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THE CASTROPEDIA

FIDEL & ME

BRITISH GOVERNMENT WANTS RIGHT TO SEARCH STUDENTS ANY TIME AT SCHOOLS

THE DE-IMPERILIZATION OF AMERICA

THINK TANK: WAR ON TERROR HAS BEEN A DISASTER

A SPEECH C-SPAN DIDN'T LIKE

WHY THE WAR ON TERROR HAS BEEN A CON

WHY WE LOST THE WAR ON TERROR

HOW TO TELL IF YOU'VE WON

AN ALTERNATIVE 911 REPORT

THE REAL WAR: BETWEEN MYTH & REALITY

RECENT HEADLINES

Afghanistan

ACLU UNCOVERS MORE U.S. TORTURE IN AFGHANISTAN

GORDON BROWN WANTS TO TALK WITH TALIBAN

REPORT FINDS TALIBAN IN CHARGE OF MORE THAN HALF OF AFGHANISTAN

THE OTHER WAR THE WEST CAN'T WIN

PROGRESSIVE REVIEW STORIES

Africa

KENYA ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE

RIDING THROUGH LAGOS: This bike rider has clipped his handlebars to get through Labos' traffic. From an interesting 14 minute video on the city

TRACKING INCIDENTS IN KENYA

WORLD BANK INTERNAL REPORT SAYS IT NEGLECTS AFRICA'S FARMS

Asia

ASIAN COUNTRIES COULD FACE MASSIVE WATER CRISIS

Australia

ANOTHER MEMBER OF BUSH'S CONSPIRACY OF THE WILLING GETS KICKED OUT

Balkans

BALKAN ARCHIVES

Britain

TONY BLAIR HEAPS PRAISE ON BUSH

BRITS PLAN TO USE EMBEDDED SPY CHIPS ON PRISONERS

WHAT LABOR PARTY LEADERS DO WHEN THEY RETIRE

ANOTHER REASON NOT TO VISIT BRITAIN: BLASPHEMY CARRIES A LIFE SENTENCE

BRITAIN TO TREAT NORTHERN IRELAND AS A FOREIGN LAND; ESTABLISHING INTERNAL BORDER

FIRST ATTEMPTED BLACKMAIL OF BRITISH ROYAL IN A CENTURY

AMERICA'S PESSIMISM THROUGH BRITISH EYES

Canada

SEX WORKERS PLAN CO-OP BROTHEL FOR CANADIAN OLYMPICS

China

CHINA CONNED U.S. INTELLIGENCE TO TAP INTO SPY NETWORK

CHINA TAKES AIM AT U.S. GPS SIGNALS

CHINA NOTES

Europe

MAYOR TRIES TO TAKE THE PEE OUT OF PARIS

PAPER REVEALS PLAN FOR EUROPEAN SUPER STATE

Global

Iraq

AMERICAN INVASION OF IRAQ HAS COST MORE THAN A MILLION LIVES

WE INTERRUPT THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE SURGE WITH A FEW FACTS

BUSH COMMITS U.S. TO AN "ENDURING" PRESENCE IN IRAQ

ONE MILLION DEAD IN IRAQ: OUR OWN HOLOCAUST DENIAL

REPORT LISTS IRAQ WAR CORPORATE WINDFALLS

DEMOCRATS ZERO FOR 40 ON IRAQ

THE MYSTERY OF IRAQ NON-COMBAT DEATHS AND MEDIVACS

SURGE PRODUCES DEADLIEST YEAR YET FOR U.S. SOLDIERS IN IRAQ

LARGEST IRAQ DAM IN DANGER OF COLLAPSE,
COULD DROWN A H
ALF MILLION

HOW LEGAL ARE THE BLACKWATER MERCENARIES?

NOW THE SPRINKLERS DON'T WORK AT THE NEW U.S. EMBASSY IN IRAQ

BLACKWATER WANTS TO PROFIT OFF OF DISASTER RELIEF, TOO

PROGRESSIVE REVIEW STORIES

Iran

BUSH REGIME THREATENS COMPANIES TO GET OUT OF IRAN

GALLERY: THE LAND WE'RE GETTING READY
TO BOMB

BUSH'S IRAN BAITING COULD LEAD TO DISASTER
SAYS UN NUCLEAR WATCHDOG

WHY IRAN SANCTIONS WON'T WORK

IN PRIVATE TALKS, ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS IRANIAN NUKE THREAT

IRAN SAYS IT WILL FIRE OFF 11,000 ROCKETS WITHIN A MINUTE OF U.S. ATTACK

JOINT CHIEFS HEAD SAYS U.S. HAS ENOUGH FORCE TO ATTACK IRAN

A FEW THINGS OUR CANDIDATES DON'T KNOW ABOUT IRAN

BRITISH PM JOINS BUSH IN IRAN WAR PLAN MADNESS

TOP PENTAGON OFFICIAL "I HATE ALL IRANIANS"

PROGRESSIVE REVIEW STORIES

Israel & Palestine

ISRAEL TOOK BILLIONS IN U.S. AID WHILE SPYING ON AMERICA

ISRAELIS USE THE WORD 'APARTHEID' TOO

WHAT THE MEDIA FORGOT TO TELL YOU: 64% ISRAELIS WANT TALKS WITH HAMAS, TOO

THE HAMAS STATEMENT BUSH & ISRAEL WANT EVERYONE TO IGNORE

ONE WEEK IN GAZA

THE STORY THE U.S. PRESS DIDN'T HAVE ROOM FOR AFTER REPORT 8 ISRAELI STUDENTS KILLED

DEPUTY ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER THREATENS GAZA WITH HOLOCAUST

BUSH CONCOCTED PALESTINE CIVIL WAR THAT LEFT HAMAS STRONGER

GREEN PARTY CALLS FOR CUT OFF OF AID TO ISRAEL

ISRAELI COURT SAYS IT'S FINE FOR GOVERNMENT TO HARM RESIDENTS OF GAZA STRIP

ISRAEL: ECHOES OF AMERICA'S ONCE SEGREGATED SOUTH

ISRAELI JOURNALIST CALLS FOR TALKS WITH HAMAS

ISRAELI APARTHEID DANGEROUS FOR ILL PALESTINIANS

ISRAEL: WHY OCCUPATION BREEDS TERROR

ONE STATE SOLUTION ATTRACTS SCHOLARS, ACTIVISTS

ISRAEL BUILDING SETTLEMENTS IN VIOLATION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

PALESTINIANS LEFT WITH LITTLE ELSE TO LOSE

DERAILING THE ISRAELI SPY CASE

HAMAS TRIES USING BOY BAND

PSYCHOLOGIST FINDS ISRAELI TROOPS ENJOYING BRUTALITY AGAINST CIVILIANS

JEWISH AMERICAN TEENS INDOCTRINATED AT ISRAELI MILITARY CAMP

TOP JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS THOUGHT ISRAEL'S ATTACK USS LIBERTY WAS DELIBERATE

ISRAEL HAS COST U.S. $1.6 TRILLION - $5700 PER AMERICAN

PROGRESSIVE REVIEW STORIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Latin America

EX-BISHOP TAKES OVER PARAGUAY AFTER 61 YEARS OF ONE PARTY RULE

HAVANA OFFICALS DECLARE HEADPHONES ANTI-REVOLUTIONARY'

GREG PALAST ON ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT

CHAVEZ: FLY NOW, DIE NOT MUCH LATER?

ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT MISTREATED BY U.S. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS

BUSH REGIME MAY BE PLANNING FOURTH COUP ATTEMPT AGAINST CHAVEZ

IF YOU THINK CHAVEZ IS BAD, LOOK AT FRANCE, GERMANY, THE UK AND AMERICA FOR ITS FIRST 175 YEARS

PROGRESSIVE REVIEW STORIES

Mid East

TEN GREAT COMMANDMENTS FOR MID EAST POLICY

WHY YOU MAY NOT WISH TO GO TO DUBAI

OASES IN THE DESERT OF MID EAST DEBATE

138 MUSLIM SCHOLARS CALL FOR PEACE TALKS WITH CHRISTIAN LEADERS FOR THE "SURVIVAL OF THE WORLD"

PROGRESSIVE REVIEW STORIES

North America

BUSH ABOUT TO SURRENDER MORE OF AMERICA

Pakistan

PAKISTAN'S NEW LEADERS TELL BUSH CAPOS TO SHAPE UP

Russia

LETTER TO MOSCOW

Southeast Asia

INTERVIEW WITH ON CAMBODIA'S HIMMLER; OVERSAW TORTURE & DEATH OF 17,000

World Bank

WORLD BANK COVERED UP FAULTY HIV TEST KITS IN INDIA

GROUPS

ACLU: NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES
ASSN OF FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS
BLACK VOICES FOR PEACE
CULTURES ON THE EDGE

EQUALITY NOW
FOREIGN POLICY IN FOCUS

GLOBALIZATION COALITION
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER
INSTITITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES
NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVES

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
NONVIOLENCE WEB
NOT IN OUR NAME

ONE WORLD
PEACE WOMEN
PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL

RELIEF WEB
RURAL ADVANCEMENT FUND INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL OF AMERICAS WATCH
STUDENTS FOR GLOBAL JUSTICE
WHY WAR?

WITNESS FOR PEACE
WOMEN WAGING PEACE
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM

AFRICA
AFRICA ACTION

CENTER FOR THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES OF WOMEN

BURMA
BURMA FORUM (LA)

FREE BURMA

CHINA
FREE CHINA MOVEMENT

EUROPE
STATE WATCH

INDIA & PAKISTAN
NUCLEAR DANGER

KASHMIR FAQ
ORIGINS OF DISPUTE
HISTORY
DAWN
JANG
OUTLOOK INDIA
PAKISTAN NEWS

PAKISTAN WIRE
TEHELKA
TIMES OF INDIA
HINDUSTAN TIMES

IRELAND
IRISH NORTHERN AID COMMITTEE

MIDDLE EAST
ABRAHAM FUND
AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DEFEND THE UNIVERSITY

ANTI-WAR CELEBS
ARAB-AMERICAN DISCRIMINATION LEAGUE

ARTISTS FOR PEACE
BLACK VOICES FOR PEACE
BRING THEM HOME NOW

CALL TO CONSCIENCE
CAMPAIGN AGAINST SANCTIONS
COALITION OF WOMEN FOR PEACE
CODE PINK

COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS
DIVEST FROM ISRAEL
END THE OCCUPATION

FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE
GLOSSARY OF OCCUPATION

GUSH SHALOM
HISTORIANS AGAINST THE WAR
INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER
ISRAELI BOYCOTT

INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT
IRAQ PLEDGE OF RESISTANCE
JEWS FOR PEACE IN PALESTINE  & ISRAEL
JEWISH UNITY FOR A JUST PEACE
JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE

JEWISH VOICES AGAINST THE OCCUPATION
LABOR AND THE WAR
MEDIA WORKERS AGAINST WAR
MIDDLE EAST REALITIES

MIDDLE EAST RSRCH & INFO PROJECT
MIDDLE EAST TIME LINE
MUSLIM PEACE FELLOWSHIP

NOT IN MY NAME
NATIONAL YOUTH & STUDENT PEACE COALITION
NOT IN MY NAME
NOT IN OUR NAME
OCCUPATION WATCH CENTER
ONE STATE SOLUTION

PALESTINIAN SOCIETY FOR PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS & ENVIROMENT
PEACEFUL ENDS THROUGH PEACEFUL MEANS

POETS AGAINST THE WAR
SOLDIERS FOR THE TRUTH
STOP WORLD WAR 3

STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE
SUSTAIN (STOP AID TO ISRAEL)

TARGET OIL
WOMEN IN BLACK
VETERANS AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR
VETERANS FOR COMMON SENSE
VISIONS OF PEACE WITH JUSTICE IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE
VOICES IN THE WILDERNESS
UNITED FOR PEACE & JUSTICE
US LABOR AGAINST THE WAR

WALK OUT ON WAR
WAR STRIKE
WIN WITHOUT WAR

WOMEN IN BLACK

MID EAST INFORMATION

BODY COUNT
CHICKENHAWK DATABASE
COOPERATIVE RESEARCH
COST OF IRAQ WAR BY STATE
CRADLE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
FACTS ABOUT ARABS
GLOBAL SECURITY

GULF WAR I ARCHIVES
HOW MUCH WILL WAR
    COST YOUR STATE?
MAP OF MIDDLE EAST

PEACE MOVEMENT INFO
POP QUIZ
RELIEF WEB
TEACHING THE WAR
WHAT IS ISLAM?

MID EAST MEDA

AL-JAZEERA
ANTI-WAR
ARAB NEWS

ARAB NEWSPAPERS
ARUTZ SHEVA NEWS SERVICE

BEIRUT DAILY STAR
DAWN - PAKISTAN

DEBKA FILE
DEMOCRACY NOW

ELECTRONIC INTIFADA
ELECTRONIC IRAQ
GULF TIMES

HAARETZ
IRANIAN

JANG - PAKISTAN
JERUSALEM POST
PALESTINE CHRONICLE
TEHRAN TIMES
TURKISH DAILY NEWS

WAR REPORT
WAR TIMES

SOUTHEAST ASIA
INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK

INTERNL FEDERATION FOR EAST TIMOR

TRADE
50 YEARS IS ENOUGH
AFL-CIO

ALLIANCE FOR DEMOCRACY
CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY

CORPORATE WATCH
EARTH FIRST!

EUROPEAN GREENS
FAIR TRADE WATCH
FIFTY YEARS IS ENOUGH

FOOD FIRST
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
GLOBAL EXCHANGE

GLOBAL TRADE WATCH
INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE
   & TRADE POLICY
INTERNATIONAL FORUM
  ON GLOBALIZATION

MAKE TRADE FAIR
MOBILIZATION FOR GLOBAL    JUSTICE
NO LOGO

PEOPLE FOR FAIR TRADE
PEOPLES GLOBAL ACTION
PROTEST NET

RUCKUS SOCIETY
SLOW FOOD

STOP FTAA
TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE
WORLD BANK BOYCOTT

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