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Znet Article Raman (india): South Asia: Waiting For The Usa

Znet Article, June, 04 2002 J. sri Raman (india)
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The whole world outside the India-Pakistan subcontinent is watching the situation here with extreme anxiety. Never in the past two decades, it is generally agreed, has the humanity been closer to a nuclear holocaust. Conspicuous by its absence, ho...

Znet Article Rosen: From Grief, Activism

Znet Article, June, 04 2002 Lisa Rosen
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It has been only two weeks since East Timor became the newest country on the planet, and already it has fallen out of the news. But the triumph of that day, achieved against such impossible odds, will be with me forever. The last time I had seen E...

Znet Article Mokhiber: IMF and World Bank: Out of Control

Znet Article, June, 04 2002 Russell Mokhiber
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The International Monetary Fund and World Bank are institutions out of control. For evidence, consider the institutions' feeble and fatally flawed debt relief program. Under their Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative, the world's poorest...

Commentary Author: What they won't tell you about Colombia's Elections

Commentary, June, 02 2002 Guest Author
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In the midst of all the euphoria in ruling circles over the triumph of Alvaro Uribe Velez in the Colombian presidential elections, there are certain issues that are not being discussed, even though they have everything to do with the elections.

Znet Article Suarez: Five Facts about April 11

Znet Article, June, 02 2002 Roldan tomasz Suarez
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I would like to point out a series of facts about the current situation in Venezuela that are just as valid for times to come. They are pillars on which we must base our political opinions and actions, as well as shields to protect ourselves from ...

Commentary Prashad: The Troika of Imperialism, Petro-Sheikhs and Dissident Jihadis: On Tariq Ali.

Commentary, June, 01 2002 Vijay Prashad
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Michael Berube, an English professor at Penn State University, has become quite a fixture in the Chronicle of Higher Education. In a recent article ("Ali vs. Hitchens: Battle on the Left," 3 May), Berube tells us that he studies conflicts within t...

Znet Article Gordon: The Caterpillar Effect

Znet Article, June, 01 2002 Neve Gordon
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“This is the first time that bulldozers have determined the outcome of a war,” L., one of the Palestinian fighters from the Jenin refugee camp was recently quoted in the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot. The officer in charge of the m...

Znet Article Healy: Angola The Crisis You Aren't Hearing About

Znet Article, June, 01 2002 Sean Healy
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Angola The Crisis You Aren't Hearing About

Commentary Herman: Media Protect Bush On 9/11 Security Failure

Commentary, May, 31 2002 Edward Herman
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The successful terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, represented a spectacular failure of the U.S. national security establishment. But from the very beginning there was very little media interest in examining that failure, although the attack i...

Znet Article Kissenger: Alan Dershowitz And Torture

Znet Article, May, 31 2002 C. clark Kissenger
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In early November controversy irrupted on the internet over Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz’s proposal to legalize torture in the United States to extract information from terrorism suspects. So when Dershowitz appeared on January 27...

Znet Article Frank: Blowback and Fallout

Znet Article, May, 31 2002 Andre gunder Frank
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The present threat of nuclear war between Pakistan and India is the direct responsibility of irresponsible provocation by the Bush Administration. Whatever were the remote and immediate causes of previous Indo-Pakistani wars over Kashmir, the pres...

Znet Article Giacaman: Shattered Lives

Znet Article, May, 31 2002 Rita Giacaman
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Following is a brief statistical report on the daily life, health and environmental conditions of families living under curfew and in fear and in danger, during the latest Israeli invasion of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, two towns with separat...

Znet Article Turnipseed: Sex Among The Sacred

Znet Article, May, 31 2002 Tom Turnipseed
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An evolving sex scandal involving dozens of Roman Catholic priests and their often young parishioners has the media focusing on sexual predators concealed for decades within religious institutions. Complete with cover-ups by higher-ups, the distur...

Znet Article Bacon: Teaching Peace in a Time of War

Znet Article, May, 31 2002 David Bacon
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA (5/28/02) -- On Sunday, Colombian voters elected President the former mayor of Medellin, Alvaro Uribe. The candidate of the right, Uribe has long-standing ties to the paramilitaries, who are accused of the worst of the human righ...

Znet Article Edwards: East Timor And The British Press

Znet Article, May, 31 2002 David Edwards
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The emergence of an independent East Timor on May 20 this year provided a good example of how the British 'free press' cover up Western crimes. Many reports, though not all, mentioned that around 200,000 East Timorese - a quarter of the population...

Commentary Reinhart: The Voiceless Majority

Commentary, May, 30 2002 Tanya Reinhart
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Yediot Aharonot, May 21, 2002: To judge by the polls, the political system in Israel is very far from representing the positions of the majority in Israeli society. For several months the polls have shown a 60% majority or more in favor of dismant...

Znet Article Pilger: How Britain's Armaments Fuel War And Poverty

Znet Article, May, 30 2002 John Pilger
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With nuclear powers India and Pakistan on the edge of war, the role of the Blair government in fuelling the conflict has been critical. In the year 2000, the Government approved nearly 700 export licences for weapons and military equipment to both...

Znet Article Podur: Prepare for 4 years of the Uribe Model

Znet Article, May, 30 2002 Justin Podur
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"A dignified President, doctor Alvaro Uribe Velez, has been elected conclusively and consciously in the first round, by and for a Fatherland that wants to make itself peaceful and to grow in solidarity." -- Salvatore Mancuso, Commander of the Auto...

Commentary Healy: Angola: The Crisis You Aren't Hearing About

Commentary, May, 29 2002 Sean Healy
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Out of sight of the world, a humanitarian crisis of enormous proportions is unfolding in Angola, as perhaps hundreds of thousands of people flee the "grey zones", the 90% of the country which have until now been closed to outsiders, including huma...

Znet Article Lucas: The Dishounarable Policeman Of The Left

Znet Article, May, 29 2002 Scott Lucas
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It was a sudden, devastating attack. The perpetrator struck mercilessly, leaving no time for a considered response. When he had finished, the "left" was in ruins. "I have no hesitation in describing this mentality, carefully and without heat," the...

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