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Thursday, December 11, 2003
Mr. Bush's Kowtow (washingtonpost.com): "...[I]n avoiding a headache for himself, [Bush] demonstrated again how malleable is his commitment to the defense of freedom as a guiding principle of U.S. policy."
Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Monday, December 08, 2003
A new era of nuclear weapons / Bush's buildup begins with little debate in Congress: "Congress, with only a limited debate, has given the Bush administration a green light for the biggest revitalization of the country's nuclear weapons program since the end of the Cold War, leaving many Democrats and even some hawkish Republicans seething. "
Deaths of Nine Children in US attack Adds to Sense of Fear in Afghanistan: UN: "Deaths of Nine Children in US attack Adds to Sense of Fear in Afghanistan: UN "
Friday, December 05, 2003
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Investors Fault Dow Chemical for 'Hiroshima of Chemical Industry': "A shareholder resolution was filed Tuesday with the Dow Chemical Company on behalf of the Brethren Benefit Trust (the financial arm of the Church of the Brethren), which owns $330,000 worth of stock in the company, asking Dow to describe what it has done to address the lingering concerns of the estimated 120,000 to 150,000 people left chronically ill by a gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide factory in India in 1984. "
'Monstrous US justice' attacked by law lord: "One of Britain's most senior judges condemned the American courts last night for a 'monstrous failure of justice' by refusing to rule on the claims of Taliban suspects held without trial at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba."
Monday, December 01, 2003
Report: Rich Nations Flunk Test on Educating Poor: "The Netherlands is top of the class and the United States third from last among rich nations that help educate the world's poor, a report by an alliance of development agencies found. "
Armageddon back on the table: "U.S. ratchets up debate on `usable' nuclear weapons Critics fear fallout from Bush cadre's pro-nuke strategy"
Subcontracting Torture? US Rights Center Seeks Probe of Arar Case: "Critics here maintain Washington knew Arar faced torture in Syria and say his case is just the most widely publicized of many in which the Bush administration is complicit in illegal treatment of prisoners by sending terrorist suspects to nations where they know violent interrogation is used. "
