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Protect Voting Rights of Katrina Survivors
Under Lousiana's current election plans, a high percentage of the state's registered
voters who have relocated to other cities and states are in danger of being excluded
from the voting process. Many of them are low-income African Americans and
immigrants....
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 4:34pm PST
Cindy Sheehan: I have decided not to run
"I, as an American, and as the mother of a hero, pledge to do what I can as a citizen to end the occupation of Iraq. I am not running against Feinstein, but I will continue to be a thorn in the side of the senator and anyone who is not stridently working for peace. That is my promise."
-- Cindy Sheehan, February 9, 2006...
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 12:04pm PST
Cindy Sheehan Press Conference THIS MORNING 11:00, Civic Center Plaza
Cindy will hold a press conference this morning...
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 10:20am PST
BTL:Bush Defense of NSA Domestic Spy Program is Challenged in Senate Hearing
Interview with Shayana Kadidal, attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 7:54am PST
Thousands Protest Nepal's King
Thousands of opposition protesters flooded the streets of Nepal's capital on Thursday, as early results showed pro-government candidates sweeping local elections that were marred by rebel attacks, the shooting of protesters and low turnout....
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 7:48am PST
Australia: Labor attacks Howard from the right over “oil-for-food” scandal
In times gone by an opposition party would have seized on the revelations coming every day from the Australian inquiry into the so-called Iraqi wheat scandal to expose the lies and hypocrisy on which the Howard government justified its participation in the US-led war on Iraq. There would have been calls for the sacking of ministers, and even the ousting of the government. But such is the internal decay of the Labor Party that its intervention at Tuesday’s opening of the parliamentary year bar...
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 6:52am PST
a call to arms
a call for the formation of a colonial guard to defend and protect those who no longer have a voice in Washington...
Posted: Wed, Feb 8, 2006 4:31pm PST
Nepal election turn-out low
Kathmandu - Voters in Nepal cast their ballots under threats of violence on Wednesday in controversial elections that the king promised would be the first step back to democracy in the troubled Himalayan nation....
Posted: Wed, Feb 8, 2006 7:26am PST
Slow start to voting in Nepal
Nepalis have begun voting in their first elections in seven years in polls dubbed a sham and boycotted by the main political parties and Maoist rebels....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 11:07pm PST
Capital Punishment - Big Decision for Governor
Schwarzenegger has time to save the life of Michael Morales before his execution date which is scheduled for February 17, 2006....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 1:47pm PST
Haiti: Keeping Preval-supporters away from the polls
Poor Haitians targeted for voter disruption....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 12:57pm PST
Resolution calling for a full investigation, impeachment or resignation of Bush and Cheney
From Ken Werner, Trinity Plaza Tenants Association...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 9:59am PST
Haiti: Dark storm brewing over elections
HIP - Haiti — Since a CID-Gallup poll taken in Haiti last December showed Rene Preval leading in the upcoming elections with 37%, the political forces that banded together to oust Aristide in Feb. 2004 have been organizing to contest the expected results....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 9:18am PST
Haitians begin voting in key poll
The people of Haiti have begun voting in the country's first elections since former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted in February 2004....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 9:16am PST
DUNKIRK ON THE PACIFIC
UNREPORTED REALITY, NOT FOUND IN DAILIES: NAZI SCHWARZENEGGER MUGS PEACE AND FREEDOM PARTY, BEATEN BACK BY INDIES AND SMALLER PARTY TYPES. SHADES OF DUNKIRK WHO'S DE REAL GIRLY MON ADOLPH?...
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 10:03pm PST
Alternative, and more accurate, State of the Union
State of the Union - truer version. four minute video...
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 4:35pm PST
London bombers released to "break a wider network"
In July last year, I made this post:
"...it has been reported by the Observer today, that one of the man suspected of involvement in the attacks in London on the 7th July was being kept under surveillance by the British security services."...
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 6:00am PST
THIRD PARTY BACK ON BALLOT
The California Secretary of State reversed his decision on Friday to remove the Peace and Freedom Party from June Primary ballot....
Posted: Sun, Feb 5, 2006 8:23am PST
Spain: Ban on Basque separatist party extended
The Spanish High Court has renewed its legal ban on the Basque separatist party Batasuna. The decision prompted a demonstration in the Basque region called in defence of “civil and political rights.”...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 9:52am PST
Alito confirmed over strong opposition
One day after an unsuccessful filibuster attempt, the Senate confirmed Bush Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito, widely opposed for his extreme right positions, by a 58-42 vote. It was the second closest Supreme Court confirmation vote in 100 years, topped only by the 52-58 vote approving Clarence Thomas in 1991. This time four Democrats — Robert Byrd (W.Va), Kent Conrad (N.D.), Tim Johnson (S.D.) and Ben Nelson (Neb.) — voted with the Republicans, while moderate Republican Lincoln Chafe...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 9:49am PST