in and covering up the abuse of prisoners, a report in the British journal Lancet argues....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 7:13pm PDT
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 8/20/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and Germany....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 4:50pm PDT
US troops seize control of Sadr City
US occupation forces backed by dozens of tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles have overrun Baghdad's Sadr City suburb, a powerbase for Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, witnesses said....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 6:28am PDT
Fierce Fighting Reported Around Najaf Shrine
Fierce fighting was reported around Najaf’s holy shrine today after a rebel cleric’s aide rejected a government ultimatum for Muqtada al-Sadr’s militia to disarm or risk a massive offensive....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 6:25am PDT