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Bush retreat fails to silence demand: Close Guantanamo!

July 13, 2006

WASHINGTON — Fighters for justice and peace greeted a Pentagon memo asserting that 1,000 or more detainees at secret U.S. military prisons around the world are protected by the Geneva Conventions. They called for the closing...

Rulings in favor of American Indians called biased

July 13, 2006

Government gets judge removed from federal trust fund case. WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth was removed Tuesday from a 10-year-old lawsuit in which thousands of American Indians claim the government mismanaged billions of...

U2s Bono Backs Insidious Propaganda: Videogame With Venezuela Invasion Theme

July 8, 2006

WASHINGTON D.C. - U2’s Bono, well recognized for his campaigns to reduce poverty and treat AIDS in Africa is backing a videogame which promotes the invasion and destruction of Venezuela in order to check “a power...

Washington Post Questions Legitimacy of Hugo Chavez

July 8, 2006 By Venezuela Information Office

The Washington Post ran a misleading Editorial June 28 arguing that Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez may not be a “legitimate democratic politician.” After countless elections and a recall referendum, the fact that this debate is still...

Tell Congress to Stop the War on Birth Control

July 7, 2006

Birth control. It’s used by 98 percent of American women. It’s healthy, safe, and effective. It reduces the number of abortions. It’s basic health care. We can all agree on that much, right? Apparently not. Leaders...