Stories from 2002-12-28
"Guns and the warlords who wield them are distorting the Afghan economy, obstructing the role of government and impeding the delivery of relief and reconstruction aid." [more]
"German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer appeared on Saturday not to rule out his country voting for military action against Iraq on the U.N. Security Council despite German insistence it will not take part in a war." [more]
"Baghdad complied with a key United Nations demand Saturday by delivering a list to weapons inspectors naming over 500 scientists linked to Iraq's nuclear, chemical, biological and missile programs, a U.N. official said." [more]
"Yesterday's clash occurred less than a week after French soldiers fired on a rebel convoy that was speeding toward a French checkpoint northeast of Duekoue. Rebels accuse the French of backing Gbagbo's troops and have warned that any French attack on their positions would be deemed 'an act of war.' " [more]
"On Wednesday and Thursday eight Palestinian militants were killed by Israeli forces, across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. They were swift to take revenge. Islamic Jihad said that they were responsible for an attack on Friday night on a Jewish settlement in the West Bank in which four seminary students were shot dead." [more]
"The move comes at the end of a difficult year for the Peace Corps in Russia, with the Federal Security Service, successor to the KGB, charging that some volunteers were spying." [more]
"The struggle of people of Turkey for freedom and human rights is truly inspiring, not only because of the depth of commitment but also because it seems so natural and without pretense, just a normal part of life, despite the severe threats that are never remote." [more]
"U.S. officials said Saturday they made progress on a possible aid package to help protect Turkey's struggling economy from any damage caused by a possible war in neighboring Iraq." [more]
"U.S. Treasury and State Department officials said on Saturday they had discussed economic aid for close ally Turkey to reassure markets and ensure stability in the event of a war in neighbouring Iraq." [more]
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(IHT, Apr 30)
"In just five years, Bush has challenged more than 750 new laws, by far a record for any president, while becoming the first president since Thomas Jefferson to stay so long in office without issuing a veto." [more]
(Interactivist Info Exchange, Jul 26)
"Horizontalism is not an ideology, however, it is a relationship — a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time creating through the process of discovery. What has resulted is the creation of an amazing complex of movements, all linked." [more]
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