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- Syria says it has stopped military and intelligence co-operation with the US.
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday his government was interested in nuclear energy and could start talks with Iranian partners to study possible atomic and solar power projects.
- Brazilian landless farmers are heading home battle-scarred but victorious after their epic 238km journey to the capital and an audience with the president in their bid for agrarian reform. - Laura Bush was mobbed by angry Palestinians on a trip to Israel. One man yelled "How dare you come in here! Why your husband kill Muslim?". As she left, visitors and media grew so aggressive that Israeli police locked arms to form a human chain and pushed by Israeli media and protesters who got to close. U.S. Secret Service agents packed tightly around her.
- Another fake document produced by the US government. Rebel MP George Galloway’s Respect Party claimed today that evidence that he profited from Saddam Hussein’s regime was forged. Mr Galloway’s name had been pasted on to a list of people and companies alleged to have made money out of the Oil For Food programme. His name appeared in a different typeface to other words on the same line, the print was lighter in colour and Respect suggested it had been stuck on and then the page re-photocopied.
- Haitian dissidents find themselves the targets of massive repression. The repression that has already killed 10,000 people must end immediately.
- The Minister of Health, Dr. Thohni Al Wuheidi, asserted that the Israeli authorities have buried 80 tons of Nuclear waste near the city of Nablus. Dr. Al Wuheidi noted that this would affect the environment, and pollute the aquifer water with radiation, confirming previous warnings of Dr. Yousef Abu Safiyya, the head of Environment Quality Authority, who condemned the Israeli violations of the environment in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt).
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that if he is assassinated, his government has a contingency plan to prevent his enemies from taking control of the world's No. 5 oil exporter. "Some people might want to kill me, but they don't dare ... because if they did, they fear what would happen the next day," the Venezuelan leader said in a television broadcast. - Thousands of protesters in Bolivia have marched through the main city of La Paz to pressure the president to toughen a controversial new energy bill. - Australia has succeeded in having Timor drop its claim of sovereignty over key resource-rich areas of the Timor Sea for two generations; by which time the oil and gas fields in the area will be commercially exhausted.
- Myanmar on Sunday charged the USA with being behind the May 7 deadly bombing incident in Yangon. - The Israeli air force is sending 10 F-16 fighter jets and about 150 air crew to participate in major war games in Alberta later this month. - Government admits hand in veteran's Agent Orange death.
- A senior Chinese diplomat on Thursday accused the Bush administration of undermining efforts to revive negotiations with the North Korean government and said there was "no solid evidence" that North Korea was preparing to test a nuclear weapon.
- Georgia asked Saturday for calm negotiations over the withdrawal of two Soviet-era bases as Moscow threatened retaliation if services were cut to the facilities -- something Georgia's parliament threatened to do earlier this year.
- Saudi Arabia has crafted a plan to protect itself from a possible invasion or internal attack. It includes the use of a series of explosives, including radioactive 'dirty bombs,' that would cripple Saudi Arabian oil production and distribution systems for decades.
- A former British military official has backed a sensational claim that the Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, was torpedoed by US forces in August 2000. - Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, says that he has reliable information that the United States is sheltering Cuban-born terrorist Luis Posada Carriles. The Venezuelan leader has demanded a response to the extradition request presented by Caracas.
- US aid to Palestinians goes to checkpoints, Zionist organization.
- 'I feel like I got hit with a bullet.' She told us that she realized that 'it wasn't me who had been shot,' as her boy lay limp and lifeless beside her, his 'blood and brain matter were sliding down my arm.'
- At the outset of Bush's second term, Vice President Dick Cheney dropped a bombshell. He hinted, in no uncertain terms, that Iran was "right at the top of the list" of the rogue enemies of America, and that Israel would, so to speak, "be doing the bombing for us", without US military involvement and without us putting pressure on them 'to do it'.
- Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in comments apparently directed at the United States that the Islamic republic's nuclear programme was 'none of your business'.
- American International Trade Commission says Israel among world's major intellectual property violators. The Commission decided to blacklist Israel as one of 14 countries identified as serious infringers when it comes to the protection of intellectual property. - 10,000 Orthodox Jews who were protesting against the actual existence of the state of Israel. Behind them hung large posters showing the beating of Orthodox Jews by Israeli police while they were protesting the desecration of antiquated Jewish cemeteries which are in the path of a planned highway expansion.
- The Pentagon on Tuesday notified Congress of the possible sale of 5,000lb GBU-28 bombs, developed during the 1991 Gulf war to destroy Saddam Hussein's hardened command centers. Congress has 30 days to object.
- Runsfeld visits to Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan last week. Tthe very next day, the commander of NATO forces in Europe, General Johns, issued a statement in the local press saying that the U.S. planned to deploy military bases in the Caspian region in order to ensure regional security
- Melody Townsel was stationed in Kyrgyzstan on a US AID project. During her stay there, she became embroiled in a controversy in which John Bolton was a key player. She described the incident in a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee members who are reviewing the Bolton nomination.
- Israeli occupation forces in the southern Gaza Strip have resumed a controversial method of screening Palestinians travelling through the Rafah border crossing. - Four people were indicted Monday on murder charges in the death of Italian financier Roberto Calvi, a banker with close ties to the Vatican who was found hanging under a bridge in London in 1982, a defense attorney said.
- According to Bush and his neo-cons, "The emerging axis of subversion forming between Cuba and Venezuela must be confronted before it can undermine democracy in Colombia, Nicaragua, Bolivia, or another vulnerable neighbor."
- Will the Bush administration order the US military to attack Iran or Syria?
- Ariel Sharon’s military attache presented aerial photos of Iranian nuclear installations during the Israeli prime minister’s summit with US President George W. Bush, Israeli public radio reported on Tuesday.
- Residents of the tiny provincial capital of Saudi Arabia's northernmost province last week witnessed a grisly scene in the main public square: the corpses of three militants tied to poles, on top of which were placed their severed heads.
- When his image flashed on a huge outdooor TV screen, the multitude gathered for the funeral of Pope John Paul II had a pointedly unpleasant message to communicate to the U.S. president.
- Palestinians are furious over plans to dump 100,000 tonnes of refuse. Israel's plans to dump 10,000 tonnes of rubbish in the West Bank each month may damage Palestinians’ water supplies and some of their most fertile olive-growing land. - In Chile, a football stadium in Santiago was turned into a killing field when thousands of trade unionists were herded into it and many executed. Is the USA planning to repeat this in Venezuala?
- Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's conservative coalition suffered a staggering setback in local elections on Monday, losing several regions. His center-right coalition had lost all but 2 of the 13 regions (of 20) where elections were held.
- Ariel Sharon, Israel's Prime Minister, has defied international and Palestinian objections to go ahead with a bitterly controversial plan to expand the largest Jewish settlement on the West Bank by 3,500 homes.
- Late last year, in the aftermath of the 2004 Presidential election, I was contacted by someone close to the Bush administration about the situation in Iraq. The Bush administration was keen on achieving some semblance of stability in Iraq before June 2005. When I asked why that date, the source dropped the bombshell: because that was when the Pentagon was told to be prepared to launch a massive aerial attack against Iran.
- A tsunami of biblical proportions roars out of the Indian Ocean, kills up to 300,000 and prompts the public to empty their pockets like never before as media coverage goes into overdrive. In contrast, war in Democratic Republic of Congo kills nearly 4 million and leaves thousands traumatised by rape and machete massacres, yet hardly registers in the global media. - Letter from 59 former envoys implores the Senate not to confirm John Bolton as ambassador to the UN.
- The United States is beefing up its military presence in Afghanistan, at the same time encircling Iran. Washington will set up nine new bases in Afghanistan in the provinces of Helmand, Herat, Nimrouz, Balkh, Khost and Paktia.
- How can a leader of a country who instituted a program that has taught almost two million former illiterates to read and write within a year be called a tyrant? How can a leader of a country who incorporated land reform that has been a huge success be called evil? How can a leader of a country who has been instrumental in eradicating diseases that once ravaged the nation be called troublesome? By having the name of Hugo Chavez, that’s how.
- South Korean believe U.S. officials overstated the North's nuclear activities. The flap roughly parallels the disputes over Iraq.
- Iran may face naval blockade in Arabian Sea and "Island Occupation" issues - will there be a worldwide show of force?
- The USA has claimed that North Korea sent nuclear materials to Libya. What really happened was that North Korea sent material to Pakistan, not to Libya. It was Pakistan, the US's ally in the "war on terror", that gave this material to Libya, without North Korea's knowledge.
- The United States has charged that China continues to supply unconventional weaponry and dual-use technology to Iran, despite numerous appeals.
- As oil prices remain above $45 a barrel, a major market mover has cast a worrying future prediction. Energy investment banker Matthew Simmons, of Simmons & Co International, has been outspoken in his warnings about peak oil before. His new statement is his strongest yet, "we may have already passed peak oil". - Israel has drawn up secret plans for a combined air and ground attack on targets in Iran if US threats fail to halt the Iranian nuclear programme. - Washington is "hallucinating" if it thinks Iran will scrap its nuclear fuel production plans in return for economic incentives, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying Sunday. - Hundreds of thousands of people turned out for a Hizbollah rally against the United States on Sunday.
- The Bush administration came out in support of the coup. Chavez had antagonized the Bush regime by questioning the anti-terror strategy of the US and had traveled all over the world striking friendship with anti-US players including Saddam Hussein. Chavez also enraged Bush and Co. by openly praising Cuban President Fidel Castro, who has himself weathered a forty year-long campaign by the US to dislodge the communist rule from Havana.
- "Iran has every right, like many other countries, to develop its atomic energy, to continue their investigations in this field." Chavez said today in a televised speech from the presidential palace in Caracas.
- Lloyd Axworthy, former Canadian foreign minister, fires back at U.S. -- and Canadian -- critics of our Ballisitic Missle Defence decision in An Open Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
- Bolivian lawmakers unanimously rejected a resignation offer by President Carlos Mesa, granting crucial support to his government after days of street protests. Morales, a prominent insisted he had not been seeking the president's ouster but instead wanted a modification of the oil tax law.
- More than 2,000 supporters of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched through a slum in Haiti's capital Friday, accusing police of killing two men during a recent protest. "We are living a nightmare under this de facto government. All they do is kill Aristide supporters." - Hundreds of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese have flooded central Beirut for a pro-Syrian rally called by Hizb Allah. This rally dwarfed any previous anti-Syria protests.
- Venezuela will have no problems finding buyers for its oil if President Hugo Chavez halts exports to the United States if U.S. aggression against his country takes place, Venezuela's oil minister said Monday. - Evo Morales and the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), the country's second-largest force in Congress, leads a movement to pass a new energy law that would raise royalties paid by multinationals from 18 to 50 percent. Twenty-six companies including Total (France), Petrobras Brazil), British Gas (Britain), Exxon Mobil (US), Repsol (Spain) and Plus Petrol (Argentina) risk seeing their contracts in Bolivia cancelled if the law is passed.
- Johnson said he told the president: "Syria is the problem. Syria is where those weapons of mass destruction are, in my view. You know, I can fly an F-15, put two nukes on 'em and I'll make one pass. We won't have to worry about Syria anymore." - A $70 billion gas deal has brought Tehran and Beijing closer together. And
that could spell trouble for the U.S.
- The London mayor accused Israel of "ethnic cleansing" and said its prime minister should be imprisoned. He also accused Israel of demonising Muslims.
- Bush’s administration gave Israel the go-ahead to attack Syria in retaliation to Tel Aviv bombing that took place last weekend, killing 5 Israelis.
- Hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the streets here to celebrate the sharp break with the past. Until Dr. Vázquez, a Socialist, won a narrow victory in balloting, two traditional parties that had become increasingly difficult to distinguish from each other had alternated in power for more than 150 years.
- In South Africa, say the residents of Dainfern, it's no longer about colour - just money. Their money buys them a space in an idyllic carefree community protected by guards and a four-metre high electric fence. Their servants - all black - live in the slum next door. Christopher Hope asks if this is the future of his country - Red tape, inefficiency and nepotism mean that only one-fifth of international aid actually gets to the people who need it, aid agencies say.
- The United States has decided to resume training members of the Indonesian armed forces suspended since 1992, the State Department announced Saturday.
- Riggs Bank and two members of the bank's controlling Allbritton family yesterday agreed to pay $9 million to victims of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for the bank's role in concealing and spiriting Pinochet's money out of Britain in 1999. - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Beijing for an official visit that aims to bolster his country's oil deals with the Asian giant. Chavez appears to be seeking allies to help prevent US aggression.
- President Bush has reached a dead end in his foreign policy, but he has failed to recognise his quandary. His belief that the polite reception he received in Europe is a vindication of his previous adventures is a vestige of fantasy. - Russian soldier gets caught planting a bomb in an apartment complex in what appears to be an "Operation Gladio" fake terrorist bombing.
- Nearly two years after being shot in the face by Israeli soldiers, Chapel Hill activist Brian Avery is heading back today to argue before the Israeli Supreme Court that the accused assailants should be brought to justice.
- "The United States knows that I have a 70% (approval rating)," Chavez said. "And they know that I am unbeatable in the 2006 elections and that they cannot isolate us from our brother countries, despite their blackmail attempts." "If something happens to me, I blame the president of the United States," he said.
- Council on Foreign Relations sponsors a tri-national panel that is considering a raft of bold proposals for an integrated North America, including a continental customs union, single passport, monetary policies, integrated security policies, and a contiguous security perimeter. In other words the USA is considering incorporating Canada into its borders.
- A German citizen may have been kidnapped by American agents and illegally taken to Afghanistan. Now, German authorities are quietly investigating the case << < 16 17 18 19 > >>
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