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Pulling the Plug on Al-Jazeera...Again Posted: Friday, August 13, 2004
Iraq Reconstruction: How Not To Do It Charges of cronyism ran rampant. But only over the past few months has the media discovered that this cronyism was such an integral reason for the botched reconstruction effort. Iraq, it turns out, has been ill-served by those who have tried to rebuil dit.
9/11 Commission’s Report Promises Unending War
Bin Laden Speaks Out NB: Some strong language
Israel starts demolition of Gaza refugee camp
Follies of the High and Mighty
An antidote for apathy Increasing numbers of people, especially the young, seem disconnected from an electoral process which, they feel, does not represent them. This is part of a general cynicism about every aspect of public life. Venezuela has many problems, but this is not one of them. Its big trouble - but also its great possibility - is that it has oil; it is the fifth largest exporter. The US depends on it and thus wants control over it. But the Venezuelan government needs the oil revenue, which US multinationals (among others) siphoned off for decades, for its efforts to abolish poverty. Hugo Chávez was elected to do just that in 1998, despite almost all of the media campaigning against him.
The Referendum on Chávez is Only a Preview of Bigger Battles to Come
Unnatural acts
Pulling the Plug on Al-Jazeera...Again
How Could the US Ever Be Considered a "Terrorist" State?
Foxes in the henhouse
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