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Bush fear campaign called shameful as Democrats demand troop pullout starting this year
September 8, 2006“Cheap spin, fear-mongering and deliberate mischaracterization of his critics.” “Shameful tactic.” “Close to delusional.” These were editorial reactions of newspapers across the “heartland” last week as President Bush and other administration officials launched a political offensive.
Read morePilgrimage for justice: Immigrant rights activists march to House Speakers doorstep
September 8, 2006BATAVIA, Ill. — Bearing American flags and pictures of Jesus and the Virgin Mary while marching to the beat of Korean drummers, some 400 immigrant workers, their families and supporters walked 50 miles from Chicago to...
Read moreStandoff continues in Oaxaca, Mexico
September 7, 2006After a brutal police attack against a radio and television station, a tense standoff continues in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, where striking teachers and popular organizations are demanding that right-wing Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz...
Read moreAWOL soldier surrenders at Cindy Sheehans protest camp
September 6, 2006KILLEEN, Texas (AP) — A year and a half after going AWOL before his second deployment to Iraq, a soldier surrendered at Fort Hood on Aug. 31 with a dozen war protesters by his side. Army...
Read moreRamifications of the Lebanon cease-fire a Palestinian view
September 1, 2006The end of the war in Lebanon will have a very strong effect on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. This effect goes over and beyond the general and always correct observation that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the continuing...
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