Online Journal: Israel and the Palestinian Territories 2009-01-05

As a Jew I am shocked by Israel's attack against the Gaza Strip! As of this writing over 430 Palestinians have died in the massive ...

Antiwar.com: Misery as Shortages, Attacks Grip Gaza Civilians 2009-01-05

The Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip moved into their second week, and with at least 520 Gazans already killed and thousands wounded...

OpEdNews: Why Al Franken should NOT be riding private planes 2009-01-05

The tragic and suspicious death of Karl Rove's election thief in chief should send a clear message to Al Franken and other key liberals: don't be riding in any small private planes.

Washington Post: Mr. Richardson Withdraws 2009-01-05

NEW MEXICO Gov. Bill Richardson (D) made the right call in withdrawing as President-elect Barack Obama's choice for commerce secretary. Given the ongoing grand jury investigation into his administration's awarding of state contracts to a firm whose president contributed generously to Mr. Richardson's political committees, his confirmation would inevitably have been delayed and the controversy an unnecessary distraction for the new Obama administration.

Pacific Free Press: War Crime du Jour: Israel Deploys White Phosphorus Shells 2009-01-05

The first image is of a white phosphorus test shell; the second was taken in Gaza yesterday.

Radio New Zealand: Gaza crisis overwhelms hospitals 2009-01-05

The head of the United Nations Humanitarian Relief Organisation there, John Ging, says conditions were already extremely hard for most people in Gaza and they have been made much worse by the Israeli invasion. He says nobody has stockpiles in their homes and everything is in short supply.

World War 4 Report: Iraq unions call for international labor conference in Irbil 2009-01-05

Plans are underway to hold an International Labor Conference in Iraq in February 13 & 14, 2009. We see this as an important and urgent step toward ...

International Solidarity Movement: Israel shells damage al-Awda hospital, Jabaliya 2009-01-05

Instead, they are intentionally targeting the medical teams that are meant to be protected by the Geneva Conventions. Israel's disregard for international ...

News & Issues: House Democratic Leadership - About 2009-01-05

Hollen thus far has introduced a bill in each Congressional session to fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act. Hollen was first elected in the 110th ...

Media Channel: Media Commentary Muted as Israel Invades 2009-01-05

As in the past, US media coverage and commentary has overwhelmingly backed the Israeli actions (as it did in the Lebanon war in 2006, which turned into ...

Village Voice: Rightbloggers: Blago, Richardson Prove that Obama is Corrupt, Racist 2009-01-05

... as the pre-emptive dismissal of a cabinet official is that it can be used to attack Obama on a wide variety of grounds, including affirmative action.

BlueOregon: Why I'm not going to see "Frost/Nixon" TA Barnhart 2009-01-05

But as he made his decision to resign in the face of certain impeachment and conviction, Nixon also took this into consideration: Once out of office ...

IRINnews.org: AFGHANISTAN: Little to eat for IDPs in makeshift Kabul camp 2009-01-05

KABUL, 5 January 2009 (IRIN) - Azizullah's family left their home in the Sangin District of Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, because of the worsening ...

IRINnews.org: NEPAL: Tackling domestic violence not for the faint-hearted 2009-01-05

I have been trained to endure abuse until I achieve my goal," Tamang told IRIN. Tamang is among 88 women in the district to have recently completed training ...

Mennonite Central Committee: MCC Canada sends letter to Prime Minister on Gaza situation. 2009-01-05

Our concern arises out of sixty years of experience in relief, development and peacebuilding in Israel/Palestine, including humanitarian assistance in Gaza.

Columbus Free Press: For the health of all: Camp Hope 2009-01-05

Universal, publicly funded health care was the theme yesterday, highlighted by a presentation from one of the nation's top authorities on the subject ...

Positive Universe Abstracts: Mary Robinson: Climate change is an issue of human rights 2009-01-05

Independent | These principles must be put at the heart of any deal on global warming Wednesday, 10 December 2008 Sixty years ago today, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the cornerstone document created in the aftermath of unimaginable atrocities. This declaration, and the legal documents that stemmed from it, have helped us combat torture, discrimination and hunger....

Positive Universe Abstracts: Happy Birthday, Human Rights 2009-01-05

TheTyee.ca | At 60, the history and future of a powerful idea. By Michael Byers Today, we celebrate with cautious optimism the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. International human rights have steadily gained ground and are now codified in dozens of treaties. Enforced by national courts and international councils, they have saved countless lives. Yet they have also suffered setbacks,...

Positive Universe Abstracts: Lessons of Zimbabwe 2009-01-05

ZNet December 23, 2008 By Mahmood Mamdani | Source: London Review of Books It is hard to think of a figure more reviled in the West than Robert Mugabe. Liberal and conservative commentators alike portray him as a brutal dictator, and blame him for Zimbabwe's descent into hyperinflation and poverty. The seizure of white-owned farms by his black supporters has been depicted as...

Positive Universe Abstracts: Why Was Cheney So Quick to Admit He's a War Criminal? 2009-01-05

AlterNet | By Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. Posted December 20, 2008. Cheney confessed because he thinks either Bush will pardon him or that Obama won't prosecute him — but the law would forbid both approaches. Dick Cheney has publicly confessed to ordering war crimes. Asked about waterboarding in an ABC News interview, Cheney replied, "I was aware of the program, certainly, and involved...

IPS: HEALTH-MALAYSIA: Divided Over HIV Testing 2009-01-05

Despite protests from HIV/AIDS experts and civil rights activists who say mandatory screening is a serious violation of individual rights and does ...

Asia Times Online: In China, Bush nostalgia 2009-01-05

The Bush administration also blinked as the central government continued to trample on human rights in China. The crackdown was particularly apparent during ...

Asia Times Online: Overcoming ethnicity 2009-01-05

War has overshadowed human society throughout all of history, but less so today than ever before. Most of humanity lives in states where each man may ...

Asia Times Online: South Asia gets a makeover 2009-01-05

The militant Jamaat-e-Islami, which was considered to be a powerful force in Bangladeshi politics, has been literally trounced, securing only two se ...

Asia Times Online: Voters snub separatists in Kashmir 2009-01-05

Their tacit backing of the militant and jihadi groups, and strategy of endless bandhs (shut downs) and demonstrations have only brought hardship ...

Democracy Now: Israeli Troops Invade Gaza; Death Toll Tops 530 2009-01-05

In other news, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has withdrawn his name to be commerce secretary nominee. Richardson cited a federal grand jury ...

Mother Jones: Fiscal Therapy 2009-01-05

This keeps us from making productive use of our tax dollars—launching universal health care, rebuilding our crumbling infrastructure, or funding ...

Dissident Voice: Silence is Complicity 2009-01-05

This is in direct violation of the Geneva conventions, not to mention the many so-called agreements Israel has entered into over the years promising to halt ...

Dissident Voice: Pitfalls that Opponents of Israeli Attack Must Avoid 2009-01-05

Pursuing a rational line of argument without feeding into the misperceptions can be like tiptoeing through a minefield. In particular, we need to be careful ...

Dissident Voice: A Hamas Coup d'...tat in 2007? 2009-01-05

Washington had painted its "war on terror" in its Iraq phase as a war to get rid of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and end his close link ...

Dissident Voice: Contours of Crisis 2009-01-05

Greed and fear, irrationality and fraud, corruption and manipulation, insufficient competition and too much government, over-regulation and excessive ...

Dissident Voice: Out of the Closet: China's "Other Tibet" 2009-01-05

... is easy to establish as Xnjiang enjoys deep ethnic, religious and cultural ties with neighbouring states including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.

The Dominion: Land & Jail Part II 2009-01-05

Clark implicated the judiciary in the "theft of jurisdiction" and cover up of genocide. An RCMP management team video depicted Ryan relaying orders ...

Fight Back! Newspaper: PFLP on Israel's attack on Gaza 2009-01-05

Throughout history, the United States veto in the Security Council of the United Nations has been used time and time again to prevent international action to stop Zionist occupation atrocities against our people, implement Palestinian rights, or protect our people under attack. As the entire world has time and again condemned Israel, from the masses in the streets of cities around the world, to the floor of the United Nations, the United States has repeatedly used its veto power as a club on behalf of Zionism and imperialism.

HuffingtonPost.com: Special Elections For Emanuel Seat Set For March, April 2009-01-05

 

Huffington Post: Krugman: Obama Relying Too Much On Tax Cuts? 2009-01-05

In a blog post, economist Paul Krugman worries that President-elect Barack Obama is relying too much on tax cuts in his stimulus plan in an effort ...

Huffington Post: The Great Depression Pt. III 2009-01-05

... Lasted So Long and Why Prosperity Returned After the War," which shows the same information) As Paul Krugman explained in the video clip of part II ...

Huffington Post: Just Go, Mr. Bush. Please, Just Go. 2009-01-05

His lies and his lies about lies. His ignorance. His "ranch." His cowboy boots. His blue jeans. His "Mission Accomplished." His provincialism.

Huffington Post: Bush's Pure Genius Moves: 9/11, Gunfights, Cheney, the Economy ... 2009-01-05

With a keen sense of history, President Bush saw that control of the White House would shift to the Democratic Party even if Barney (the dog, not Frank) ...

Huffington Post: Israel in Gaza: Self-Defense or Slaughter? 2009-01-05

The Israeli Government's response, echoed by President Bush and by Democratic Party spokespersons, is to invoke the right of self-defense against armed ...

Huffington Post: Analyzing the Best Films of 2008 and "the Urinefactor" 2009-01-05

Gran Torino: In what would've been the best role written for Ed Asner in the 1980s, Clint Eastwood's portrayal of a Korean War veteran and racist old m ...

Huffington Post: Best/Favorite Films 0f 2008 2009-01-05

A social drama disguised as a popcorn thriller, this surprisingly potent film is actually a study in racism, class, and the frailty of moral absolutism.

Huffington Post: 26 Reasons Pro-Choice People Should Be Happy 2009-01-05

These new members are from a wide variety of states, including Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, and Virginia. These new pro-choice leaders arrive for work in ...

Grist Magazine: Will conservatives be Obama's 'best allies' in the climate fight? 2009-01-05

Nuclear power plants would then compete with coal-fired plants. Wind and solar power would have a shot against natural gas. Trains would compete with truck ...

ReliefWeb (press release): CWS emergency appeal: 2009 Darfur (Sudan) humanitarian response 2009-01-05

The Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court presented an application for the indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in July 2008 and ...

ReliefWeb (press release): oPt: IOF offensive on the Gaza strip continues for the 8th ... 2009-01-05

... Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I).

ReliefWeb (press release): Situation Report on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip ... 2009-01-05

The Rafah crossing was closed on 4 January, ie no transfer of medical supplies or evacuation of patients were possible. Five truckloads of medical supplie ...

ReliefWeb (press release): Situation Report from the Humanitarian Coordinator 04 Jan 2009 ... 2009-01-05

Prior to the ground incursion, 15 Palestinians were killed and more than 25 injured when the Israeli Air Force bombarded the Ibrahim Al Makadima Mosque ...

Indymedia UK: 18 Gazans killed overnight, mainly civilians 2009-01-05

Gaza ê Ma'an ê Bloodshed continued in theGaza Strip as Israel continued fierce land, sea, and air attacks for a tenth consecutive day.

Indymedia UK: Brighton Demonstration Against Slaughter in Gaza 2009-01-05

The BBC, our supposedly neutral tax payer funded broadcasting organisation, has deliberately and wilfully presented Israel's genocide as "retaliation'

Indymedia UK: Manchester: thousands march in disgust at Israeli attacks 2009-01-05

... citizens of Israel have also been arrested for taking part in protests within the country, according to Israeli peace organisation Gush Shalom.

Indymedia UK: Portsmouth Free Palestine Demonstration 2009-01-05

Angus Geddes from the PNJSAIC was first up to speak and told how the Israeli bombardment of Gaza was "murderous" and that "collective punishment of ...

Indymedia UK: Hundreds Condemn Gaza Slaughter In Liverpool 2009-01-05

This venue was hollowed during the 1941 Liverpool blitz, and more than one person commented on similarities between the Nazi policy of genocide and that ...

Indymedia UK: outside the Israeli Embassy tonight - photos 2009-01-05

There were wide reports of major police brutality when protesters were lead in to the under pass by Picadilly were they were met by rows of riot police ...

Indymedia UK: Indiscriminate police brutality at Anti-Israel Protests 2009-01-05

... from activists who had managed to avoid what appeared to be an orchestrated attack of indiscriminate police brutality which was totally unnecessary.

NYC Independent Media Center: Pro-Palestine Protestors Slam US Support of Israel 2009-01-05

By Zahra Hankir As Israeli ground troops crossed the border into Gaza, rapidly escalating an offensive that has taken the lives of over 460 Palestini ...

NYC Independent Media Center: WINTER IN AMERICA...how construction workers should respond to ... 2009-01-05

Thanks in part to years of protests and jobsite struggles by the Coalitions and other minority workers rights groups and in part to deunionizati ...

The NarcoSphere: Party time: Hasta la vista Chertoff! 2009-01-05

... along the Texas border will be throwing Retirement Parties to celebrate the end of Michael Chertoff's tenure as Secretary of Homeland Security.

mcclatchydc.com: White House: Obamas have a busy first week ahead as they arrive in D.C. 2009-01-05

WASHINGTON — The historic Hay-Adams hotel, the new First Family's their home through Jan. 15, offers the Obamas a posh and well-secured suite, White House views, 24-hour room service and probably not much free time to enjoy it.

Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog: Richardson withdraws as Secretary of Commerce 2009-01-05

Earlier today, Governor Bill Richardson informed President-elect Barack Obama that he is withdrawing from consideration as Secretary of Commerce.

AlterNet: Health Care Reform: Good for Patients, Good for Workers, Good ... 2009-01-05

Under most universal health care proposals, these 46 million would be able to purchase health insurance, dramatically elevating the labor demand for doct ...

AlterNet: Tragedy in Gaza -- Desperately Seeking Leadership from Obama 2009-01-05

... the last year and a half, they aided and abetted Israel's criminal meting out of collective punishment to the population for daring to vote for Hamas.

Media Monitors Network: Other dimensions of the Mumbai carnage 2009-01-05

Now, India will be able to deal with its numerous separatist insurgencies without having to face criticism about human rights violations.

Media Monitors Network: Questions from Palestine 2009-01-05

Why do we not use Palestinians of very high caliber in communication (people like Hanan Ashrawi and Ali Abunimah and hundreds of others) that could transm ...

Monthly Review: Why Cuba Still Matters 2009-01-05

The government has reiterated its commitment to free universal education and health care and other social services. Cuba has recently signed important new ...

CounterCurrents.org: The Politics And Propaganda Of The US-Israeli War On Gaza 2009-01-05

He joined calls in the international human rights community for a campaign of boycott and divestment of Israel to "pressure" it into ending its policy ...

Center for Research on Globalization: Global Human Rights Groups Protest Slaughter in Gaza 2009-01-05

the preordained 2006 Hamas election made possible by Arafat's death; in January 1995, the State Department declared it a Foreign Terrorist Organization;

Desicritics.org: LTTE-China or LTTE-Pakistan Partnership Possible? 2009-01-05

However, Sri Lanka scored several negative points with respect to Human Rights. A 400+ page model indictment charging Sri Lanka officials for genocide ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Kyrgyz Muslims Call For Peace In Gaza 2009-01-05

BISHKEK -- Kyrgyzstan's Union of Muslims has called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, expressing concern for the safety of Gaza's inhabitants as Israel ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Mass Livestock Deaths Expected In Kyrgyzstan 2009-01-05

OSH, Kyrgyzstan -- Mass livestock deaths are expected in some regions of Kazakhstan due to weather-related causes, experts are warning.

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Diplomacy Cannot Quell Gaza Violence 2009-01-05

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called the situation "unacceptable" and demanded that "regional and international partners [do more] to end ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Israel Presses Gaza Assault, As France Seeks Truce 2009-01-05

The United States, the region's powerbroker and Israel's closest ally, looked all but sidelined by the pending transfer of its presidency, offering Europe ...

Swissinfo: Israel presses on with Gaza assault 2009-01-05

The United States, the region's powerbroker and Israel's closest ally, looked all but sidelined by the pending transfer of its presidency, offering Europe ...

AllAfrica.com: Monrovia — Continue from last edition: 2009-01-05

Obama defeated his rival John McCain of the Republican Party in both the Popular and Electoral College votes. Obama won more than 50 percent of the Popular ...

AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Govt Asked to Explain Fuel Crisis 2009-01-05

"Last Christmas, we blamed the fuel crisis on Kenya, what is the excuse now?" Katoneene asked. The bishop was delivering his New Year's message on Thursday ...

AllAfrica.com: Ghana: Sovereignty Lies With the People 2009-01-05

If very intellectually minded founding fathers like Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe of Nigeria and Nelson Mandela of South Africa gave themselves a time limit then one ...

AllAfrica.com: Africa: Policy Issues for Obama (1) 2009-01-05

... anti-personnel landmines (the Ottawa Treaty of 1997) and the International Criminal Court (for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity).

AllAfrica.com: Rwanda: Tourism Sector Setting the Pace 2009-01-05

This says a lot about the people who have ensured that Rwanda is stable fourteen years after the Genocide and the fact that those bent on creating ...

AllAfrica.com: Rwanda: Youths Honour Genocide Victims in Bugesera 2009-01-05

Kigali — Rwandan students based in the Diaspora yesterday paid tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis in Bugesera district.

AllAfrica.com: Africa: Africa's 'Warrior King' 2009-01-05

Our history of electoral violence, genocide or military coups is rooted in the colonial history of subjugation whose success was based on the policy ...

AllAfrica.com: Rwanda: Govt Welcomes DRC Stand On 1994 Genocide Suspects 2009-01-05

Under the Tripartite Plus agreement, Rwanda provided DRC with a list of 6945 names of people responsible for the 1994 Genocide who are currently in the vast ...

Antiwar.com: Reports Pour in of Civilians Killed in Israeli Invasion 2009-01-05

The medics aren't immune either. Three paramedics were killed and another wounded when an Israeli drone attacked them. Another is reportedly killed ...

Antiwar.com: Cheney Denies Israel Sought Approval Before Gaza Invasion 2009-01-05

As most of the world watched appalled at the growing humanitarian crisis, both parties in the United States government remain firmly on the side of ...

New America Media: The Fading American Dream 2009-01-05

In the past few months, Wall Street "madmen" have unleashed their "weapons of mass destruction" before a gaping world. Blue-chip banking giant Lehm ...

Portada: Hoy New York Closes 2009-01-05

After 10 years of publication, New Yorks Spanish language newspaper Hoy has shut its doors.

La Opinin: Cuba, 50 Years Later 2009-01-05

A half century later, editors write, Cuba is an exhausted regime that has given its people a nightmarish life.

Iran Times International: Poll Shows Iranians Think U.S. Out to Humiliate Islam 2009-01-05

 

New America Media: Poll Shows Iranians Think US Out to Humiliate Islam 2009-01-05

Conducted from July to October, the poll surveyed 21740 respondents from 21 nations, including the Muslim majority countries of Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey ...

Independent: New powers for police to hack your PC 2009-01-05

Police say it is vital for tracking cyber-criminals and paedophiles and is used sparingly but civil liberties groups fear it is about to be vastly expanded.

Independent: Independent.co.uk Web 2009-01-05

A History of Scotland had ambitions to do for Scots what Alex Haley's Roots did for African-Americans, but has already been shown in Scotland and criticised ...

Independent: Robert Fisk: Keeping out the cameras and reporters simply doesn't work 2009-01-05

What is Israel afraid of? Using the old "enclosed military area" excuse to prevent coverage of its occupation of Palestinian land has been going on ...

Independent: Anne Penketh: Rewarded for being wrong 2009-01-05

In the foreign affairs arena, had we listened to the majority of pundits and their predictions for last year, Hillary Clinton or John McCain would be ...

Independent: Gaza battles rage as envoys appeal for truce 2009-01-05

A Hamas official said a delegation from the Islamist group would head for talks in Egypt, which has also opened contacts to achieve a ceasefire.

Independent: Obama's commerce nominee withdraws 2009-01-05

Bill Richardson, the man chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to be America's next Commerce Secretary, has dropped out of the running pending the results of a corruption inquiry.

Independent: Poor maths skills cost Britain £2.4bn a year, says study 2009-01-05

Without it, the cost in lost tax revenue is estimated at £774m a year, unemployment benefits £393m, special education needs provision £234m and the social ...

Independent: Mumbai dossier set to blame Pakistan 2009-01-05

The minister is due to meet senior officials from the US's Department of Homeland Security to share evidence he said was both "overwhelming [and]

Tapped: TRANSITION TO JUSTICE. 2009-01-05

Her recent publications on issues of presidential power include Faithfully Executing the Laws: Internal Legal Constraints on Executive Power, 54 UCLA L. Rev ...

Tapped: PASSING THE FAIR PAY ACT. 2009-01-05

Also, while Lilly Ledbetter became a symbol to the Democratic Party because of her fight against letting employers get away with gender-based discriminati ...

Tapped: I'M DOWN WITH OLC (YEAH YOU KNOW ME). 2009-01-05

I'm not a lawyer, but my basic reading of this is that Johnsen views the OLC as an important first line of defense against overreaches of executive power ...

Mathaba.Net: Bolivia Seeks Democratization of UN 2009-01-05

The representative of the government headed by Evo Morales said promoting respect for human rights would be another priority.

Mathaba.Net: Top golf names for Africa Open 2009-01-05

The Africa Open Golf Tournament, to be held at the East London Golf Club from 15 to 18 January, has drawn a top-class field, including two Major winners.

International Middle East Media Center: 10th day under attack: death toll in Gaza reached 525 2009-01-05

Although Israel accuses the Hamas government in Gaza of breaking the truce, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights documented hundreds of truce violati ...

International Middle East Media Center: Palestine Today 050109 2009-01-05

 

Beyond Chron: Predictions for 2009: America's Road to Change 2009-01-05

Barack Obama has yet to assume the presidency, but his commitment to progressive policies on such issues as health care, global warming, and workers right ...

Beyond Chron: Brodkin Has Earned Newsom's Support 2009-01-05

Margaret Brodkin has been a champion of the rights of children since Gavin Newsom was a child himself. Could he possibly be thinking of removing the highly ...

guardian.co.uk: Paris opens door to author fleeing Islamist threats 2009-01-05

She said her "idea" was not to criticise Islam per se but to defend women's rights and freedom. "My aim is to raise consciousness, to struggle for justice ...

guardian.co.uk: Gulf OPEC to ignore Iran oil supply cut call-source 2009-01-05

DUBAI, Jan 5 (Reuters) - Core OPEC oil producers in the Gulf would ignore Iran's call for Islamic countries to cut supplies to supporters of Israel ...

World news | guardian.co.uk: First lady Laura Bush inks deal with Scribner to publish White House memoir 2009-01-05

The advocate for reading and former librarian set to try her hand at book authorship

World news | guardian.co.uk: Video: Gaza conflict - day 10 roundup 2009-01-05

Shimon Peres visits wounded soldiers in hospital while protesters take to the streets in the West Bank and Beirut

World news | guardian.co.uk: Poll: Can the US influence Israel's Gaza policy? 2009-01-05

The US has long been a strong supporter of Israel, but uncertainty about whether Barack Obama would continue to back it may have pushed Israel to move against Hamas before George Bush leaves office. Is Israel's policy toward Hamas conditional on America's tacit support?

guardian.co.uk: Struggle for self-defence and the struggle for Palestinian primacy 2009-01-05

... UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon, for "collective punishment". After several attempts, Hamas and Israel finally agreed to a ceasefire in June last year.

guardian.co.uk: Corrections and clarifications 2009-01-05

Kiambaa, the scene of post-election violence in Kenya a year ago, is in the Rift Valley rather than close to Nairobi where we placed it on a map ...

guardian.co.uk: Indie supergroup to record with Venezuelan president 2009-01-05

"Venezuela is like the new Jamaica, or Brazil, or Cuba," he explained. "It's kicking off." Somewhere in Caracas, Hugo Chavez is picking up the banjo.

guardian.co.uk: What the commentators say today ... 2009-01-05

Simon Tisdall says Barack Obama's chances of making a fresh start in US relations with the Muslim world, and the Middle East in particular ...

guardian.co.uk: Working the people 2009-01-05

There's Jimmy Carter, haggard before his time, tied to the grind of the Oval office. It's an impossibly demanding job. Except that the next commander ...

guardian.co.uk: The readers' editor ... financial reporting and the banking crisis 2009-01-05

Reporting restrictions raise free speech concerns because they interfere with the free flow of information. The idea that the public interest is best served ...

Arabisto.com: God's Will Be Done in Gaza, Iraq, Afghanistan and other benighted ... 2009-01-05

Moderator: If in reproducing this important article here even in part, the Copyright Laws of this country are being violated, please delete it. asked h ...

The New Nation: Ideals of Rokeya to be implemented for equal rights of womenfolk 2009-01-05

They said Begum Rokeya was the first woman in this region to realise that without ensuring light of education and rights of women, a society cannot achieve ...

Media Matters for America: Wash. Times echoed opponents' distortion of EFCA in asserting ... 2009-01-05

In fact, the Employee Free Choice Act does not eliminate employees' rights to a secret ballot; as The New York Times reported, "Business groups ...

Media Matters for America: Consistent with Fox pattern, Chris Wallace used terminology ... 2009-01-05

Summary: Consistent with a pattern on Fox News, Chris Wallace used a term echoed by opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act when he identified the EFCA ...

Media Matters for America: IBD cited 1930s America, 1990s Japan as evidence that stimulu ... 2009-01-05

... was launched until 1937, when, according to Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, President Franklin D. Roosevelt reversed course.

Media Matters for America: Guilty: Coulter's latest book filled with falsehoods 2009-01-05

But in an April 2003 interview with The Boston Globe, "Schachte described the action as a 'firefight' and said of Kerry: 'He got hit,' " the Globe reported ...

CounterPunch: Consider the Realities of Gaza 2009-01-05

The death toll for Palestinians has exceeded that of the American casualties in Iraq, and continues to climb above 5200 as each day passes with no end ...

CounterPunch: Israel is Immune From Criticism 2009-01-05

Here is part of what is laid out in Protocol 1, Additional to the Geneva Conventions, 1977 . . . General Protection Against Effects of Hostilities: "Among ...

Contra Costa Times: LB native taps into need for neighborliness 2009-01-05

A youth chapter at Wilson High School held a meal for special education students, and similar events are expected to take place this year.

FinalCall.com: Sharpton: Feds need to tackle police misconduct 2009-01-05

Back in September analysts with the NY Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) warned that the NYPD seemed headed towards a record number of stop and frisks of people ...

Bay Area Indymedia: Phosphorous bombs 2009-01-05

by mjs There are credible reports of phosphorous bombs being used by the Israeli army against the civilians in Gaza. Phosphorous is a terrible weapon.

Bay Area Indymedia: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians and ... 2009-01-05

Just as in Greece, protests in the Gaza Strip (hopefully soon to be Palestine) are being broken apart by police brutality, bullets, and arrests.

Bay Area Indymedia: Have Bush and the Neocons Ruined it for the Israelis? 2009-01-05

Bushie Examples: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld denied that there was massive looting in Iraq during April of 2003, alleging that CNN had one tape ...

Bay Area Indymedia: WNU #973: Latin America Reacts to Attack on Gaza 2009-01-05

27, at the beginning of the air campaign, calling the offensive an "act of genocide" and a "criminal military operation, the bloodiest one executed ...

Human Rights First: Rights Group Launches Series of Blueprints for the Obam ... 2009-01-05

It is based on Human Rights First's extensive work on Guantanamo -including over 25 trips to observe the proceedings since 2004 - and its study of ...

OregonLive.com: Tom Potter's legacy: Throwing open the doors of City Hall to everyone - Hillsboro Argus 2009-01-05

He championed the re-instatement of the Human Rights Commission. He called for a visioning process that was inclusive to map out the future for our city ...

OregonLive.com: Initiative: No more 'ballot shopping' with your tax dollars - Hillsboro Argus 2009-01-05

Every recent election cycle there's been strong evidence of signature fraud and other abuses of the system. And too often, nothing's been done ...

OregonLive.com: A helping hand for college students - The Oregonian 2009-01-05

by The Oregonian Editorial Board Frederick D. Joe/The OregonianThe Hyde family (pictured above) lost about $4700 of their $40000 investment in the Oreg ...

Palestine Chronicle: Guernica Revisited 2009-01-05

It is mainly an election ploy hatched up by immoral and racist politicians competing for the voices of the right wing segment of the Israeli electorate ...

OpEdNews: This Is What I Would Call A Massacre 2009-01-05

At this moment, Israel is raining bombs down on Gaza, an enclosed tiny area that is home to 1.5 million men, women, and children, most of them innocent ...

Barre Montpelier Times Argus: Letter: US should stand up to Israel 2009-01-05

The latest vicious attacks by the Israeli military machine on the Palestinians living in Gaza underscores the inability for the Israeli and U.S. governments to comprehend their own participation in state-sponsored terrorism.

World Socialist Web Site: Hands off Gaza! 2009-01-05

The combined air and ground attack on the densely populated and virtually defenseless enclave is a war crime.

Bangladesh News 24 hours: Hasina condemns Israeli attack on Gaza 2009-01-05

The newly elected leader of parliament condemned Israel's all-out military aggression in the Gaza Strip on Monday morning...

Youngstown Vindicator: Truth about Israel is AWOL 2009-01-05

We are not supposed to say this. There is a secret law that prevails over the media. Don’t offend Israel. Let their every insanity go unquestioned lest you be accused of being anti-Semitic.

Edmonton Journal: Edmontonians gather for pro-Palestinian rally 2009-01-05

"Stop the massacre now in Gaza!" the protestors shouted as they marched around the ice rink waving Palestinian flags.