Peace

                
  • World Court holds hearings on Israeli wall

    World Court holds hearings on Israeli wall

    February 27, 2004

    Opening the oral hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the legal consequences of the Israeli government’s separation wall, Palestinian UN representative Nasser Kidwa said that the wall will render a two-state solution to...

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  • UN steps up role as Iraqis push for power

    UN steps up role as Iraqis push for power

    February 27, 2004 By Susan Webb

    United Nations election experts recently returned from Iraq told the UN Security Council this week a transfer of political power to an Iraqi government must happen by June 30, the previously agreed-upon deadline.

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  • Appealing for justice: the case of the Cuban 5

    Appealing for justice: the case of the Cuban 5

    February 27, 2004

    Although there is not a shred of evidence to suggest that Cuba sponsors terrorism or is developing biological weapons programs, there is a great deal of evidence linking Washington to the 40-year old terrorist network that...

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  • Students to demand Books not bombs

    Students to demand Books not bombs

    February 26, 2004

    The Bush administration has cut funds for education drastically in the past three years, resulting in school closures, tuition hikes, overcrowded classrooms, and thousands of campus layoffs. On Thursday, March 4, thousands of students on hundreds...

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  • The struggle to end the occupation of Iraq

    The struggle to end the occupation of Iraq

    February 20, 2004

    Opinion Progressive forces in Iraq, among which the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) plays a key role, suffered immense losses in dead and imprisoned under the right-wing Saddam Hussein dictatorship. Yet they always opposed any outside intervention...

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