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  • International Criminal Court to open

    International Criminal Court to open

    February 14, 2003

    The International Criminal Court (ICC) will begin operations on March 11, despite the Bush administration’s worst fears. Under the Clinton administration the United States had signed the Rome Statute, which formally began preparations for the formation...

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  • So. Africans act for peace

    So. Africans act for peace

    February 14, 2003

    South Africa’s Stop the War Campaign – a broad alliance of organizations from different sectors of South African society – has launched a ten-day period of intense anti-war activity aimed at bringing the maximum number of...

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  • Secret plan surfaces for Patriot Act II

    Secret plan surfaces for Patriot Act II

    February 14, 2003

    Civil libertarians are reacting with shock to a draft of new legislation being circulated in the Bush administration which, if passed, would radically reduce the Constitutional rights of everyone, citizen and non-citizen alike. It would also...

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  • Will history repeat itself? An interview with Ryo Kumasaka

    Will history repeat itself? An interview with Ryo Kumasaka

    February 14, 2003 By Fred Gaboury

    Ryo Kumasaka was playing touch football in a nearby playground on December 7, 1941, when he heard Japanese planes had bombed Pearl Harbor.

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    February 14, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    MIAMI, Fla.: Peace warms Freedom Torch Students joined “Grandmas for Peace” for a rally at the Freedom Torch plaza downtown demanding no war with Iraq. Hundreds of residents assembled protesting the Bush administration war policy.

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