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8/31

Chaos reigns as Saddam's plan unfolds

New Saddam Hussein, Letter To The Iraqi People And The Iraqi Resistance Movement: 6.14.03

The Saddam intifada: beginning July 27, 2003

A new theatre of Jihad?

Civilian War Deaths in Iraq

Rocket reaches space station

The Environmental Shell Game

WTO Votes To Bypass Patents on Medicines

Neo-Clown Circus

Americans ditch £10bn NHS project

Bombing a Major Setback for U.S.

Bush Appointee is a Bigot Disguised as a Scholar

Bush's Forest Plan Worse Than Fire

Deja Vu

Environmentalists Force Bush Administration To Admit Failure on Global Warming

Dr. Gerry Lower

Feds Urge Overturn of Calif. Air Law

Free-Market Broadcasting vs. the Marketplace of Ideas

Rehnquist May Be Key for Campaign Finance

The Grinch That Stole Labor Day: by Greg Palast

Unless The White House Abandons Its Fantasies, Civil War Will Consume The Iraqi Nation: Robert Fisk

Vacation Over, Bush Will Hit the Road to Talk Jobs

Africa

Egypt casts doubt on Nefertiti mummy discovery

Ethiopia 'at the verge of disaster'

Ivory Coast: Leader Seeks Candidates' Names

Liberia

Peace force drops in on isolated Buchanan

Senegal Soldiers Arrive in Liberia

Nigerian Shell workers on strike

Asia

Amrozi may be moved to island prison

Pakistan detains 26 Taliban in raid at seminary near Afghan border

Afghanistan

Dozens of Taliban Killed in Afghanistan

U.S. Jets Bomb of Taliban Positions Anew

US SOLDIER DIES IN AFGHANISTAN OPERATION

China

China, Hungary Issue Joint Statement

Genocide lawsuit against Jiang Zemin

Six-Point Consensus Reached at Six-party Talks

India

Suspected Islamic Militants Die in India

N. Korea

N. Korea Reverts to Stirring Nuke Tension

N. Korea Retreats From Further Talks on Weapons

Russia

Russian sub sinks with crew aboard

Russia Orders Halt to Submarine Towing

S Korea

Warns N. Korea on Nuke Tensions

Australia

ALP member pressured over underage brothel investigation

Australia's Oldest WWI Veteran Dies

Privacy concerns over 'health card'

Europe

EU Military Plans Face British Opposition

France

French president avoids criticism of US over failure to secure peace in Iraq

Minister Predicts More Heat Deaths

Netherlands plunges deeper into recession

Spain drops bid to extradite Argentines on abuse charges

Spain's Prime Minister chooses his successor

Revealed: How Kelly article set out case for war in Iraq

What Kelly really thought about the war in Iraq

The executioner

Mid East

Disorganized and Weak, but Not Ready to Surrender

Iraq

19 Arrested in Bombing of Mosque in Iraq

At Najaf Shrine, Lives Turned in Matter of a Moment

Bombing at Iraqi Shrine Appears Carefully Planned

"Death To America…Death To Israel," Hakim’s Mourners

History, religion, power: understanding Iraqi Shiites

Iraqi Council Makes Security Demands

Killing of Ayatollah Is Start of Iraqi Civil War

300,000 Iraqis Join March for Cleric

Iraqi shrine blast linked to UN attack

Protesting Inaction, Shiite Suspends Membership Of Council

Mid-East papers predict chaos after killing

New Dimension

US and Iraqis discuss creating militia force

US Struggles in 'Out of Control' Iraq, Experts Say

Kingdom

Kingdom, Morocco Call for Joint Efforts to Fight Terrorism

No Saudis Crossing Into Iraq, Asserts Naif

We Hope Al-Aqsa Will Return to Muslims: Fahd

Palestine/Israel

A Failed Israeli Society Collapses While Its Leaders Remain Silent

A True Palestinian Pragmatist

Israeli assassins kill hopes of peace for Palestinians

Palestinians Seek to Mediate Power Struggle

Two Hamas Militants Die in Israeli Attack

North America

Canada

Canadian economy declines in second quarter

Gay marriage issue spurs rift in Canada Parliament

Lone orca's injury in B.C. revives calls to return it to pod

President to address Pak community in US, Canada

CDC: West Nile doubles again in U.S.; more than 1,400 people infected

Conference to help U.S. Muslims discuss Islam

From Barrio To Contender For Governor

Greenspan defends Fed's 'baffling' tactics

South America

Argentina confronts its past

Brazil stocks up on economic hopes

Critics Say Mexico's Fox Broke Human Rights Vows

Former Colombian Candidate Seeks Rescue

Latin America Roundup

8/30

Army of One

Christian Zionism: Dispensationalism And The Roots Of Sectarian Theology

High incidence of sexual assault on US female cadets: Survey

Manslaughter Count Filed Against a Congressman

Officers' Sept. 11 Accounts: Catastrophe in the Details

UN prosecutor removed from Rwanda tribunal

World condemns Iraq attack

W.T.O. Settles Drug Pact for Poor Nations

Bush Crisis

Ashcroft to Defend Ban on Some Abortion Protests

Bush denounces Najaf blast

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Bush to meet Chirac on Sept 22

Cluster bombs shut out of arms fair

Every Arab Country Is In Danger

How neo-cons influence the Pentagon ...

Unless the White House abandons its fantasies, civil war will consume the Iraqi nation

US abandons African AIDS programme

U.S. Agents Crack Money Laundering Ring

US defence satellite launched

US, Israel creating vicious circles in Middle East

War Criminals Hire War Criminals to Hunt Down War Criminals

Africa

Congo

Diamonds that spell death

UN peacekeeping force to control DR Congo

Kenya: Over 50% children admitted, HIV/Aids positive

Liberia

Child Soldiers Await Disarmament

Joy erupts in Liberia's second city

Peacekeepers Visit Rebel-Held Liberian Port

Rwanda tries to heal its wounds

Asia

Six injured in gun battle in Kashmir

The spoiling of Shangri-la

US captures Thai terror suspects

Afghanistan

Fierce Fighting Continues in Afghanistan

Suspected Taleban Fighters Kill 3 Afghan Soldiers

China takes lead in Korea talks

India

Explosives found at New Delhi railway station

Of human freedom and well-being

N. Korea

North Korea Says It Is Against More Talks

Japan: Campaign to dethrone Koizumi wavering

Russia

2 Die When Russian Nuclear Submarine Sinks

Putin: Russian Ties With Europe Important

Australia

Health walk-out futile

Vietnam gunners furious with official history

Europe

Austria: Hints: Try again in PM's probe

France

Chirac calls for Iraqi sovereignty

11,435 died in France's heat wave

Germany

Fischer calls for Muslim states’ role in Iraq

Sales fall in 'fragile' Germany as EU inflation rises

Union boss raps Schroeder plan

Spain: PM refuses torture extradition

'Blair is not yet in the clear'

British Muslims Against Eulogizing 9/11 Hijackers

Three held under anti-terror laws after Dover alert

Mid East

Should I stay or should I go? Youth face tough choices over emigration

Cairo bans anti-torture forum

Jordan upholds laws giving women more rights

Iraq

Calls for vengeance as Iraq's Shias mourn their dead

Car explodes near main UK army base in Iraq

Four Men Arrested in Mosque Bombing

GIs Use Farm Raid to Train Iraqi Police

International financial consortium to run Iraqi trade bank

Iraq Guerrillas Kill U.S. Soldier in Convoy Ambush

Iraq reels, US wonders what to do to stop attacks

Iraqi Refugees to Go Home Tomorrow

Is Iraq becoming a new Afghanistan?

Kurdish deputy security chief killed by Ansar al-Islam

Leading Shiite cleric among at least 17 killed in Iraq car bomb blast

Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim

Car Bomb in Iraq Kills 95 at Shiite Mosque

At least 82 killed, 229 hurt in Najaf car bomb blast: doctors

Photos of the scene

Hakim: We want Iraqi people to govern themselves

Hakim's Death Fuels Anti-Occupation Sentiments

Religious Violence Feared With Cleric's Death

Thousands gather in Najaf ahead of some 126 funerals

UN to reduce staff in Iraq to 50 from 400

Palestine/Israel

Come clean or go home

DFLP calls for full rights for Palestinians here

Inside Sharon's putsch

Palestinians protest the 'apartheid wall'

Pessimists see no way out of Palestinian-Israeli crisis without a bloodbath

U.S. pressing Arafat to avoid interfering with Abbas gov't

Syria

On the Syrian- Iraqi agreement to provide Ninawa with energy

US congress delegation in Damascus continues what Djerjian had started

Turkey: Erdogan favours troops for Iraq amid protest

North America

Canada

20th man suspected of Al Qaeda ties arrested: CBC

26 new West Nile cases surface in Saskatchewan

Call for ministers to resign

Canada loses trade ruling on wheat exports to U.S.

Ontario couldn't prevent blackout, IMO says

Tories on $2.4B pre-vote spending spree

Greenspan Argues Against Strict Rules for Fed

Money Flowing Past Loopholes in Recall Race

Public College Tuition Increases Prompt Concern and Legislation

Sen. Clinton rejects ’04 presidential bid

South America

Peru's shame at rebel war that claimed 69,000 lives

8/29

Alastair Campbell resigns

America's War On Terrorism: Federation of American Scientists

Canadian Dissident

COMPUTER VIRUS REVOKES CIVIL RIGHTS: Greg Palast

Digital Human

Electronic Privacy Information Center

Global Political and Security Risk Analysis

Kerry Outlines Tax, Economic Proposals

The Complete 9/11 Timeline

Torture at the push of a button

UN News Centre

New Rwanda prosecutor named

UN envoy for Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello laid to rest in Geneva

World cheap drugs deal delayed

WWF warns of threat to hippo

Bush Madness

An Open Letter To President George W. Bush

Ashcroft Taking Fire From GOP Stalwarts

Chalabi group rules out more U.S. troops

Economy Grew At 3.1% Rate In 2nd Quarter : Governments have long realized that war boosts the economy so don't be deceived by the numbers. The money is not going into your pockets (see: Halliburton's Deals Greater Than Thought )

EPA Backs Away From Issue of Auto Emissions

Family of soldier displaying outrage toward president

GAO's Final Energy Task Force Report Reveals that the Vice President Made A False Statement to Congress

Governor Jeb Bush Sends Lawyers to Represent a Fetus

Halliburton and Bechtel win more deals

India and USA fall out over Iraq

Poll: Iraq war makes U.S. less safe

Rice Says U.S. Has No Imperial Ambitions

The military’s classic putsch

US pushes ahead with homeland missile shield

White House Alters Webpages About Iraq Combat

Africa

Algeria: Conjunctivitis outbreak

Liberia: Rape and Despair Turn Girls Into Armed Fighters

More troops for Liberia

Moroccan king targets slums

Togo's leader 'not ill in Italy'

Asia

Afghan refugee camps to close

Papua violence continues

Taliban giving tough time to US, Afghan govt

Trading women in East Asia

Two Koreas boost crossborder trade

US Forces presence cause of growing Taliban's attacks: Afghan General

India

Bridge collapse death toll rises

India rules out Pakistan talks

N Korea

New round planned as N Korea talks end

N Korea talks fail to ease tension

N. Korea Threatens Nuclear Arms Test

US says N. Korea threatens weapon test

Japan

Mixed signals for economy

Japan's trade surplus grows

Philippine defence minister quits

Russia fights 'heroin attack'

S Korea boosts defence budget

Australia

Australian bank mulls AMP tie-up

Europe

Hamas 'to escape total funding freeze'

Havel recalls eve-of-invasion party

Dutch debate Iraq involvement

France

France pledges Corsica security

French accuse MI5 of failing to help terror hunt

Hoax cooked up by French leaves Bush's chef with egg on his face

'Over 11,000' dead in French heat

Germans told to work longer

Italian red carpet for Putin

Alastair Campbell resigns

Anger over power meltdown

Blair Says He Would Have Quit if BBC Iraq Report Had Been True

Power outage cripples London subway

UK charity's assets frozen

Mid East

Arab press ponders Iraq security

Iran

EU to press Iran on nuclear plans

Iraq

4 die in blast at Iraqi Shiite shrine

British soldier killed in attack on convoy

Iraqi resisters are patriots

Iraqi Shia leader assassinated

Missing the big picture

Tools Necessary to Rebuild

U.S. Program Battles Garbage, and Corruption Complaints, in Baghdad

U.S. soldier killed, 4 hurt in Iraq ambush

Witnesses testify to beating of Iraqi prisoners by four soldiers

Palestine/Israel

Editorial: Arafat, again

Hamas vows to avenge Gaza cell chief assassination

IAF kills Hamas mortar cell leader

Inside the Ring

Israeli bulldozers enter Gaza Strip

Israeli shot dead in West Bank

Muslim worshipers restricted at Temple Mount

Palestinian charities at a glance

Shots fired at bus in Gaza; IDF pushes into Beit Hanoun

Saudi curbs on oil output drive up cost

North America

Canada

Graham suspicious of Iran's prosecutor

Key Quebec nationalists press for sovereignty

Letter an SOS for city in crisis

A.F.L.-C.I.O. Begins Group for Workers Not in Unions

Greenspan Says Formal Rules Not Best Economic Policy

Sept. 11 Transcripts Detail Horror of Moment

States to Fight Relaxation of Power-Plant Pollution Standards

South America

Peru Panel Details Toll Of Violent 2 Decades

Natural Gas Project in Peru Loses Bid for U.S. Funding

Prosecution call for Peru's guilty

Rio police killings condemned

8/28

The loneliness of Noam Chomsky

Power cut causes chaos

Administration Watch: It's too late to turn back now

Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report

Global Women's Issues Scorecard on the Bush Administration

Iraq Occupation Watch

EPA Eases Clean Air Rule on Power Plants

LBJ WHITE HOUSE TAPES FINALLY RELEASED

NASA Chief Pledges He'll Make Changes

"Sergio Didn't Want To Go To Iraq": Mother Of Slain U.N. Envoy

Steel Not Seen As Factor in WTC Collapse

Terrorism escape clause in World Trade Center lease

Transcripts of 9/11 WTC Calls Made Public

U.S., Israel Block Arab League Participation In WTO Meeting

Unprepared for Peace in Iraq by Robert C. Byrd

UN passes resolution to protect relief workers

WTO Agrees to Cheap Drugs Deal for Poorer States

Bush Circus

Bremer: Rebuilding Iraq will cost tens of billions of dollars in next year alone, US admits

Bush Backtracking On Peace Promises To Palestine

Bush Holds Federal Pay Raise to 2% in 2004

Bush Speech To American Legion Convention

Combined Joint Task Force 180 ~ Bagram, Afghanistan

Halliburton's Deals Greater Than Thought

How the US helped Pakistan get the bomb

International Contributions to the War on Terrorism: US CentCom

NeoConservatives and their Blueprint for Power

The pitfalls of U.S. policy

Top Pentagon adviser Perle admits key blunder in Iraq war planning

Tuning Out the Dead

US ends operations at Saudi air base

US exploring UN command of Iraq force with American in charge: Armitage

Waiting In The Food Line

Africa

A Kenyan appointed ICA VP

Hungry Liberians flee in nation's countryside

Liberian Women March to Hurry Peace

Meningitis hits East Rand boy

Police bear the brunt of Pretoria outlaws

SA: Man charged with 22 rapes

SA's crying need for teachers

US ends funds for African Aids programme

West African nations anxious about U.S. pullback from Liberia

Zambian civil servants are on strike

Asia

Agreement proves elusive as talks begin on North Korea nuclear crisis

Chinese FM Meets with his Counterpart from Bahamas

China Trying a Softer Sell in Hong Kong

EU concerned over Sri Lanka slayings

Five dead in Kashmir gunbattle

India And Turkey

Russia Says N. Korea Document to Be Signed Friday

Strike aggravates S Korea's economic slowdown

Taliban guerrillas retake areas of southern Afghan

U.S., NKorea Hold Direct Nuclear Talks

U.S., North Korea Don't Bend on Arms

Australia

Pearl must be protected

PM to pay $20m to fight abuse in Aboriginal communities

Europe

Blair Denies Exaggerating Iraqi Arms Threat

Blair: I take responsibility for naming of Kelly

Former Yugoslav admiral pleads guilty at Tribunal

France denounces Israeli policies as illegal

Munich Re Has Fifth Straight Quarterly Loss on Taxes

Mid East

Beirut seeks aid summit

Iraq

Bremer: Rebuilding Iraq will cost tens of billions of dollars in next year alone, US admits

Common Thief Is U.S. Troops' Elusive Quarry

D.C. Guardsman Killed in Iraq

Iraqi mob kills British soldier

British soldier killed in Iraq

U.N. Troops Considered For Iraq Duty

Two US soldiers killed in Iraq as communal carveup of ministries agreed

2 U.S. Soldiers Killed by Mines On Iraqi Roads

Two soldiers die as Bush rules out retreat

Under Occupation, Iraqis Find Marriage Last On List

US forces hunt Saddam loyalists

Iran Tells Japan It’s Ready To Talk On IAEA Inspections

Flashback: UK 'sells' bomb material to Iran

Russia adds to Iran nuclear row

Iran faces showdown on nuclear secrets

Turkey, Iran fear Iraq instability

Palestine/Israel

All Sides Failed to Follow 'Road Map'

Arafat's ceasefire call rejected

Israel assassinate Palestinian, arrests 22

IOF Shoot Dead Palestinian Civilian in Bethlehem

Israel to continue assassination of Palestinians: official

Jews must reward Bush for stance on Israel

Just peace, solution to Palestinian causes called for

Palestinian relief funds frozen

Qassam Rocket Hits Major Israeli City -Army

Scottish & Swedish Activists Deported

Three Israeli-Arabs Detained On Activist Charge

Turkey

Turkey says no link between US loan and troop deployment

North America

Canada

Ashes, grief, kindness in B.C.

Canadian to the core

Yukon yields rare rocks

Oil: Prices fall despite low US petrol stocks

NBC’s Today Promotes Al Franken’s Book About Lying Conservatives

NYSE chief gets extension, $140 mil. previously accrued

Somalian Women in N.Va. Struggle With Past, Present

U.S. Economy Expanded 3.1% in the Second Quarter

U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Rose by 3,000 to 394,000

South America

Brazil Economy Shrinks 1.4% in 2nd Qtr as Rates Slow Purchases

8/27

A harsh critique of NASA's culture

Arms-grade uranium reported at Iran plant

Baghdad Burning

GAO: EPA Lacked Data for Pollution Claims

Global Women's Issues Scorecard on the Bush Administration

Iraq Occupation Watch

Letters From an Iraqi-American

‘Mission Escaping Iraq’ May Be Tomorrow’s Winning Slogan

Oxfam pulls out workers after security concerns

Scientist in Anthrax Probe Sues Ashcroft, FBI

Stargazers Ready for Close Encounter with Mars

Two more US soldiers killed in Iraq

UN envoy to be buried in Geneva

Unprepared for Peace in Iraq by Robert C. Byrd

Bush Dance

Army Center to Study New Uses of Biotechnology

DAPRA's Creepy Bioengineering Program

Bremer Says Iraq 'needs tens of billions'

Bill on Medicare Drug Benefit Is Stalled by House-Senate Republican Disagreement

Bush Declares Violence in Iraq Tests U.S. Will

CBO: Gov't Faces Years of More Deficits

Congress Sees $480 Billion Deficit in '04

Defiant Bush vows to 'stay the course' in terror war

Dirty Secrets

GAO: Energy Policy Review Incomplete

Inertia and Indecision at NASA

Leap in Deficit Instead of Fall Is Seen for U.S.

The Body (Politic) Count

The Jihad All-Stars

U.S. Cuts Off Financing for AIDS Program, Provoking Furor

Africa

A Shadowy Kind of War Still Grips Liberia's Countryside

Kagame rival calls election 'Stalinist'

Memories of the 1994 genocide still echo for many Rwandans

Asia

China

Infection Worries Hong Kong Hospital Workers

More Efforts for Tax System Reform

India

At Least 29 Killed in Stampede at Indian Hindu Festival

Blast Rocks Kashmir Ahead Of Vajpayee's Visit

India directs anger against Pakistan after Bombay blasts

Indonesian cleric warns on verdict

Japan

Japan Is Spending Heavily to Pursue a Weak-Yen Policy

N. Korea

How serious is North Korea's nuclear threat?

Talks to Defuse North Korea's Nuclear Program Begin

S. Korean is a minister in Uzbekistan

Russia

Four Russian Soldiers Killed In Chechnya

U.S. Fails to Convince Russia to Halt Nuclear Cooperation With Iran

Australia

Students march against Govt education changes

Europe

Ambush survivor describes desperate scramble for cover

Britain's August heatwave may have killed at least 1,000

Briton walks free after admitting Thai killing

Hoon : 'Not sure that Kelly was main source for BBC 'sexing up' claim'

Mid East

Iran

Iran To Negotiate Surprise Visits, Uranium Traces Found

Iraq

Baghdad Deadlier Than Ever

Bremer Says Iraq 'needs tens of billions'

Even the optimists are losing heart as Iraq goes from bad to worse

How and Why Did Iraqi Die? 2 Tales of Anger and Denial

Iraqis impatient for promised democracy

Iraq's continuing shortages

‘Mission Escaping Iraq’ May Be Tomorrow’s Winning Slogan

Starting From Scratch

Two more US soldiers killed in Iraq

U.S. soldier killed in convoy bomb attack in Iraq

US troops raid cities and towns as another soldier is killed in Iraq

U.K. Defense Secretary Backs Iraq Policy

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U.S. steps up hunt for Iraqi guerrillas

Palestine/Israel

Abbas Condemns Israeli Missile Attack

Arafat Links Curbing Militants to Israel Restraint

Arafat's message for U.S.: only he can deliver calm

Elderly Killed In Failed Israeli Assassination

Israeli Missile Strike Kills 1, Hurts 26

More Palestinian martyrs in occupied lands

Zionism, Israel Threat to Peace: Rabbi Weiss

Syria

President receives message from Jordans King on situation

North America

Canada

Canadian Indians given huge area in self-rule deal

US/Canada Ties in the Wake of the Iraq Invasion

Alabama's right wing finds a new cause to defy Washington

In a Long Presidential Race, Dean Sprints

Leaders of California's Largest Union Vote to Raise Large Amounts to Defeat Davis Recall

NYC: From N.Y. to Jerusalem

South America

Brazil Lula Seeks to Block Changes in Pension Bill

Colombia's leftist rebels unite

Venezuela's Chavez OKs Elections Council

8/26

Beware the bluewash

Eyes on the White House, Kerry Keeps Focus on Vietnam

How Does the War Party Get Away with It?

Iran, Turkey slam US-led coalition over instability

Islamic Center Fire in Ga. Called Arson

Jewish Immigrant Flees ‘Hell’ In Israel

Marching Toward Apocalypse

Shuttle disaster report due

Bush Cabal

Abandoned weaponry litters Iraq - U.S. faulted for not securing Hussein-era munitions

Attacks Reveal the Nature of Terrorism, Bush says

Bush's 'Compassion' Agenda: A Liability in 2004?

Bush goes scot-free as Blair bears the brunt: WMDs claim

Cheney stifled energy probe

Congressional Deficit Estimate May Exceed a Half-Trillion

Dust and Deception

Get real

It really is the pits

It's time to fire Rumsfeld

No More Troops ‘Now’ Needed In Iraq: Rumsfeld

Operation Bush Unemployment

Rice prods Israel, press ahead with ‘roadmap’

Rumsfeld expects help from allies in review of US military

Rumsfeld Says Country Faces Two Options in War on Terror

Three Plead Guilty to Conspiracy Charges

Top U.S. Expert on North Korea Steps Down

Under Fire, Bush to Address Doubts on Iraq Policy

US asks Israel to explore reopening Iraq pipeline

U.S. May Not Seek U.N. Support on Troops

U.S., Saudis to target funding for terrorism

Africa

Ivory Coast Rebels kill two French soldiers

Kenya: Row over leader's burial

Liberia: Women killers

'Many dead in Liberian massacre'

UN envoy begins regional swing to rally support for Liberia peace process

Rwanda President claims landslide victory

The devil's alternative:Memories of the 1994 genocide still echo for many Rwandans

Asia

30 Guerrillas Reported Killed by U.S. and Afghan Troops

Cabinet reshuffle in Burma

China: Delegates arrive for Korea talks

Currency of China Is Emerging as Tough Business Issue in U.S.

India in fear of further attacks after twin bomb blasts kill more than 50

India seeks Pakistan action on blasts

Russia: Putin's former tormentor held in Athens

Japan party reviews pacifist constitution

Australia

Australia rules out further deployment of troops to Iraq

What happened to Harold Holt? Australia tries again to solve riddle of missing prime minister

Europe

France: Heatwave bodies kept in temporary storage

Germany: 'Recovery on the way'

Intelligence chief defends 45 mins claim

Sellafield shutdown ends the nuclear dream

Mid East

Iraq

Abandoned weaponry litters Iraq - U.S. faulted for not securing Hussein-era munitions

Bloodshed in Iraq: A Hospital Sees It All

Building peace to cost more lives than victory

Elusive Saddam running out of options - army

G.I. Killed and 2 Wounded as Convoy Hits Bomb in Iraq

Iraqi Council Aide to Attend Arab Talks

Iraqi Governing Council ‘Illegitimate’: Azhar

Iraq Mission Represents High Stakes in Anti-Terror War

Iraq Peace May Cost More Lives Than War

Iraqi police 'to train in Europe'

Iraqi says threat of blast was received

Iraq steps closer to consistent electricity

Iraqi Sunni Leader Denies Ties With Shiite Sadr

Postwar Iraq Toll Exceeds Combat Deaths

U.S. mired in a mess of its own making

Shiites March in Iraqi City After Attack on Cleric

Thousands turn out at funerals in Najaf

UN aid agencies in Baghdad resume some work for first time since bomb blast

Iranians charged over Canadian death

Iran Welcomes Signing of Protocol on Return of Nuclear Waste: IAEO Spokesman

Tehran Tells London It Will Defend Ex-Diplomat "In Every Way"

Palestine/Israel

Arafat appoints advisor to coordinate security

IDF imposes curfew on Jenin due to terror threat

Mediator visits Tannenbaum in Hezbollah captivity

New York Mayor Bloomberg coming today for seven hours

Palestinians say Israel may "assassinate" peace bid

Palestinians seized from hospital

Rabbis discourage settlers from attacking Arabs, but some won't listen

Sharon supervises new massacre in Gaza Strip

UN envoy condemns Israel's extra-judicial assassinations

North America

Canada

Feeling the heat

Ala. Monument Supporters File Lawsuit

Boy Dies at Prayer Service

Court Rules That Trade Secrets Can Outweigh Free Speech

Monsanto Fined $700 Million for Poisoning People with PCBs

NYC: Panel Completes Plans to Revamp Voting in the City

NY: Pataki's Losses Mount Amid Refinancing Fight

Unknown remains of World Trade Centre dead to be interred on site

WorldCom Report Recommends Sweeping Changes for Its Board

South America

Argentina's Peso Rises as President Kirchner Mends Cabinet Rift

Images of the disappeared

Brazil's Lula Loses Support From Business on Economy

Brazil and Peru sign trade pact

Colombian Guerrillas Rule Out Peace Talks With President Uribe

Venezuelan Court Names Election Body, Ending Impasse

8/25

Al-Qaeda plot to bring down plane over UK

A Weapons Cache We'll Never See: By SCOTT RITTER

Boutros Ghali lambasts pliant UN

Christian Zionism: Dispensationalism And The Roots Of Sectarian Theology

Former UN Chief: Bomb was Payback for Collusion with US

Horrifying US Secret Weapon Unleashed In Baghdad

Investigate reasons for war

Is Saddam Hussein's Post-War Plan Unfolding?

LaRouche Raises Big Money, Gets No Respect From DNC

Osama, Saddam, Wars, Terrorism, and the US: Who Outwitted Whom?

‘Over 400 women kidnapped, raped in post-war Iraq’

Trust Us, We're the Government

Uncle Sam, hatred and hypocrisy

World balks at growing Iraq perils

WTO officials race against the clock ahead of Cancun summit

Bush Dance

Administration Says U.S. Troop Levels in Iraq Are Adequate

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Ashcroft's Lack Of Credibility

Ashcroft Needs to Listen to Americans' Concerns About Patriot Act

A tally of US taxpayers' tab for Iraq

Bigger Brother?

Bring Our Troops Home and Send In the Neocons

Dear Mr. President: What Have You Got Against Veterans?

Electronic ballot under fire

A vote of no confidence

Growing opposition to Bush re-election

Guantanamo: Growth at base shows firm stand on military detention

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It won't fly, but it can bite

More Americans Now Want Bush Out of Office

Onward, Ashcroft Soldiers!

Patriot Act II Resurrected?

Protests Against Ashcroft Expected in Boise Monday

Rumsfeld: Military Not Urging More Troops

The philosophers of chaos reap a whirlwind

Top general admits US military stretched thin

U.S. Recruiting Hussein's Spies

U.S. Said to Plan Bigger Afghan Role, Stepping Up Aid

Washington's utopians

When You Cut Off One Head, Do Two Sprout in Its Place?

Africa

African leaders urged to control HR violations in Zimbabwe, Swaziland

Anti-malaria treatment offers hope to Africans

East African assembly cancelled

High percentage of genital mutilation

Mandela could intervene to save Boesak

Ethiopia Needs Help in Fight Against Hunger

Liberia: Toting AK-47s Instead of Book Bags

1 000 feared killed in Liberia

'Everyone's afraid of her'

Rwanda: Kagame accused of manipulating fear to win new term as Rwandan leader

Zimbabwe food shortages set to continue

Asia

Malaysia frees 'key militant'

Afghanistan

12 Afghan soldiers die in Taliban attack

Taliban kill 5 Afghan soldiers in ambush

Up to 50 Taliban Said Killed in Afghanistan

New peace commission in Afghanistan helps settle local disputes – UN

Ousted Taliban has no shortage of new recruits

UN drugs chief visits Afghanistan

US reluctant to counter Taliban raids

China's 2003 GDP virtually certain to grow seven percent

Chinese Enterprises Association Established in Nigeria

India

Dispute over Ayodhya ruins

Many dead in Bombay blasts

Turmoil in Uttar Pradesh

N Korea boat met by protests

Protest and Pessimism Precede North Korea Talks

Russia

Bus stop blasts hit Russian city

Chechen Campaign Poses Test for Putin

Jolie makes plea for Chechen refugees

Two Sukhoi fighters bought from Russia to arrive in Indonesia

US bomber on Russia peace mission

Australia

Canberra defies troop call

Cartoonist fired over Israel views

Europe

Milosevic denies murder of ex-president

France to Israel: No evidence Hamas, Islamic Jihad are ''terror groups''

Germany has Trouble Filling Special Forces Units

Army insists it must still win support of locals

BBC launches public attack on Murdoch 'imperialism'

BLAIR ROCKED BY FILE STORM

Campbell laid battle lines for war with BBC two months before Gilligan's report

FORCED TO BEG, BUY OR BORROW

London: Carnival revellers hit the streets

Mid East

Iran Minister: U.K. Arrest Will Harm Ties

Iraq

A war without end? - Any illusion that the occupation might be working lies in the ruins of the UN's HQ

Baptism in the Tigris for U.S. Christian Soldiers

Building Tomorrow's House

Editorial: Missing the big picture

Ethnic clash in oil city spells more trouble for US

Iraqi Shia leader hurt in bomb blast

Senior cleric targeted in latest Iraq violence

‘Over 400 women kidnapped, raped in post-war Iraq’

Red Cross cuts Iraq operations

U.S. to Send Iraqis to Site in Hungary for Police Course

U.S. troops using confiscated Iraqi AK-47s

Palestine/Israel

Israeli helicopters fire missiles in Gaza City as crisis looms over control of Palestinian security

Jews Against Zionism

Palestinians seize weapon smugglers

U.S. military may be needed for Israel-Palestinian stability, key Republican says

North America

Canada

Blackouts still a threat, officials warn

Fire-ravaged B.C. to get aid

8 Ore. Firefighters Die in Crash

New Data Shows Welfare Not Helping Neediest Families

The great American land row

U.S. Gas Prices Make Record Jump

"What's good for Business is good for America."

South America

Brazil and Peru Seek Trade, Integration in Lima

Brazil's Lula to Boost Minimum Wage 12.5% in 2004, O Globo Says

Colombia boat bomb kills seven

Colombian rebels join forces against Government

Haiti plane crash kills 21

Republican Senator Richard Lugar talks about the failings of the Americans in Iraq and the road to reviving German-American relations.

Senior Chinese CPC Leader Meets Uruguay Delegation

8/24

Alone, the US will fail

Farewell America

New polls: Nearly 50% of Americans wouldn't re-elect Bush; Two thirds of British voters feel deceived by Blair

Now It’s Your Turn: Intelligence Veterans Challenge Colleagues to Speak Out

Robert Fisk: We Have A Long And Dishonourable Tradition Of Smearing The Dead

Robert Fisk: The Cemetery at Basra: Broken Remnants of Britain's Imperial Past

Why the lessons of Vietnam do matter

Bush Dance

Action Figures For Imbeciles

Analysts Doubt U.S. Claim on Iraqi Drones

Brother John's Traveling Patriot Salvation Show

Bush "Islam's biggest enemy"

Experts Doubt U.S. Claim on Iraqi Drones

Inside story of the hunt for Bin Laden

Lawsuit for Gulf War Veterans Targets WMD Businesses

McCain: More Troops for Iraq

No Flinching in War on Terror, Bush Vows

Officials Argue Against More U.S. Troops

Protesters Near Bush Ranch Demand Withdrawal of Troops from Iraq

Rumsfeld Seeking to Bolster Force Without New G.I.'s

Six al-Qaeda support groups being tracked within US: report

Troops Doing "Magnificent Job" in Iraq Say Senior Leaders

$sessionid$XGVW3SKR1211TQFIQMGCFFOAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2003/08/23/wirq123.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/08/23/ixnewstop.htmlUS finds Britain its lone supporter

Wall Street Seeks Clearer Deficit Signal

When is Enough Enough? Newsweek poll - Bush is losing ground

Africa

Cargo Ship Leaking Chemical Off S. Africa Also Carrying Uranium

Is Congo peacekeeping a futile task?

Kenya mourns its vice-president

Liberians report fresh fighting, thousands flee

Many Feared Killed in Liberia Massacre - Radio

New Parliament Inaugurated in DRC

Rwanda to Vote for Leader for First Time Since 1994

Sudan: Going to hell?

U.S. Marines Return to Ships Off Liberia