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Gaza suffers under Israeli lockdown

September 22, 2006

The Gaza Strip has nearly disappeared from the news since July when the Israeli assault on Lebanon began, but there is reason to believe the 1.4 million Palestinians effectively locked down in that tiny piece of...

U.S.-backed regime in Haiti committed crimes

September 22, 2006

An article in a prestigious British medical journal reveals that forces linked to Haiti’s previous U.S.-imposed interim government were responsible for widespread murder and rape. The Lancet study, titled “Human rights abuse and other criminal violations...

Black clergy demand justice for Arellano

September 22, 2006

African American clergy held a press conference Aug. 24 at the Adalberto United Methodist Church in Chicago to express their solidarity with Elvira Arellano, left, who has taken sanctuary there. Arellano is defying a deportation order...

Ohio lawmaker latest in GOP trail of corruption

September 22, 2006

Six-term Congressman Bob Ney became the latest Republican crook to bite the dust when he agreed last week to plead guilty to sweeping federal corruption charges and face a 27-month prison term. Ney, who represents Ohio’s...

Calif. greenhouse gas bill draws praise, cautions

September 22, 2006

As it wrapped up its session late last month, the Democratic Party-led California Legislature reached an agreement with Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on the first-ever state measure to cut global warming by limiting emissions of carbon...