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3/16/2003 News Headlines |
| -Bush: Monday 'a moment of truth' on Iraq |
| -Don’t look back The growing likelihood of war with Iraq has focused attention on the costs of military intervention to America. War will inevitably be expensive in cash terms. Does history suggest the global economic cost could be even greater? |
| -BBC:Tory leader woos middle classes "They are the quiet strength of our nation and, yes, they are getting angry", he is due to tell the Harrogate conference. "These people are the backbone of this country and this government has ripped them off." "They want change founded on fairness. Fairness for vulnerable people and fairness for the backbone of this country." |
| -Global alert over mystery virus Global health authorities are struggling to contain a mystery virus which has affected more than 150 people in a number of countries, killing at least nine. |
| -Forum tackles world water crisis |
| -Kennedy attacks Azores summit |
| -Stars sing out against war |
| -Bush Pushes Plan to Curb Medicare Appeals |
| -Anger on Iraq Seen as New Qaeda Recruiting Tool |
| -Iraq Links Germs for Weapons to U.S. and France |
| -How Tax Cuts Trickle Down |
| -Dems: Bush, GOP need to fix U.S. economy "What have President Bush and Congressional Republicans proposed to do about these problems? The elimination of taxes on corporate dividends. Yes, that's their response," Matsui said. "So who benefits from this tax cut? Well, those earning $1 million or more a year would receive an average tax cut of $27,000 a year. |
| -Worldwide demonstrations show divided opinions |
3/14/2003 News Headlines |
| -Desert camps far removed from cozy UN |
| -Chile proposes Iraq compromise |
| -Clinton sees British plan as way to avert war |
| -Democracy Domino Theory 'Not Credible' A State Department report disputes Bush's claim that ousting Hussein will spur reforms in the Mideast, intelligence officials say. |
| -Turkey Outlaws Kurds’ Main Party The move is seen as a preemptive measure aimed at curbing a separatist backlash if the U.S. invades neighboring Iraq. |
| -Bush to renew Mid-East peace push |
| -Analysis: Palestinians' new dawn? |
| -10 arrested at anti-war protest Urging the Bush administration to "wage peace," about 275 people and one golden retriever protested at the Jackson Federal Building in downtown Seattle Thursday. Ten people were arrested when they crossed a police line. |
| -Bush, Blair, Aznar to Meet in Azores Islands for Summit |
| -Millions of Spanish Workers Protest War |
| -Pressing the Kurds' Cause, if Not Their Dream |
| -Deported -- but he says he's American Judge didn't believe him; 2 years later, Mount Vernon man is still in Mexico |
| -Webcams on historic and panoramic sites in Scotland Real Estate |
3/12/2003 News Headlines - Previous Headlines |
| -Global Candlelight Vigil for Peace: Sunday, March 16 -- 7:00 PM It appears that the Bush administration will fail to win Security Council support for war, and world public opinion has been a key part of this. Help keep up the pressure by attending, or scheduling, a candlelight vigil on Sunday in your area. MoveOn.org and the Win Without War coalition, together with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and many faith-based organizations, are calling for this global vigil -- and we need your help |
| -I Vant to Be Alone By MAUREEN DOWD Paul Wolfowitz, the deputy secretary of defense, spoke to the Veterans of Foreign Wars here yesterday and reassured the group that America would have "a formidable coalition" to attack Iraq. "The number of countries involved will be in the substantial double digits," he boasted. Unfortunately, he could not actually name one of the supposed allies. |
| -UK outlines Iraq demands |
| -US ready to fight 'without UK' US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has sparked diplomatic confusion by suggesting America has alternative plans if the UK decides not to go to war with Iraq. |
| -BBC: War with Iraq 'could be illegal' |
| -Serbian premier assassinated |
| -Medi “Don’t” Care; Medi “Can’t Get Paid” from The Daily Enron |
| - The Beastie Boys Anti-war Song Get It Here |
| -British Dissent Over an Iraq War Imperils Blair's Political Future |
| -World Court for Crimes of War Opens
in The Hague the Bush administration, fearing that a prosecutor could
indict American officials or military personnel on missions abroad, has actively
campaigned against the institution and pressed many governments into deals to disregard
any subpoena issued for an American citizen. Washington has obtained such deals from 21
nations, mainly poor countries dependent on United States aid. -Bringing tyrants to book America is not only at odds with Europe over Iraq—the newly launched International Criminal Court is another bone of contention. The fight over the scope of its jurisdiction has obscured its largely admirable ambitions |
3/11/2003 News Headlines |
| -NAACP backs women in suit against county Suit says white man's offensive touching was not stopped |
| -Senate Revisits Ban of Abortion Procedure |
| -Delinking Abortion and Breast Cancer |
| -The New Airport Profiling |
| -Concerns About The Undecided Six to be Seduced - Guinea, which presides over the Security Council this month, is one of the 15 poorest countries on the planet. To get Guinea's vote, Washington could promise to close their eyes to the human rights situation Angola - Oil Contract Blackmail Mexico - Immigration Agreement Suspended Chili - Free-Trade Agreement Hostage Cameroon - Bartered Commercial Assistance... |
| -Hatreds Steeped in Blood By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF |
| -What price liberty lost? Some want to know Cost-benefit analysis may be applied to domestic security |
| -A Fiscal Train Wreck By PAUL KRUGMAN |
| -Talks Delay Catholic Sexual Abuse Suits in California |
| -Ebola outbreak in Congo: Red Cross Red Crescent launches appeal |
3/10/2003 News Headlines |
| -Jimmy Carter: Just War — or a Just War? |
| -The Xanax Cowboy |
| -Democratic Hopefuls Find Antiwar Minefield in Iowa |
| -Study: TV Violence Begets Violence |
| -GOP Lawmakers Say Gas Tax May Be Needed |
| -Some Evidence on Iraq Called Fake U.N. Nuclear Inspector Says Documents on Purchases Were Forged |
| -Clinton And Dole Face Off |
| -Bush's War on Women: Stealth Misogyny "Don't watch what we say, watch what we do." That Nixon-era maxim perfectly describes George W. Bush's covert campaign against women's rights. Call it stealth misogyny. |
| -Russia ready for Iraq veto |
| -Japan 'won't extradite Fujimori' |
3/7/2003 News Headlines |
| -Why Ousting Saddam Won't Bring Middle East Peace Israel's problem isn't Iraq, says Tony Karon. It's the Palestinians. And they're not fighting for Saddam |
| -Is Iraq Sincere or Merely Stalling? Even U.N. weapons inspectors are uncertain as to what to make of the Baghdad regime's cooperation in recent days. |
| -Bush Isolated by Failure to Learn Father's Lesson |
| -A highly inflated version of reality Researchers challenge notions about what drives the chronic liar. |
| -Marchers protest arrest of man for wearing peace T-shirt at Crossgates Mall Shopper charged after refusing to take off shirt that mall store made for him, bearing slogans "Peace on Earth" and "Give Peace a Chance" |
| -Advisors Warn Bush He Faces "Humiliating" Defeat on UN Resolution |
| -A Deepening Fissure The declaration issued today by Germany, Russia and France against war in Iraq now — with its implicit threat of veto — may go down as the loudest "No!" shouted across the Atlantic in a half century or more. |
| -Catholics Debating: Back President or Pope on Iraq? |
| -2 Companies Pay Penalties for Improving China Rockets |
| -Colleen Rowley, Agent Who Saw 9/11 Lapses Still Faults F.B.I. on Terror |
| -The Worst-Case Scenario Arrives Whatever comes of the conflict with Iraq, the world will have lost before any fighting begins if the Security Council is ruined as a mechanism for unified international action. |
| -Church, State and Children |
| -ABC Nightline: Back in 1997, a group of mostly Republicans outlined a foreign policy strategy for regime change in Iraq - by force, if necessary. Several of those Republicans now hold key positions in the Bush administration. Some critics ask, Is this a case of democracy in action, or a secretive organization with undue influence? |
| -Palestinians say 11 killed in Israeli operation Military operation followed suicide bombing in Haifa |
| -Halliburton theft ups terror fears Fears of a 'dirty bomb' arise with theft of oil services firm's radioactive device in Africa. |
| -City bans cruise ship for sanctuary dumping Monterey has banned a cruise ship from its harbor after the ship's operators admitted dumping bilge water in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, violating an agreement with the city. |
3/4/2003 News Headlines |
| -Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war Secret document details American plan to bug phones and emails of key Security Council members |
| -Bush Is Undeterred by Opposition to Using Force Against Iraq |
| -A Free Ride for Bad Doctors |
| -Medical malpractice bill would trample juries’ rights, Libertarians say |
| -Was 'mastermind' really captured? |
| -The World Casts a Critical Eye at Bush's Style of Diplomacy |
| -Iraq Says It May Stop Destroying Missiles Official warns that if Washington won't work through the U.N., Baghdad might keep its rockets for defense. Six more are crushed. |
| -Arab Allies of U.S. Have Grip on Protests "Controlled demonstrations have been allowed," said Daniel Tschirgi, a political scientist at the American University in Cairo. The governments, he said, "wanted to vent some steam." |
| -Memo exposes Bush's new green strategy |
| -300,000 mentally ill in US prisons A handful of alternative schemes has no impact on an unmanageable crisis made worse by closing most mental hospital beds Creating "deFacto mental institutions |
| -Ashcroft Out of Control Ominous Sequel to USA Patriot Act |
| -What is North Korea's game? There is no reason to doubt North Korea feels threatened - in general by its own weakness and isolation, and in particular by a Bush administration which calls it names ("axis of evil"), has an avowed doctrine of pre-emption Hence it seems logical to Kim Jong-il to amass a vast arsenal, by fair means or foul, to ensure he avoids the fate of the Taleban, Slobodan Milosevic or Saddam Hussein. |
3/3/2003 News Headlines |
| -War talk fuels oil price hike an 8/25/2002 article from the NY Daily News |
| -North Korean Fighter Jets Intercept U.S. Reconnaissance Plane |
| -Albright: Bush Should Hold Off on Iraq |
| -Iranian Brigades Deploy in Kurdish Iraq |
| -North Korea intercepts U.S. reconnaissance plane |
| -U.N.: Iraq destroys more missiles But official threatens to reverse decision if U.S. moves to war |
| -Bush's Muslim propaganda chief quits |
| -Daschle blasts Bush on homeland security |
| -Pledge ban set for March 10 in nine states |
| -6/27/2002 - Senators call Pledge decision 'stupid' |
| -Separation of Church & State and the Pledge of Allegiance |
| -Going to war for the economy |
| -Is Karl Rove the brain behind the
presidency? -October 2002: A chilling inheritance of terror - Is Khalid Shaikh Mohammed alive? Photo [ed note: I don't know if these are true or not. Interesting, though. From a reasonable source, but not an expert] |
3/2/2003 News Headlines |
| -Iraq destroys more missiles |
| -Air Force unlikely to reopen criminal cases in assaults Roche: Investigation will produce 'constructive criticism' |
| -Court refuses to reconsider Pledge decision -Litigant explains why he brought Pledge suit -Opinions on the Pledge of Allegiance ruling |
| -Rallies in Seoul Differ on U.S., Highlighting a Generation Gap |
| -Democrats: Bush tax plan fails to help economy "Our economy is in a hole, but rather than looking for a ladder, the president is reaching for a bigger shovel." -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington |
| -No Relief in Sight By PAUL KRUGMAN So Glenn Hubbard has resigned as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers — to spend more time with his family, of course. (Pay no attention to the knife handles protruding from his back.) Gregory Mankiw, his successor, is a very good economist, but never mind: When the political apparatchiks who make all decisions in this administration want Mr. Mankiw's opinion, they'll tell Mr. Mankiw what it is... |
| -Bush Ex Machina -AFL-CIO vents its anger at Bush after Chao chastisement |
| -Americans Have a Cool Debate About a Hot-Button Topic George Bush took a page from the Jesse Helms playbook when the administration filed a Supreme Court brief condemning affirmative action at the University of Michigan and tried to mislead Americans into believing that Michigan has a quota system that systematically discriminates against nonblack applicants |
| -San Francisco police chief asks state to investigate his
indictment -Detective: Author given access to Blake investigation -A Pivot Point for the Middle East |
| -UN Council battle in the balance |
| -French official: No anti-Americanism in France |
| -Washington: Cruelty of slave trade shown at Smithsonian |
| -Bill Moyers on Patriotism and the American Flag |
3/1/2003 News Headlines |
| -ACLU Declares its concerns over airline ID system that may prevent you from flying, discloses credit and personal information, creates blacklist |
| -Tight U.S. Job Market Adds to Jitters Among Consumers |
| -Top al Qaeda operative caught in Pakistan |
| -Timber industry benefits from Bush forest policy |
| -CNN Special Report: Oil Shock 2003 |
| -Court refuses to reconsider Pledge decision |
| -Rebuked on Global Warming Nothing so far has shamed President Bush into adopting a more aggressive policy toward the threat of global warming.... |
| -Waging a Global Battle for Health More Efficiently: Only about 5 percent of the new AIDS/Health spending is requested in the president's budget. Even more troubling, the president's budget cuts nearly in half the level of financing Congress authorized for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a public-private partnership intended to expand effective programs. To finance the proposal, his budget also proposes cuts in children's health programs |
2/25/2003 News Headlines |
| -Threats, Promises and Lies by Paul Krugman, NY Times |
| -America's Cup terror warning |
| -N Korean missile mars inauguration |
| -US and China join fusion project |
| -Senate Democrats fight Estrada - want
questions answered -U.S. Crackdown Sets Off Unusual Rush to Canada -Nobel-Winning Economists Assail Bush Tax Scheme -McCain rips GOP over campaign finance law -Florida fights over death-row lawyers Gov. Jeb Bush wants to cut capital-appeals agency. Critics say it undermines justice. -Deborah Cook Is the Typical Bush Judicial Nominee — So Watch Out -Energy secretary grilled about gas prices Sen. Wyden: 'People are being pinched like never before' |
| -Powell, in Asia, Is Dealt a Setback on North Korea |
| -2 Bidders Said to Be Interested in Buying AOL's Publishing
Unit -A Radio Chip in Every Consumer Product |
2/20/2003 News Headlines |
| -U.S. troops may fight in Philippines -The Million Modem March February 26th Join the March |
| -Journalist penetrated Islamic extremist groups in Paris |
| -Time.com: North Korea's atomic
ambitions are real. So, too, is the prospect of a nuclear arms race across Asia -The World Bank, IMF and South America |
| -US plan for new nuclear arsenal Secret talks may lead to breaking treaties |
| -GOP threats halted GAO Cheney suit -Police scandal costs Oakland $10.9 million City officials have agreed to pay $10.9 million and implement reforms to settle a series of civil rights lawsuits involving a band of rogue police officers who allegedly beat suspects and planted drugs on innocent people |
| -Global warming fight going underground? |
| -Bad economy helps clear the air -How do you answer people who want us to "get over" the 2000 election? |
2/19/2003 News Headlines |
| -Supreme Court urged to restrict spying powers |
| -Time.com: The state of our defense "We're not building the means to respond well... And when we have that next terrorist incident, there will be hell to pay, because the American people will be in disbelief about how little has been done." |
| -BBC: US 'plans new nuclear weapons' |
| -U.S. 'won't move on N. Korea until inauguration' |
| -N. Korea: U.S. stance 'illogical' |
| -11 killed in Israeli operation in Gaza City |
| -Bush talking more about religion 'Faith to solve the nation's deepest problems' |
| -Gephardt launches presidential campaign |
| -BBC: Diplomat shot dead in Prague |
| -Anti-Bush T-shirt banned at Michigan school |
| -Congo Ebola outbreak 'not contained' More than 60 dead |
| -A nation on the edge |
| -Going to war over a judge |
| -Findlaw: Why it was wrong to prosecute man for growing medicinal marijuana |
2/7/2003 News Headlines |
| -U.S. raises terrorism threat level |
| -N. Korea warns against aggression |
| -Time.com: What About the Other War?As the U.S. prepares for an attack on Iraq, the war in Afghanistan looks far from finished |
| -Pres. Bill Clinton, Stones Cool Down the Planet in Concert to Highlight Global Warming |
2/5/2003 News Headlines |
| -Bush Budget to Run Up Record Deficits |
