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International notes

August 22, 2003

Swaziland: Protesters demand democracy Swazi demonstrators and their South African supporters wound up four days of protests for democracy and human rights Aug. 15 with a joint rally at the Oshoek border post between the two...

Soldier Sal is safe so far

August 15, 2003

Sal, a young Texas soldier in Iraq, writes to let us know that he is OK. Hi Jim, Just a letter to let everyone know I am OK. Nothing bad happened. Before I left on the...

International notes

August 15, 2003

Iraq: Protest of fuel & power shortages Protests continued early this week in Basra, the country’s largest city, and the surrounding area against prolonged shortages of electricity and gasoline that are making life miserable in the...

Bushs Senegal visit uncensored

August 15, 2003

The following is an abridged e-mail sent by a Senegalese woman and health activist to friends. It gives an uncensored view of George W. Bush’s Africa visit. DAKAR, Senegal – [Bush’s] visit has been such an...

War theater of the absurd

August 7, 2003

Opinion According to Senator John Warner (R-Va.), the new Pentagon “terrorism futures market” will be “immediately disestablished.” This is a reassuring thought, given the idiocy and ridiculousness of the idea in the first place. The Pentagon...