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Irish leader tells of post-9/11 nightmare

April 3, 2003

Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is a legendary figure in Irish and British politics. She is a hero of the jobless in Northern Ireland. McAliskey became a member of British Parliament at age 21, the youngest person ever...

Iraq war forces Indian workers home

April 3, 2003

TRIVANDRUM, India – Airports all over India are now overflowing with workers returning from the Middle East. Every day thousands of Indians are coming back, leaving their life-long earnings and their dreams of a better life...

Profiting from a liberated Iraq

March 28, 2003

While U.S. war aims are couched in terms of “liberating” Iraq, the Bush administration is already divvying up the spoils of war. Long before troops moved into Iraq – even before Bush put forward his 48-hour...

Letters

March 28, 2003

Hope for the Iraqi people Each day when I have the stomach to listen to the news I find myself hoping to hear that Bush and co. have come to their senses and stopped the slaughter....

Editorials

March 28, 2003

Protecting veterans “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also,” says the gospel of St. Luke. The Bush administration’s heart appears to be more in the tax cuts and multi-billion dollar war contracts...