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Percentage of Kabul's teachers, civil servants and

medical doctors, respectively, which were women

according to a 1997 report: 70, 50, 40

Source: Working For Change

 

Great photo of a young Afghan woman who showed her

face in public for the first time in five years!

http://dailynews./h/p/nm/20011114/ts/mdf85269.html

 

Taleban 'collapsing' across Afghanistan - BBC

The Taleban are in a state of " collapse " across

Afghanistan, according to UK Prime Minister Blair.

In a statement to Parliament, he said anti-Taleban

forces were now beginning to succeed in the south of

the country, following their sweeping advance south

into Kabul on Tuesday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/south_asia/newsid_1655000/1655427.stm

 

U.S. Bombs Hit Kabul TV Station - Washington Post

U.S. bombs struck al-Jazeera's empty offices in Kabul

before dawn yesterday, heavily damaging the

Qatar-based satellite television network's offices

before Northern Alliance forces entered the Afghan

capital, network and Pentagon officials said.

Al-Jazeera said none of its 10 staff members was

injured. But Mohammed Jassim al-Ali, al-Jazeera's

managing editor, said in an interview with the

Associated Press that the strike could have been

deliberate.

" They know where we are located and they know what we

have in our office and we also did not get any

warning, " al-Ali said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25014-2001Nov13.html

 

Bush to Subject Terrorism Suspects to Military Trials

- NYT

President Bush signed an order today allowing special

military tribunals to try foreigners charged with

terrorism. A senior administration official said that

any such trials would " not necessarily " be public and

that the American tribunals might operate in Pakistan

and Afghanistan.

http://nytimes.com/2001/11/14/national/14DETA.html

 

Conyers calls for civil liberties hearings - UPI

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers,

D-Mich., said Wednesday a decision by President George

W. Bush that terrorist suspects

might face a military tribunal adds to questions about

civil liberties.

http://www.unitedstates.com/news/farticle/640127?20011114142500

 

CNN Airport Network News Was Blocked by Airports - NYT

The network broadcasts news and features customized

for airport viewers, as well as portions of regular

live CNN news and other programs. However, said Edna

Johnson, a spokeswoman, there are deliberate policies

to shield viewers in airports from live news of plane

crashes.

Part of the rationale for blocking crash news, she

explained, is that people in airports are a " captive

audience " lacking " the ability to turn the television

off, " as they could at home, to avoid seeing

frightening images.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/14/business/14TRAV.html?searchpv=nytToday

 

Salvation Army marches to the Right - Working For

Change

Under pressure, the charity rescinds domestic partners

benefits

Within a few days after the Western Territory of the

Salvation Army decided to provide domestic partners

benefits for its employees, the national organization

buckled under intense pressure from the Christian

Right and nixed the idea. " We've been listening to our

internal and external

constituencies, and we now confirm adherence to

biblical principles concerning marriage and the

family, " said Theresa Whitfield, the Salvation Army's

media relations director.

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemId=12313

 

Judge rules against West Virginia high school

anarchist - AP

A judge ruled Thursday that a 15-year-old sophomore

cannot establish an anarchy club or wear T-shirts

opposing the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan because it

would disrupt school.

Katie Sierra was suspended from Sissonville High

School for three days for promoting the club. She was

also told she could not wear T-shirts with messages

such as: " When I saw the dead and dying Afghani

children on TV, I felt a newly recovered sense of

national security. God Bless America. "

http://www.nandotimes.com/nation/story/162154p-1542312c.html

 

Billboards in New Jersey Ask for Trooper Praise, Not

Profiling Complaints - Fox

The war over racial profiling has a new battlefield:

highway billboards.

After the ACLU posted roadway signs recruiting

plaintiffs for racial-profiling lawsuits, New Jersey

State troopers shot back with their own billboards

suggesting drivers call a toll-free number to praise

helpful officers.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,38705,00.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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