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VIDEO SPECIAL | Rebecca MacNeice: Cindy Sheehan's Arrest at UN

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VIDEO SPECIAL | Rebecca MacNeice: Cindy Sheehan's Arrest at UN

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On Monday, March 6th, Cindy Sheehan and three others were arrested

while attempting to deliver a petition to the US Mission at the UN. t

r u t h o u t's Rebecca MacNeice was on the ground and filmed the

arrests.

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Parry | Oversight by Capitulation

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Robert Parry writes: Despite a dip in his opinion polls, George W.

Bush's transformation of the United States into an authoritarian

society continues apace, with new " compromises " with Congress actually

consolidating his claims to virtually unlimited executive power.

 

 

Andre Glucksmann | Clash of Civilizations? No, of Philosophies

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French philosopher Andre Glucksmann sees the Danish Mohammed cartoons

as an example of the " battle " between " totalitarian " and " civilized "

thought.

 

 

FBI Cites More Than 100 Possible Eavesdropping Violations

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The FBI reported more than 100 possible violations to an intelligence

oversight board over the past two years, including cases in which agents

tapped the wrong telephone, intercepted the wrong e-mails or continued

to listen to conversations after a warrant had expired, according to a

report issued yesterday.

 

 

Hard Push for Offshore Drilling From Congress and Bush Administration

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With the fight to pry open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge having

stalled out, the oil and gas industry and some members of Congress are

now focused on parts of the outer continental shelf (OCS) that have

been off-limits to drilling for nearly 25 years.

 

 

In Phoenix, Even Cactuses Wilt in Clutches of Record Drought

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A record drought in the area around Phoenix, Arizona, has wreaked

havoc on wildlife, which depend on the scant seven inches of rain that

Phoenix gets in an average year. " None of the animals, none of the

birds are having offspring this spring. No baby quail, no baby

bunnies, " said a scientist who is monitoring the situation.

 

 

House Votes to Dump State Food Safety Laws

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The House approved a bill Wednesday night that would wipe out state

laws on safety labeling of food, overriding tough rules passed by

California voters two decades ago that require food producers to warn

consumers

about cancer-causing ingredients.

 

 

Answer to AIDS Mystery Found Behind Bars

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It is one of the most puzzling mysteries of the AIDS epidemic: Why did

blacks, in little more than a dozen years, become nine times as likely

as whites to contract a disease once associated almost exclusively

with gay white men? Two researchers say they found the answer in an

unlikely place: prison.

 

 

T.A. Frank | Everyday Low Vices

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Wal-Mart's bottom line is hurting America says T.A. Frank: It won't be

easy for Wal-Mart to change its ways ... Wal-Mart could raise its

average wages by two dollars an hour if it raised prices by only a

penny on the dollar. But Wal-Mart is led by people whose lives are

devoted to coming up with ways to shave a penny - or a half-penny, or

a quarter-penny - off of a dollar.

 

 

Iran: Police Attack Women's Day Celebration

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Iranian police and plainclothes agents charged a peaceful assembly of

women's rights activists in Tehran and beat hundreds of women and men

who had gathered to commemorate International Women's Day.

 

 

Documents Raise Questions About Decision on Morning-After Pill

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Representative Henry Waxman, D-Calif., has obtained internal documents

that show that in February 2004 policymakers at the US Food and Drug

Administration found no problem with selling the morning-after pill

without a prescription to women of all ages. Yet 18 months later,

former FDA

Commissioner Lester Crawford cited concerns about selling the drug to

younger teens as a major reason for blocking the move.

 

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