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lebanon - a timeline
chronology of key events
1920-present

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where are the christians?
uber-conservative
yet anti-neocon
pat buchanan
makes some valid points
about mid-east war

wnd.com

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iraqi death toll averaging 100 per day
nytimes

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lebanese government resigns
amidst mass protests

ap/findlaw.com

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what kind of judge is priscilla owen?
judge for yourself...
willie's story
less known but just as telling as priscilla owen's

abysmal abortion-rights record is her unconscionable handling
of a case that may have cost a young man's life.

salon.com

 


road crew tears up road
so schwarzenegger can fill pothole
for photo-op

sfgate

 

 

hijack suspects alive and well
bbc

 

cbs sensors anti-bush commercial
moveon.org

 

defending dean's scream
"i've seen a lot of politicians do a lot weirder things.
i've seen ronald reagan completely space out an answer during a presidential debate...
 i've heard bush the younger speak absolutely incomprehensible,

illiterate gibberish on important issues."
cbsnews

 

unelectable, my ass!
arianna huffington/alter.net

 

who's nader now?
paul krugman/ny times op-ed

 

predictable predictions
joe conason/salon.com

 

punx for dean!?
"
a few months ago, kimmy cash was just another disaffected 28-year-old
california punk with a pierced nose looking for a cause to believe in.
then she stumbled on howard dean"

independant uk

 

 

betting on terror?!?
the pentagon is setting up a stock-market style system

in which investors would bet on terror attacks, assassinations
and other events in the middle
east
~> this is not a joke! <~

ap/yahoo

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saddam:
"iraqi people are not the enemy

of the american people"
cbs news

 

teen's brutal beating death
'something out of the dark ages'

cnn

 

legacy of the tulia drug sting
thirteen people remain locked up in texas on the word of a corrupt cop

salon.com

 

why we're going to war
tom tomorrow/salon.com

 

bin laden's latest warning
"..this is enough for the wise of your leaders
to stay away from this band of terror..."
cnn

 

richard pearle huffs and puffs...
the "prince of darkness" speaks up against postponing iraq attack

truthout

 

4000 rally against
white supremacists in maine

fox

 

 interview with muammar kaddafi
"unfortunately, america has given the fundamentalists a strong pretext
to carry on their work... everybody is with bin laden"

msnbc

 

the truth about bush's new "tax cut"
village voice

 

108th congress, day 1:
relax ethics rules

foxnews

 

the white house formally announces
office of global communications

"to guide united states government agencies in how to 'disseminate truthful, accurate and
effective messages about the american people and their government' to audiences around the world"

ny times

 

"we can try to make sure that people in other countries
know that all americans are not down with this war"

ny times

 

remedial reading for the rich and lazy
the president opposes affirmative action... how does he defend

the institutional favoritism that got him into yale?

joe conason/salon.com

 

america has gone mad
"without bin laden, the bush junta would still be trying to explain
such tricky matters as how it came to be elected in the first place"

uk timesonline

 

"i plan to be arrested"
a new spirit of dissent

united for peace

 

free weddings for free thinkers
“we got married nude along with nine other couples

and it got a lot of media attention"

msnbc

 

in anti-war protest, train drivers refuse
to move ammunition destined for iraq

guardian uk/united for peace

 

censored!
anti-war ad yanked from d.c. cable

theprogressive

 

this is not the time for war
guardian uk

 

rare snow storm sweeps across middle-east
washington post

 

complete text:
hans blix's feb 14th report to the security council

guardian uk

 

pioneer 10 falls silent after 31 years
msnbc

 

murder most foul
medical researchers now believe that homicide, not medical complications,
is the leading cause of pregnancy-associated death

salon.com

 

battlefield becomes showcase for defense firms
"the best possible marketing tool"

boston globe

 

transcript of peter arnett interview on iraqi tv
cnn

 

newt gingrich wants to
dismantle the state department

proposed that bush appoint a small group to make proposals for “a transformation
of the diplomatic, communications and assistance elements of the united states"
msnbc

 

protests worked:
u.s. navy abandons vieques bombing range

msnbc

 

democracy lost: what about burma?
washington post editorial

 

california town criminalizes
compliance with patriot act
cnn

 

seven nuclear sites in iraq
ransacked by looters
securing sites and finding banned weapons seem to be
low priorities for the bush administration
independent uk

 

"democracy is the free world's whore"
commondreams.org

 

thrashing toward self-destruction
"we have begun to dismantle the largest and most effective web of international relationships
the world has ever known. our current course will bring instability and danger, not security."

salon.com

 

republicans seek to redraw districts for 2004
first mid-decade redistricting in 50 years
pushed for by karl rove
democrats furious
salon.com

 

wanted: klingon interpreters for county job
"we have to provide information in all the languages our clients speak"

msnbc

 

walter cronkite warns iraq attack
would lead to world war three

drudgereport

 

the loony behavior of moons
the only thing they have in common is chaos
msnbc

 

"kind of ridiculous"
woman arrested for having 17 sex toys in texas
news-journal.com

 

elephants rampage
sky.com

 

mid-east conflict
crosses another line
kibbutz mother and her children gunned down
in attempt to derail immerging peace plan

cnn

 

bigots skip school in kentucky
courier-journal

 

anti-war activists
plan mass civil-disobedience
if the us attacks iraq
ny times

 

guerrilla of the year
"robert fisk
, the intrepid war correspondent for the uk's independent
is simply the best journalist in the world today"

guerrilla news network

 

"we're a society that is
somewhat taken with excesses"

reuters/yahoo

 

german faces jail for 'ironic' remark
bbc

 

the 2002 paradox
peggy noonan/wall street journal

 

al qaeda announces
new attacks against america
salon.com

 

harry belafonte rips bush, ashcroft...
calls colin powell a house slave

drudgereport

 

theory:
"The universe may be doomed to collapse
and disappear... in
a 'mere' 10 to 20 billion years"
bbcnews

 

i cyborg
msnbc

 

ambush at takur ghar
washington post

 

global warming drowns village
independent uk

 

1.5 million march for peace in italy
upi/commondreams

 

350,000 march for peace in london
independent uk

 

anti-war protests in seattle
tribnet.com

 

anti-war protests in boston
boston herald

 

anti-war protests in california
press enterprise

 

anti-war protests across america
infoshop

 

anti-war protests across europe
endthewar.org

 

anti-war protests across asia
endthewar.org

 

congress overwhelmed with anti-war calls
unitedforpeace.org

 

desperate to get out of the army
another violent incident at fort bragg

salon.com

 

200 nuclear weapons unaccounted for
drudgereport

 

al-jazeera: headache for some, boon to others
the statesman

 

 mother asks bush to send son home
ap/washington post

 

Hydrotopia
No More Fossil Fuels!
salon.com

 

Nelson Mandela: The U.S.A. Is a
Threat to World Peace

msnbc

 

Israeli Settlers Bomb Palestinian Schoolchildren
scoop.com

 

Buzz Aldrin Punches Moon Conspiracy Theorist
salon.com

 

Forbidden Thoughts About 9/11
salon.com

 

The Troubling New Face of America
jimmy carter/washington post

 

Drug War Hypocrisy Exposed
foxnews

 

A Glimmer of Hope
Israeli Dove Runs for Labour Leader

bbc

 

Research Rebel Challenges System
Biochemist rallies colleagues to publish results on the Web -- not in high-priced journals

sfgate.com

 

Girl From Infamous Vietnam
Photograph Promotes Peace

times.uk

 

Don't Attack Saddam
brent scowcroft/wsjournal

 

Throwing Off The Balance
Jungle Vines Strangling Trees in Amazon
~ Carbon Dioxide Likely Culprit

msnbc

 

Good News For Beer Drinkers
Moderate Consumption of Beer Has More Health Benefits Than Red Wine

cbs news

 

Disarray
Navy's New Sonar Kills Whales

salon.com

 

''Why Does Everybody Hate Us?''
usa today/yahoo

 

Al Jazeera Shut Down in Jordan, 4,000 American Troops Head to Kingdom for "Exercises"
worldtribune.com

 

Bank Sets ATM to Give Extra Cash
salon.com

 

Fearing Theft, U.S. Plans to Relocate Nuclear Fuel
ny times

 

Fungus Based Meat Substitute Makes People Sick "Generally Recognized as Safe" by the FDA
cnn

 

Redefining the Bottom Line
Corporate Rebels are Pushing a New Manifesto That Makes
Social and Environmental Impact as Important as Profit

salon.com

 

Beyond Baghdad: Expanding Target List
Washington Looks at Overhauling the Islamic and Arab World
msnbc

 

Stagnant Wages for 100 Million Americans
"Experts" Try to Find the Bright Side

ny times

 

Revolution in Science:
A Genetic Discovery to Change the World

independent uk

 

A Global Picture of Death, Damage and Destruction
Mankind is Changing the World and Driving Thousands of Species to Extinction

independent uk

 

"Freak Weather Around the Globe"
independent uk

 

Suicide By Crocodile
reuters

 

 Oh Black Water, Pt.2
'Officials' Call Farm Runoff Devastation a "Natural Phenomenon"
naples daily news

 

No "Just Cause" For War Against Iraq
the progressive

 

U.S. Extorting War Court Exemptions
Governments Threatened With Loss of U.S. Military Aid If They
Don't
 Exempt American 'Peacekeepers' From International Court
salon.com

 

Eszterhas' Conscience
Screenwriter Gets Cancer, Guilt

ny times

 

Does Sex Makes Women Sprinters Faster?
reuters

 

Microwave Weapons May Be Ready For Iraq
aviation week

 

Senator Shelby's Polygraph Hypocrisy
washington post

 

 Alarm at Gender-Bending Chemicals
Strong Evidence Links Chemicals to Reproductive Abnormalities
and Population Declines in Various Species

independent uk

 

The Military's Drug Problem
Use of Amphetamines Grows, So Does Side Effects, Accidents

christian science monitor

 

Edison's Takover of Philadelphia
Public Schools Under Investigation
Officials May Have Employed "Extortion-Like" Tactics

philadelphia enquirer

 

Attacking Squirrel Captured
washington post

 

China's First Lesbian Film Quietly Tests Limits
reuters

 

Wanted: Professional Hermit
for Cave-Dwelling Duty

reuters

 

Democracy on Auto Pilot
salon.com

 

The Climes They Are A-Changin'
The Indisputable Science of Global Warming

the village voice

 

Saddam Speaks
reuters

 

Cheney Speaks
salon.com

 

Darwin Be Damned!
Maryland to Poison Pond to Kill Snakehead Fish
cnn

 

Doing Their Master's Bidding
U.S. Government Moves to Block Human-Rights Lawsuit Against Exxon Mobil

dow jones newswires/yahoo

 

Genes Inserted Into Crops Spread to Other Species
newsmax.com

 

What Gore Doesn't Get
Al's Bogus Defense of His (Hypocritical) Populist Message

slate/msn

 

Torrential Rains Across Europe
washington post

 

Finally, Static at Clear Channel
Airwave Monopolists Learn About Karma

salon.com

 

Air Pollution Affects Rain
bbc

 

Islam Reading Assignment Draws Fire
University Faces Lawsuit for Assigning Book to Freshmen
msnbc

 

Full Frontal Flashback
Three's Company Star Flashed the Camera
e!

 

Bush to Welfare Recipients: Drop Out of School
the progressive

 

Germany Says No to Iraq Attack
guardian uk

 

Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies
washington post

 

Noelle Bush Gets Rehab,
The Poor and Black Get Hard Time
salon.com

 

Garry Kasparov Thinks War is a Game of Chess
wall street journal

 

A Mysterious Shift in Earth’s Gravity
msnbc

 

"We have just taken your photograph. We will use this photograph to prosecute you. Leave now."
sacramento bee

 

President Bush Has Deserted Women's Rights
helen thomas/houston chronicle

 

Vatican Excommunicates Seven Women
salon.com

 

Lord Robertson Wants Europe to Buy More Weapons to Keep Up With the U.S.
independant uk

 

Canadian Company Sues U.S. Over Hemp
abc news

 

Discovery Sheds Light On Dark Matter
washington times

 

A Morally Bankrupt Congress
salon.com

 

Man Rents His Head As A Billboard
salon.com


The Fallout of "Free-Market Reforms"
Economic Crisis Swells in South America

washington post

 

Feds Arrest Al Qaeda Suspects
With Plans to Poison Water Supplies
foxnews

 

Report Casts Light On "UFO" Triangles
msnbc

 

Dogs May Be Smarter Than Previously Thought
msnbc

 

Learning to Love Big Brother
George W. Bush Channels George Orwell

san francisco chronicle/sf gate

 

Bush Creates Propaganda Office
washington post

 

Italian Police 'Framed G8 Protesters'
guardian unlimited

 

Iran’s Nuclear Plant Spells Trouble
msnbc

 

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Intrudes on 'Sesame Street'
ny times

 

F-16s Pursue Unknown Craft
Over Washington D.C.

washington post

 

The Gaming of the System Continues
In the World of Corporate Accounting, Just Because It's Legal Doesn't Make It Right.

salon.com

 

The Trouble With Coal
The Mining and Burning of Coal is One of the Most
Environmentally Destructive Acts Humans Engage In

&
"America is the Saudi Arabia of Coal"
cnn

 

Wind Power for Pennies
Windmills may finally be ready to compete

msnbc

 

Conflict of Interest for Christine Todd Whitman?
salon.com

 

More Kids Using Antipsychotics
Up More Than 1,000 Percent in Past 10 Years

nbc5

 

Hillary Criticizes Supreme Court
ap/yahoo

 

Bush Government Halts Family Planning Aid
 "Women and Children Will Die Because of This Decision"
upi

 

Chinese Look to Weather Manipulation
to Ensure Optimum Conditions for Olympics

msnbc

 

The Archbishop V. Disney
timesonline.uk

 

Beyond the Rubber Bullet
The Pentagon Creates Nonlethal Weapons That Hurt But Don't Kill
time

 

On the Trail of An Identity Thief
msnbc

 

Earth 'Will Expire by 2050'
Our Planet is Running Out of Room and Resources

guardian unlimited

 

Man Dies in Vat of Chocolate
salon.com

 

There is a Firestorm Coming, Provoked By Bush
President Bush's Rhetoric Sounds Like The Crazed Videotapes Of Osama Bin Laden

independant.co.uk

 

The Last Defender of the American Republic?
An Interview With Gore Vidal

la weekly


10 Years of Scottish Art That Rocked the World
sunday herald

 

Scientists Postulate That Industrial Nation's
Pollution Cause African Droughts

associated press/northern light

 

World's Poorest Nations Lash Out at Richest
agence france-presses/yahoo

 

How Corn Became King
new york times

 

Deer Carcasses Mount in Wisconsin
Further Evidence of The Spread of "Mad Cow" Type Diseases

cnn

 

Cellheads: Use A Headset!
Major Study Reveals Toxic Effects of Holding Cellphones Against the Skull

associated newspapers

 

From The Cradle To The Street
Girls As Young As 11 Sell Themselves on the Streets of New York City

the village voice

 

One Third Of United States In Drought
Globally, It Was the Second Warmest June On Record

associated press

 

USA Today Website Altered by Hackers
Pranksters Mock Bush, Christianity
drudgereport

 

A Break-in for Peace
Howard Zinn Gets to "The Heart of the Matter"

theprogressive.org

 

Refuseniks
Some Israeli Soldiers Refuse Orders Because of Their Conscience
adbusters

 

A Modern Day Bell Helicopter
Dick Cheney's Former Employer Makes Huge Profits From 'War On Terror'
ny times

 

Israelis Kill Journalist
ny times

 

A New Cold War?
U.S. Eyes Chinese Military Buildup
msnbc

 

The Genius of Seinfeld
"One Of The Most Complex and Troubling Art Works of Our Time"
salon.com

 

Celebrity Pill Pushers
salon.com

 

Power From The Moon!
sydney morning herald

 

Texas Boy Nearly Beaten to Death by Pastor
reuters

 

 Why We Should Be Worried About George W Bush
free republic

 

Scientists Create "Spidergoat"
Genetic Freak Produces Silk 5 Times Stronger Than Steel

news.com.au

 

The Invisible People
A Report on Black Rage and The Stolen Election
the progressive

 

No Margin For Error
If Earth Warms 4 More Degrees, Ocean Levels Could Rise 16 Feet!
ny times

 

Cellheaded Mother Forgets Baby on Bus
netscape news

 

Ruling the Root
How Big Business Bought Cyberspace
salon.com

 

Martina Navratilova Speaks Out Against USA
reuters

 

Study: Musicians' Brains More Sensitive
independent uk

 

Israeli Troops Attack Journalists
guardian uk

 

Ted Turner Rescinds Position
yahoo

 

The Pentagon Alters "Windtalkers" Script
washington post

 

 "Something Profound is Going On"
Alaska's Average Temperature Rises 7 Degrees in 30 Years

new york times

 

Drug War Casualties
Horrifying Boot Camp Abuses
foxnews

 

Abercrombie & Fitch Crosses the Line
Parents Outraged at Clothier's Thong for Kids

milwaukee journal sentinel

 

What Went Wrong?
9.11 Foul-Up or Cover-Up?
msnbc

 

Bush Goes Buck-Nutty Behind Closed Doors
msnbc

 

Partnership to Waste a Billion Dollars
village voice

 

Art Award Eludes Van Man
bbc

 

A Haunting Hum
salon.com

 

Tax Avoidance And a Tan
by arianna huffington

 

 ROTC Student Turns in His Own Father
for Growing Medical Marijuana

by dan savage

 

Bush to World: Screw You
the progressive

 

Big Brother circa 2002
cbs news

 

Temperature Reaches 124F in India!
washington post

 

Ice Cloud Over South Florida in Mid-May?!
miami herald

 

Bush Wins Final Battle for Star Wars
guardian uk

 

"Americans Are Dumb"
mirror uk

 

Insider Trading Scandal at CNBC
new york post

 

Another Hijacked Television Incident
reuters

 

Tales of the Youngest Soldiers
by tom masland

 

The Possibility of Peace
by david rabin

 

Ozzy Slips One Past the Censors
by adam buckman

 

Frustrated Bank Customer Sets Herself on Fire
reuters

 

A Lone Voice of Reason
'The Progressive' Talks to Russ Feingold
by matthew rothschild

 

War Stress Wears Out Prostitutes
by liza kappelle

 

Music Swappers Buy More Music
reuters

 

 Placebo Effect Indeed
by shankar vedantam

 

An Amorphophallus Blooms
kew gardens

 

World's Oldest Living Thing
11,500 Year Old Plant Found In Palm Springs Desert

by maggie shiels

 

Prince Philip Makes Case for
Abolishing the Monarchy

by jane wardell

 

The Real War on Terrorism
 Interview with Robert Pelton
b
y mark scheffler

 

A Victory for Big Oil
Environmentally Pragmatic Scientist Booted Off Climate Panel

cbs news

 

Are Suitcase-Sized Nuclear Weapons
Missing From the Russian Arsenal?
various

 

Supercomputer Shatters Speed Mark
35,600 Gigaflops Per Second!

cbs news

 

Inside the Very Strange World
of Billionaire John Sperling

by melanie warner

 

Courage to Refuse
declaration by idf dissenters

 

High Noon for Ashcroft, Stewart
by nat hentoff

 

Who's a Terrorist?
by brennan bailey

 

Weedkiller Hermaphrodites Frogs
by maggie fox

 

"The White House is Rewriting History"
by dana milbank

 

Interview with Sharon
cnn

 

Inside the Camp of the Dead
by janine di giovanni

 

A New War Against Terror
by noam chomsky

 

Journalists Publicly Beaten in Pakistan
for Criticizing Government

cnn

 

Venezuelan Information
Antidote to Mass Media Bias re: Hugo Chavez

by steve ellner

 

 At the Gates of Power
by joel bleifuss

 

NYC Mayor's Hypocrisy Exposed

 

Editor of 'National Review' Suggests
Nuking Mecca

 

Patriotism: Too Much of a Good Thing
by andy rooney

 

China Increases Missiles Facing Taiwan
by bill gertz

 

Interviews with Arafat
worldtribune.com

 

McCarthyism Watch
theprogressive.org

 

A Better World is Possible
by fidel castro 

 

Operation Enduring War
by howard zinn 

 

Ohhh Black Water...
special report

 

Shattered Dreams : Israel at 50
by judah passow

 

Norman Mailer shreds George Will
by norman mailer

 

A Reprimand for Reebok
One Woman's Sacrifice

by leslie dwyer

 

The Importance of Jimmy Breslin
by tom robbins

 

Retarded Youth Is Jailed, Abused
reuters

 

Who's Afraid of Mickey Mouse?
When Disney Complains, Sack the Reporter

by cynthia cotts

 

Indian Comic Strip Spoofs Bush
reuters


Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapses
500 million billion tons of ice disintegrates

by joseph b. verrengia

 

Quantum Teleportation!
ibm research

 

Further Reading
theprogressive.org

 

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