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No Laughing Matternew
A renowned Israeli cartoonist says illustrators can indeed go too far.
Tucson Weekly |
Saxon Burns |
02-15-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Bin Laden's Gamenew

Most officials thought last month's Osama bin Laden tape was no big deal, but Michael Scheuer, who founded the CIA's bin Laden unit 10 years ago, thinks they're dead wrong.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Steve Perry |
02-15-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Silent Streetsnew
Haiti takes a break from the violence and votes.
L.A. Weekly |
Ben Ehrenreich |
02-09-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Oil for Freedom

Following the fall of Saddam Hussein, oil workers in Basra reorganized one of Iraq's oldest unions, and faced the occupation's prohibition on collective bargaining in the public sector.
Random Lengths News |
David Bacon |
02-02-2006 |
International
Tags: international
In the Hot Seatnew
A misdirected e-mail from Abu Ghraib prison is a revelation.
Westword |
Staff |
01-24-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Paying for Genocidenew
A new report blames the American-backed Indonesian military for genocide in East Timor, and recommends the U.S. pay reparations.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
01-20-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Cheney Plays the Egypt Cardnew
Vice president Cheney is trying to get Egypt involved in nuclear standoff with Iran.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
01-18-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Baghdad Boynew
What was really behind Farris Hassan's trip to Iraq? Ask his father, who has a fascinating and checkered past.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bob Norman |
01-17-2006 |
International
Tags: international
Family Tiesnew
Ex-members of a cult that once advocated sex between adults and children want the group's leaders exposed and punished.
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
11-22-2005 |
Religion
Tags: Texas, Houston, pedophilia, David, family, child, international, molestation, abuse, Sexual, Berg, cult, incest
Advice and Dissent IV
As the death toll climbs in Iraq and now here at home, more people than ever wonder what went wrong with America since Sept. 11, 2001
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
09-02-2005 |
International
Tags: international
Temperatures Rise in Southern Iraqnew

The response to Iraqis who demand to know when the British Army will leave Al Muthanna is "when Al Muthanna can take care of itself" -- but to do that, the town and the rest of southern Iraq need power, water, and planning. All three are in short supply.
The Village Voice |
David Axe |
08-26-2005 |
International
Tags: international
Drinking in a Kabul Barnew
In August 2005, the author hung out at a Kabul bar with drunken soldiers, military contractors and a few other shady types -- and gained unusual insight into an already forgotten war.
Maui Time |
Barukh Shalev |
08-24-2005 |
International
Tags: international
AFL-CIO Faces Splitting Issuenew
The idea that organized labor must grow or die is behind the departures that have fractured the AFL-CIO.
The Village Voice |
Tom Robbins |
08-03-2005 |
Business & Labor
Rice-a-ruckusnew
Protesters give Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice a San Francisco treat during her speech at the Commonwealth Club.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steve T. Jones |
06-01-2005 |
International
Tags: international
War-Zone Pollsternew
Steven Moore set up shop in Baghdad as an opinion pollster and focus-group organizer in the chaotic environs of Iraq.
Sacramento News & Review |
Sasha Abramsky |
05-06-2005 |
International
Tags: international