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Znet Article Dabashi: Lolita and Beyond

Znet Article, August, 04 2006 Hamid Dabashi
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Foaad Khosmood: You recently published a strongly worded article in Al-Ahram weekly (June 1-7, 2006) devoted almost entirely to deconstructing Azar Nafisi’s “Reading Lolita in Tehran.” While you acknowledge the legitimate s...

Znet Article Hefny: Rosy-Fingered Dawn

Znet Article, August, 04 2006 Mostafa Hefny
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He described them as heroes. He praised their premier as a man held in high esteem by him and the government he represents. But there was a caveat in this generous show of goodwill to the Lebanese people by the Israeli ambassador to the United Nat...

Znet Article Barahona: Reporters Without Borders and Washington's Coups

Znet Article, August, 02 2006 Diana Barahona
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British press baron Lord Northcliff said, "News is something that someone, somewhere wants to keep secret, everything else is advertising." If this is true, then U.S. government funding of Reporters Without Borders must be news, because the organi...

Znet Article Raina: Gujarat 2006— Same But Not the Same

Znet Article, August, 02 2006 Badri Raina
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It would be a grave miscalculation for the Indian State as well aswell-meaning secular and peace-loving Indians to be taken in by Narendra Modi’s seemingly conciliatory visit to the scene of the last round of violence  in Vadodra (in the m...

Znet Article Safty: The Origins of the Present American Unilateralism

Znet Article, August, 02 2006 Adel Safty
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US President Bush justified the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and his support for the Israeli war against Lebanon and the Palestinian people in terms of his so-called war on terror. Observers and commentators usually describe the current confro...

Znet Article Ray: Omission vs. Repitition

Znet Article, August, 02 2006 Kaminer Ray
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“Israel didn’t start this war.  Hezbollah did.”  -- New Mexico Governor and former UN Ambassador Bill Richardson This is the stark framing of the current war between Israel and Lebanon that remains unquestioned.  The US sp...

Znet Article Zibechi: Paraguay

Znet Article, August, 02 2006 Raúl Zibechi
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 The Pentagon seems to have understood the risks posed to the continuity of United States dominance by social movements in Latin America. The option of militarizing societies serves two aims : it guarantees control of natural resources and protect...

Znet Article Beeton: What the World Bank and IDB Owe Haiti

Znet Article, August, 02 2006 Dan Beeton
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  For several years Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has been left out of the World Bank’s “Heavily Indebted Poor Country” (HIPC) debt relief initiative. At last, Haiti may soon see some of its IMF and...

Znet Article Mokhiber: Signs Of The Times

Znet Article, July, 31 2006 Russell Mokhiber
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Using a statistical lens, two just-released books shed light on the ravages of corporate globalization. Vital Signs 2006-2007 from the Washington, D.C.-based WorldWatch Institute contends that "the health of the global economy and the stability o...

Znet Article Lendman: US - Israeli UN Resolution Hypocrisy

Znet Article, July, 31 2006 Stephen Lendman
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Two nations stand out above all others as notorious serial abusers of UN resolutions - the US and Israel. Over the last half century, the US has used its Security Council veto many dozens of times to prevent any resolutions from passing condemning...

Znet Article Edalat: Wake Up Call to Iranian Communities Around the World

Znet Article, July, 31 2006 Abbas Edalat
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By Abbas Edalat, Foaad Khoshmood, Shahram Mostarshed, Daniel M Pourkesali, Rostam Pourzal, Nader Sadeghi, Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, Massy Homayouni, 31 July 2006 The horrific US and UK supported war waged by Israel against Lebanon under the pretext...

Znet Article Varadarajan: Beware the 'new order' Israel is imposing

Znet Article, July, 31 2006 Siddharth Varadarajan
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ON JULY 28, 1989, a detachment of heavily armed Israeli commandos descended upon the southern Lebanese village of Jibchit. The time was 2 a.m. They burst into the home of Sheikh Abdul Karim Obeid, leader of the Hizbollah militia, beat up his wife,...

Znet Article Cook: Why do they hate us? Listen to Qana (again)

Znet Article, July, 31 2006 Jonathan Cook
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The crowds in Beirut last year demanding a Cedar Revolution, “the first shoots of democracy” supposedly planted by the United States, are a distant memory. Yesterday we saw in their place the fury of Lebanon directed against the ca...

Znet Article Sagar: Israel as Future of the Globe?

Znet Article, July, 31 2006 Satya Sagar
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For all those who think that Israel is run by the most despicable, racist and repressive regime in the world here is some very bad news indeed. Not only are the Israeli state and its ruthless methods here to stay they could also be, very frighte...

Znet Article Mishra: Rising Prices, Fearful People in India

Znet Article, July, 31 2006 Girish Mishra
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For quite some months, the prices of goods and services, especially of mass consumption, have been increasing relentlessly. On July 3, the prices of petroleum products were increased by 25 to 30 per cent. This has added fuel to the fire and aggrav...

Znet Article Edwards: Demolishing Lebanon

Znet Article, July, 30 2006 David Edwards
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Part One In launching an emergency appeal for aid on July 24, the United Nations estimated that the lives of 800,000 Lebanese civilians have been disrupted by Israeli bombing. Hundreds of bridges and virtually all road networks have been systemat...

Znet Article Nassif-debs: 14 Days

Znet Article, July, 28 2006 Marie Nassif-debs
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The causes and objectives of the bloody Israeli aggression against Lebanon Only international solidarity will stop the bloodbath Lebanon, the whole of Lebanon, has been burning and bleeding for the past 14 days, without the United Nations or the ...

Znet Article Cook: The lies Israel tells itself (and we tell on its behalf)

Znet Article, July, 28 2006 Jonathan Cook
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When journalists use the word “apparently”, or another favourite “reportedly”, they are usually distancing themselves from an event or an interpretation in the supposed interests of balance. But I think we should re...

Znet Article Galeano: How Much Longer?

Znet Article, July, 28 2006 Eduardo Galeano
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 07/28/06 "IPS" -- - One country bombed two countries. Such impunity might astound were it not business as usual. In response to the few timid protests from the international community, Israel said mistakes were made.How much longer will horrors b...

Znet Article Fisk: On a Red Cross mission of mercy when Israeli air force came calling

Znet Article, July, 28 2006 Robert Fisk
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07/28/06 "The Independent" -- -- It was supposed to be a routine trip across the Lebanese killing fields for the brave men and women of the International Red Cross. Sylvie Thoral was the "team leader" of our two vehicles, a 38-year-old Frenchwoman...

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