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Znet Article Feijoo: A Latin American Report on the WSF (I)

Znet Article, February, 22 2002 Cristina Feijoo
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Brazil: the world’s most inequitable country It needn't be said that Brazil is a wonderful country, with its 4,000 kilometers of beaches, its tropical forests--the Amazonian region being the largest biological reserve in the world--and a g...

Znet Article Association: The Preprogrammed War Has Started

Znet Article, February, 22 2002 Liz atherton, colombia peace Association
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On the night of Wednesday 20 February 2002, President Andres Pastrana announced for the second time in less than two months the end of the peace process with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). However, his latest declaration to the...

Commentary Gonsalves: Why Black History Month?

Commentary, February, 21 2002 Sean Gonsalves
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The idea was first envisioned by a man recognized as ÒThe Father of Negro HistoryÓ Ð Carter G. Woodson.

Znet Article Frontiers: MSF report: Alarming food crisis in northern Afghanistan

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Medicine without Frontiers
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A recent assessment of the population in the Sar-e-Pol camp in Afghanistan shows a dramatic situation. There are more children are in feeding centres than ever before. The number of severely malnourished have increased. Mortality rates have double...

Znet Article Hensman: TO THE BRINK OF NUCLEAR WAR:THE DEADLY FALLOUT OF U.S. TERRORIST ATTACKS ON AFGHANISTAN

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Rohini Hensman
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Defining Terrorism What are we talking about? I’ve said it before, but it bears repetition, given the way political leaders constantly come out with bombastic tautologies, such as ‘Terrorism is terrorism,’ in order to conc...

Znet Article Press: Colombia Breaks Off Peace Process

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Associated Press
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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- President Andres Pastrana broke off the peace process with leftist rebels Wednesday night, hours after the guerrillas hijacked a jetliner and kidnapped a prominent senator. In a nationally televised address, Pastrana gave ...

Znet Article Nesmith: Colombia Attacks Rebel Territory

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Susannah a. Nesmith
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Colombia Attacks Rebel Territory By SUSANNAH A. NESMITH, Associated Press Writer BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - The Colombian military began aerial bombardment of a vast rebel territory early Thursday, following the president's decision to cancel peace t...

Znet Article Solomon et al: Media lapdogs

Znet Article, February, 21 2002 Solomon et al
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"CIRCUS DOGS jump when the trainer cracks the whip," wrote British author George Orwell, "but the really well-trained dog is the one that turns somersaults when there is no whip." And to think that Orwell wrote that without ever having seen "NBC N...

Commentary Burchill: Australia and Indonesia Reach an Understanding

Commentary, February, 20 2002 Scott Burchill
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The surprise decision by the Indonesian Government to propose a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australia for combating international terrorism, is one of the cleverest diplomatic initiatives ever made in South East Asia.

Znet Article Burbach: The Argentine Rebellion

Znet Article, February, 20 2002 Roger Burbach
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By Argentina is erupting in an unprecedented social upheaval that could pose a new threat to the international financial system and transform the country's politics. With an international debt of $140 billion Argentina is the first country in yea...

Znet Article Chin: Enron: Ultimate agent of the American empire

Znet Article, February, 20 2002 Larry Chin
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  February 1, 2002 In portraying Enron as a "scandal," and as an isolated case of overheated capitalism and "unusual political influence," the American corporate media and congressional investigators are studiously avoiding the truth: Enron, ...

Znet Article Fisk: Europe Must Stop Parroting The US Script In The Middle East

Znet Article, February, 20 2002 Robert Fisk
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While President George Bush rabbits on about the "axis of evil" and his "crusade" against "terror", a real tragedy is about to interfere with his mythic struggle against America's enemies. It's about a place called Palestine. And a place called Is...

Znet Article Cromwell: MEDIA ALERT: BBC DIRECTOR-GENERAL GIVEN AN EASY RIDE BY THE INDEPENDENT

Znet Article, February, 20 2002 Cromwell
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Regular readers of Media Lens Media Alerts will be aware of our recent criticism of the BBC and ITN for failing to highlight both Western war crimes and responsibility for the mass starvation of Afghan civilians. By now, an estimated 5,000 civilia...

Commentary Choudry: To Beard Or Not To Beard – That’s Not The Question

Commentary, February, 19 2002 Aziz Choudry
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Now that we’re all supposed to be Americans as the fight against “the evil ones” expands, a recent incident has reminded me that some of us, wherever we may live, are just, as George Bush said recently, “Pakisâ̈́...

Commentary Choudry: To Beard Or Not To Beard Ð ThatÕs Not The Question

Commentary, February, 19 2002 Aziz Choudry
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Now that weÕre all supposed to be Americans as the fight against Òthe evil onesÓ expands, a recent incident has reminded me that some of us, wherever we may live, are just, as George Bush said recently, ÒPakisÓ.

Znet Article Scheer: Making Money, the Bush Way

Znet Article, February, 19 2002 Robert Scheer
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You have to hand it to George Bush the senior for hustle. Back in 1998, he took at least $80,000 in stock from Global Crossing in return for speaking for the company in Tokyo. The payment was made as the company was about to go public and the stoc...

Znet Article Fair: Pentagon Propaganda Plan Is Undemocratic, Possibly Illegal

Znet Article, February, 19 2002 Fair
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The New York Times reported today that the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Influence is "developing plans to provide news items, possibly even false ones, to foreign media organizations" in an effort "to influence public sentiment and policy makers...

Znet Article Chomsky: Sustainer Forum Reply

Znet Article, February, 19 2002 Noam Chomsky
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On the Times article, I understood it differently. The tone was set in the first paragraph: a remote section of Afghanistan, where people could hear on the radio that in the rest of the country everyone was celebrating their liberation and the gif...

Znet Article Sutherland: No more Mr Scrupulous Guy

Znet Article, February, 19 2002 John Sutherland
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Last Wednesday something strange happened. The American population was instructed to panic. Place themselves, that is, on a state of highest vigilance. Some cataclysmic act of terrorism would happen - within hours. But nothing terrible happened. S...

Znet Article Irlandesa): Original Cocopa Law resubmitted to Congress

Znet Article, February, 19 2002 Ciro perez silva (translated by Irlandesa)
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Six years and two days after the San Andres Accords were signed, 168 deputies representing all the political parties, except for the PAN, once again presented the program known as the Cocopa Law on indigenous rights and culture in San Lazaro, in o...

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