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Scandal-Roiled Olmert to Resign

Roiled by corruption scandals, war-time failings and single-digit popularity ratings during his turbulent time in office, Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert announced on Wednesday, July 30, he would resign in September. "I will quit my duties […]

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The Palestinian Torturers

By Ben White Two reports released this week are throwing the spotlight on Palestinians who are detained without charge and tortured by the Hamas and Fatah forces. Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights group, has detailed […]

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Rosa Parks, Hail to Thee!

By Ralph Nader The Troy University Rosa Parks Museum is located on the side of the old Empire Theatre where this courageous African-American woman declined to “move to the back of the bus” in 1955. […]

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Did the Surge Work?

By Ivan Eland The media, egged on by John McCain and his campaign, are going to twist the arm of Barack Obama until he cries “uncle” and admits the U.S. troop “surge” has worked in […]

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Pictures From Summer Camp

By Kathy Kelly At 6:45 a.m. this morning, our friend, Joel Gulledge, called from At-Tuwani, a village in the West Bank where he and another Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) member were escorting Palestinian children to […]

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Bush’s Secret Biowarfare Agenda

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago When it comes to observing US and international laws, treaties and norms, the Bush administration is a serial offender. Since 2001, it’s: — spurned efforts for nuclear disarmament to advance […]

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Road Map or Bulldozer Map?

By Nasser Lahham – Bethlehem Palestinian journalists and writers seem to have found it difficult to address the current trend of bulldozer attacks in Israel. The piece of construction equipment appears to have joined our […]

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An Open Letter to Barack Obama

By Kim Bullimore – The West Bank Dear Barack, I am not American, so I won’t be voting for you come the American presidential elections.  However, given that the US Administration has continued to ignore […]

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The Islamic ‘Other’ in Film

By Sukant Chandan – London Docu-dramas, documentary films and feature films are perhaps some of the most influential media by which we develop our political perceptions and prejudices. This has been recognised long ago and […]

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The Ordeal of Mohammed Omer

By Kenneth Ring We are used to hearing about the hazards, often fatal, of being a journalist these days. Everyone is familiar with accounts of courageous Russian journalists who have been assassinated and of course with  […]

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Mukasey to Congress: Defy the Rule of Law

By Stephen Lendman – Chicago Along with other past and present administration officials, Attorney General Michael Mukasey supports lawlessness and police state justice. Weeks after the Supreme Court’s landmark (June 12) Boumediene ruling, he addressed […]