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POLITICS: Anti-Bush Bandwagon Rolling, but Does it Matter?
Add the names of some of the most honoured ''brains'' in the United States to the rock & rollers and billionaires who have launched tours designed to beat President George W. Bush in November's election.AFRICA: Debt Dooms Development Goals – UN
Unless the debts of the poorest African nations are completely forgiven, those countries stand no chance of achieving the world's development goals by the target date of 2015, says a United Nations report released Thursday.POLITICS: Victims’ Lawyers Laud Abu Ghraib Reports
Lawyers of detainees allegedly abused at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison say two recently released U.S. reports strengthen their cases that employees working for private firms that supplied translators and interrogators for the military took part in the shocking abuses.POLITICS-U.S.: Protesters Next on FBI Lists
Sarah Bardwell did not get the names of the four FBI agents and two police officers who questioned her and her roommates late on the afternoon of Jul. 22 on the front porch of their house in Denver. ''We asked them for their names and they said they wouldn't give us their names because we wouldn't give them ours.''/ARTS WEEKLY/U.S.: Anti-Bush Musicians Hit the Road
In any other election year, having some of the biggest names in U.S. popular music sign up for a tour to defeat the incumbent president might provoke little more than yawns from all but the headline hungry media and the singers' most loyal fans.POLITICS-U.S.: Planning Protest in a Time of Terror
Recent terrorism alerts in New York City have not slowed plans there to protest the Republican National Convention (RNC) which is set to officially nominate George W Bush on Sep. 2 to run for president in November's U.S. elections.INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY: Genocide It Is
When the Belgian Defence Ministry earlier this year blamed North America for the world's worst ever genocide over its killing of millions of indigenous peoples, outrage at the claim spotlighted a topic that rarely enters the public realm but has long been accepted by many native Americans and their supporters.INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY: Genocide It Is
When the Belgian Defence Ministry earlier this year blamed North America for the world's worst ever genocide over its killing of millions of indigenous peoples, outrage at the claim spotlighted a topic that rarely enters the public realm but has long been accepted by many native Americans and their supporters.MEDIA-U.S.: Won’t Get Fooled Again?
When U.S. Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge stood in Washington last Sunday to warn that some of the country's largest banks were being targeted by al-Qaeda terrorists, the mass media splashed the news on front pages and television screens - despite recent well-known intelligence failures in the "war on terrorism."MEDIA-U.S.: Won’t Get Fooled Again?
When U.S. Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge stood in Washington last Sunday to warn that some of the country's largest banks were being targeted by al-Qaeda terrorists, the mass media splashed the news on front pages and television screens - despite recent well-known intelligence failures in the "war on terrorism."POLITICS: UK Activist Sees Opening in Iraq Failure
The failure of the UK/U.S.-led coalition to implant democracy in Iraq has prompted deep soul-searching in the British civil service and opened the door for progressive organisations to influence its policy, says one long-time activist.POLITICS: UK Activist Sees Opening in Iraq Failure
The failure of the UK/U.S.-led coalition to implant democracy in Iraq has prompted deep soul-searching in the British civil service and opened the door for progressive organisations to influence its policy, says one long-time activist.CORRUPTION: Canada Backs Firm Banned by World Bank
It is business as usual between Canadian government agencies and a local company barred from World Bank contracts after being convicted of bribery in Africa.DEVELOPMENT: 2015 Goals Eclipse Today’s Successes – Report
Instead of speculation about which countries will fail to achieve which of the world's development goals by 2015, Michael Clemens would like to hear more talk about the nations that are developing faster than any others in history.DEVELOPMENT: 2015 Goals Eclipse Today’s Successes – Report
Instead of speculation about which countries will fail to achieve which of the world's development goals by 2015, Michael Clemens would like to hear more talk about the nations that are developing faster than any others in history.AMERICAS SOCIAL FORUM: ‘Reality Tourists’ Go Beyond Classrooms
"Visit Otavalo (two hours north of Quito): indigenous political and cultural stronghold. Meet with indigenous organisations, visit polluting and labour abusing flower plantations, shop at the amazing Saturday market."LABOUR: T-Shirt Maker Must Resume Talks on Honduras Plant – Groups
Labour organisations are calling on one of North America's largest T-shirt makers to reverse its decision to close a factory in Honduras and resume talks over flawed working conditions in the plant that were detailed in recent inspections.RIGHTS: U.N. Genocide Expert Pledges Open Door, Open Mind
The United Nations first special adviser on the prevention of genocide says he will not be bound by a narrow definition of international law in carrying out his duty to alert the world to situations that could evolve into the extermination of peoples.SUDAN: Life no Better for World’s Most At-Risk People
The world's worst humanitarian crisis, in western Sudan's Darfur region, shows no sign of easing despite a number of high-profile delegations to the eastern African nation in recent weeks, says a senior aid worker who has just emerged from the area after four months.INDIGENOUS PEOPLES: U.S. Apology First Step Only – Tribal Leaders
Chief Brian Buchanan boarded a plane Tuesday in search of international advice on how to end a century-old dispute between his Indian tribe and the U.S. government, but he says he would still welcome an apology from Washington for the way it has treated indigenous people.RIGHTS: China Uses ‘War on Terror’ to Trample Muslim Minority
Another government has seized the opportunity presented by Washington's "war on terrorism" to justify human rights violations, says Amnesty International.China has detained tens of thousands of people in the northwest Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) since the Sep. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon.
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