Suzanne Swift's story begins in an all-too-familiar way. A dead-end job, a friendly military recruiter, a promise that signing-up as military police would mean no deployment to Iraq, a broken promise, and a trip to war. Then it takes a...
05 July 2006
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's military regime warned the world's
most famous political prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi, that her days "are
numbered," and she is "heading for a tragic end."
The ominous condemnation on Wednesday (...
The ominous condemnation on Wednesday (...
05 July 2006
First commissioned officer to refuse deployment to unlawful Iraq war officially charged by U.S. Army
Ft. Lewis, WA-Today, July 5, 2006, First Lieutenant Ehren K. Watada
was formally charged with three articles of the Uniform Code of
Military Justice: missing movement (Article 87), contempt towards
officials (Article 88), and conduct...
30 June 2006
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's shaky government has suffered a
devastating decision by the attorney-general's office, which ruled
that the prime minister's party, and the biggest opposition party,
"both violated the law" and should be...
26 June 2006
"The idea is to put Palestinians on a diet but not make them die of hunger," commented Dov Weisglass, senior advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers Ariel Sharon and Enud Olmert, when asked how Israel should deal with the new Hamas government....
13 June 2006
Kadiatou Diallo is an ingenious Foulah descendant of West African Kings and healers. Born in 1959, she was traditionally raised in turbulent Republic of Guinea during the long dictatorship era of late President Ahmed Sekou Toure. Guinea...
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