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The following speech by Sen. Jim Jeffords was delivered at the National Press Club on June 5, 2003 to commemorate the
second anniversary of his decision to leave the Republican Party and become the Senate's only Independent.
Afghanistan, the country the U.S. invaded after 9/11/01 to root out al-Qa’ida and remove the repressive regime of the
Taliban. In all respects the stated intentions of U.S. policy makers and leaders have gone terribly off course. This
isn’t just ...
BRUSSELS, Belgium – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that American officials may stop attending NATO
meetings in Belgium because of a law that allows "spurious" suits accusing American leaders of war crimes.
After several years teaching high school, I've heard all the excuses. I didn't get my homework done because my computer
crashed, because my project partner didn't do their part, because I feel sick, because I left it on the bus, because I
had a dance ...
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2003 – A U.S. Air Force F-16CG fighter crashed southwest of Baghdad June 12, while on the same day
a U.S. Army Apache AH-64 helicopter apparently was shot down by hostile fire in western Iraq, according to a U.S.
Central Command ...
Cartoon by John Chuckman
...there is nothing idealized or romantic about the difference between a society whose arrangements roughly serve all
its citizens and one whose institutions have been converted into a stupendous fraud.
AUCKLAND, Thursday June 12, 2003 -- Intel Corporation today introduced new mobile processors and chipsets for
transportable notebook PCs. These systems offer near-desktop features, including high performance, larger screens, full
size keyboards and multiple ...
The government is working on a package of proposals to protect landlords from problem tenants, Housing Minister Steve
Maharey said today.
Usually, debates about free speech discuss the margins of legality. Burning crosses on the lawn. Publications which
derogate an ethnic group. T-shirts with symbols that might incite violence.
News that the Australian drought is now officially over has prompted the publication of a series of recent snapshots
from the Victorian hinterland, recently visited by Scoop Editor Alastair Thompson, where rain was more often than not
the order of the ...
It's not so much that ratepayers' money will be spent on the launch of Auckland's new Britomart transport terminal. Or
even that the original launch budget has blown out five-fold to $100,000 - although half that would surely do. It's our
mayor's ...
Top 10 NZ First Fears If The Country's Asian Population Doubles By 2021
The New Zealand Herald is reporting this morning that Napier man John Jury, who is a tetraplegic from a car crash 27
years ago is a former Mongrel Mob leader, but painting adverse media pictures does not alter the fact that he suffered
an accident, ...
Guatemala: Amnesty International Targets Guatemalan Intelligence Agency with Blood on Its Hands Flash Animation is First
on Portillo's de facto Death Squad
More streets are to be restricted to non-residential traffic on weekends and public holidays in order to tackle the
scourge of illegal street racing in Manukau. This will include a large stretch of Te Irirangi Drive between Dawson Road
in Otara and ...
Take action! Sign Amnesty International's online petition: http://amnesty-news.c.tclk.net/maaa9XoaaYx92bb0hPub/
Amnesty International today urged the Albanian authorities to ensure that prosecution witnesses at the trial in Elbasan
of two former police officers charged with torturing a detainee are protected from intimidation, and that the victim is
granted compensation ...
Peacekeepers Exempt From War-Crimes For 1 More Year - Howard's End: The Mobster Who Deserves Care - Hard News Is There
- Rachel Goldsmith: Refusing To Teach Young Nazis - Scoop Images: When The Rain Comes - St Molesworth's Top Ten - The
Peacemaker ...
Cartoon By John Chuckman
The Israeli public discourse has been storming around "Sharon's revolutionary change of mind". The extensive debate on
his psyche focuses on the question whether he has changed from the inside, or whether it is all just U.S. pressure.
The UN Security Council has just voted to adopt a resolution to exempt some member states from the proceedings of the
International Criminal Court. The court was established last July to try cases of war crimes, crimes against humanity
and genocide, after ...
The Electoral Commission today announced it had registered another political party—bringing the number of registered
political parties to 19.
Where there is demand a supplier, whenever possible, will provide; this is the first law of economics. It is also the
first law of the street - and in the streets of a once-proud capital, there is a demand being met by means illegal that
has police ...
The “Berlin Initiative” might look like a positive, feel-good development for the International Whaling Commission, but
ultimately will be the final blow to the already polarized and dysfunctional IWC, destroying its raison d’etre, Japan’s
Commissioner ...
Successive Deadly Air Raids on Gaza Render 9 Palestinians Killed Arafat, Abbas Condemn ‘Terrorists Attacks’ in
Jerusalem, Gaza
Arafat, Abbas Condemn ‘Terrorist Operations’ in Jerusalem, Gaza PLO, PNA Urge ‘Immediate’ Ceasefire but Israel Doesn’t
Reciprocate - Israeli Army Radio: IOF were ordered to “completely wipe out” Hamas with “whatever means necessary”
The National Party is cautiously welcoming plans by Mighty River Power to resurrect the mothballed Marsden B power
station.
NOTE: The following is a translation of the Polish Newsweek article linked to by Scoop last week. A big thankyou to
Scoop reader Luke for providing the translation. – The Scoop Editor
( YellowTimes.org ) – On June 6, four days after the Mideast peace summit in Jordan, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Al Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades launched an attack on the Israeli military in northern Gaza. The groups managed to kill four Israeli
soldiers and wound ...