International
Emily Wachsmann went to Palestine
July 11, 2003Emily Wachsmann went to Palestine on July 1, but she didn’t want any advanced publicity. She plans to work four weeks with the International Solidarity Movement – an organization that asks “internationals” to aid the war-weary...
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Cuban doctors to treat Venezuelas poor
July 11, 2003Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that almost 1,000 Cuban doctors will begin to arrive this week to work in severely under-serviced and impoverished areas of the country. Venezuelan medics have refused to work in these areas....
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Israeli-Palestinian peace group formed
July 11, 2003TEL-AVIV – The founding conference of a new Israeli-Palestinian Joint Action Group for Peace (JAGP) took place on June 28 in Ramallah, the still-besieged seat of the Palestinian Authority in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Some 300...
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U.S. troops morale plummets in Iraq
July 11, 2003President Bush shocked many people last week when he responded to the increasing attacks on American troops in Iraq by saying, “My answer is, bring them on.” A day after his comic-book-style comment, 10 U.S. soldiers...
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White House lied to sell Iraq war
July 11, 2003The White House finally admitted this week that it played fast and loose with the truth in President Bush’s State of the Union address. Bush claimed the British government had discovered that Iraq attempted to obtain...
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