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Tsunami warning system could have saved lives

January 14, 2005

It is now estimated that more than 150,000 people were killed in the Dec. 26 South Asian tsunami, and the numbers are still rising. Though nothing can stop such a natural disaster, there is substantial evidence...

Google News puts PWW on top

January 14, 2005

Online news hounds clicked with fury to the People’s Weekly World web site last Friday, Jan. 7, to read Tim Wheeler’s story “Memo reveals Bush OK’d torture,” which appeared as the top U.S. news story on...

Turn your back on Bush

January 14, 2005

Want to send President Bush a message during his inauguration? You can turn your back. That’s right. Simple. No signs needed.

Russian oil titan auctioned off for taxes

January 7, 2005

NewsAnalysis HOUSTON — The most important subsidiary of the Russian oil company Yukos was auctioned off on Dec. 19 to a little-known company, BaikalFinansGroup, for failure to pay its tax bills. According to the New York...

Jim Moore, press builder, dies at 100

January 7, 2005

BERKELEY, Calif. — Jim Moore wanted with all his heart to make it to his 100th birthday. Friends and family brought him cards and flowers Nov. 8 at Berkeley’s Alta Bates Hospital to help him celebrate...