Jewish, Arab Americans Disapprove of Bush Policy By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jan (IPS) – If U.S. President George W. Bush believed that aligning U.S. policies more closely to those of the right-wing Likud government headed by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel… Continue Reading
The State of the Media Union By Norman Solomon t r u t h o u t | Perspective My fellow American media consumers: At a time when news cycles bring us such portentous events as the remarkable wedding of… Continue Reading
By Peter Deselaers UNITED NATIONS, Jan (IPS) – U.N. head Kofi Annan has urged European states to find ways to better manage migration so it benefits migrants as well as sender countries and receiving states. ”Migrants need Europe. But Europe… Continue Reading
By: Venezuelanalysis.com (Tahis G. and MartÃn Sánchez. Translation by Eva Golinger) Miami, Venezuelanalysis.com).- Recently, a group of Venezuelan ex-military officers opposed to the democratic government of President Hugo Chavez, openly called for the intervention of the U.S. Army to stop… Continue Reading
http://soros.c.tep1.com/maabTe8aa3Uc3b36p4Yb/ Brain Machine Interfaces Program Manager: Dr. Eric Eisenstadt The Brain Machine Interfaces Program represents a major DSO thrust area that will comprise a multidisciplinary, multipronged approach with far reaching impact. The program will create new technologies for augmenting human… Continue Reading
By Sanjay Suri LONDON, Jan (IPS) The invasion of Iraq was no humanitarian intervention, Human Rights Watch says in its annual report released in London Monday. The human rights organisation’s argument on Iraq marks the keynote essay in its annual… Continue Reading
Interview with Bill Fletcher TransAfrica Forum Delegation Left Venezuela With a Very Positive Image of the Bolivarian Project By: Edgard A. Hernandez, Venezuelanalysis.com correspondant After spending seven days in Venezuela in January of 2004 visiting several social organizations and meeting… Continue Reading
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jan (IPS) – The head of the world’s biggest private foundation and major figures in the business community are calling on the Bush administration and lawmakers to approve huge increases in development aid to eliminate absolute… Continue Reading
New book says Bush Administration has made America vulnerable; 2004 Presidential Election is “not business as usual” Washington DC: In a speech delivered today at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, acclaimed philanthropist and financier George Soros said the Bush… Continue Reading
Headscarves Blindfold a Government or Two By Julio Godoy PARIS, Jan (IPS) û A proposed French law to ban the wearing of religious symbols in schools and public buildings is turning rapidly into an international joke. It does not help… Continue Reading
By Delphine Minoui Le Figaro From the Maghreb to the Middle East, the question of family law is at the heart of political debates in the Arab world. In Iraq, a recent decision of the Governing Council abrogated the code… Continue Reading
Europeans Urged To Help Themselves And The Poor By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN, (IPS) An international conference has urged European nations to boost the share of renewables in their energy consumption and to assist developing countries in energy strategies. The call… Continue Reading
The State of the Union’s New Educational Eugenics by Greg Palast Go ahead, George, and lie to me. Lie to my dog. Lie to my sister. But don’t you ever lie to my kids. Deep into your State of the… Continue Reading
ICC to Get Evidence of ‘Illegality’ of War By Sanjay Suri LONDON, Jan (IPS) – A strong case arguing the illegality of the invasion of Iraq will be handed soon to the International Criminal Court at The Hague. The report… Continue Reading
A Dishonest War By Edward M. Kennedy The Washington Post Of the many issues competing for attention in this new and defining year, one is of a unique order of magnitude: President Bush’s decision to go to war in Iraq.… Continue Reading
Wealth for Just a Few Analysis by Mario de Queiroz LISBON, Jan (IPS) – Corruption, a lack of transparency, a weak democracy and a population that barely scrapes by while watching the country’s leaders get richer and richer — these… Continue Reading
Charities Raised More Money in ’03, but Costs Grew Even Faster By Stephanie Strom The New York Times Monday 19 January 2004 Many nonprofit organizations responding to a new survey managed to increase their revenue in 2003 despite the sputtering… Continue Reading
By Raúl Pierri MUMBAI, India, Jan 20 (IPS) – The World Social Forum took an historic step in moving from Brazil to India this year, but there is plenty of room for improvement, say activists, convinced that the global gathering… Continue Reading
Halliburton working on Mars drilling technology New polls show that at a time of record deficits, the public is against spending billions on a Mars mission while cutting domestic priorities. Nonetheless, there is one company that has supported a Mars… Continue Reading
Tune In to AIDS Fight, UN Tells World Media Peter Deselaers UNITED NATIONS, Jan (IPS) – The media has a key role to play in the fight against the spread of HIV, the deadly virus that causes AIDS, said U.… Continue Reading
