Alleged Rove Secret Riles Senators

Alleged Rove Secret Riles Senators
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Senators yesterday demanded disclosure of the secret that top Bush aide Karl Rove told a conservative activist last week to reassure him about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.

US Bocks UN Briefing on Atrocities in Sudan
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US Ambassador John Bolton blocked UN envoy Mendez on Monday from briefing the Security Council on grave human rights violations in Sudan's Darfur region, despite pleas from Annan and 11 other council members that Mendez be heard.

Norman Dombey | Tell Us Who Fabricated the Iraq Evidence
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Norman Dombey: Politicians tell us they acted in good faith on the road to war, and maybe they did, but that leaves a prickly question: who was so keen to prove that Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat that they forged documents purporting to show that he was trying to buy 500 tons of uranium from Niger to develop nuclear weapons?

Air Force Withdraws Paper for Chaplains
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The Air Force, facing a lawsuit over alleged proselytizing, has withdrawn a document that permitted chaplains to evangelize military personnel who were not affiliated with any faith, Pentagon officials said yesterday.

Doris "Granny D" Haddock | Politics of Nonviolence
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Doris Haddock: The political issues that divide the American people are great issues, with severe consequences for the moral life of the nation and the fate of the planet. These are issues equal to the issues that divided us in 1860, and we should fear the historical similarities.

Liberal Hopes Ebb in Post-Storm Poverty Debate
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As Hurricane Katrina put the issue of poverty onto the national agenda, many liberal advocates wondered whether the floods offered a glimmer of opportunity. The issues they most cared about - health care, housing, jobs, race - were suddenly staples of the news, with President Bush pledged to "bold action." But what looked like a chance to talk up new programs is fast becoming a scramble to save the old ones.

Merkel's Power May Be Trimmed in Deal
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Conservative leader Angela Merkel will likely see her personal power trimmed by the power-sharing deal she struck to become Germany's first female chancellor. The deal struck Monday gives the 51-year-old leader the top job, but she had to bargain away half the posts in her Cabinet to strike a broad agreement on forming a government with left-wing Social Democrats.

"Stripped... and Sent to Die" in the Sahara
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Doctors Without Borders located over 500 sub-Saharan immigrants who had been conducted by the Moroccan police into "a desert area, in the middle of nowhere, without water or food." Their crime? To have attempted an assault on the fence that surrounds the town of Mellila, a Spanish enclave on Moroccan territory, with their homemade ladders.

Marjorie Cohn | Nobel Prize Slaps Bush Nuke Policy
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Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency and its chief, Mohamed ElBaradei, won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The award was a slap at George W. Bush, who had pressed for ElBaradei's removal just months before. It was also a blow to Bush's policies of dealing with nuclear issues unilaterally, and the US focus on non-proliferation to the exclusion of disarmament - both of which are required by the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

More than 40 Killed in Pre-Vote Iraq Violence
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In the deadliest attack in nearly two weeks, a suicide car bomb exploded in a crowded open market in the northwestern town of Tal Afar, killing 30 Iraqis and wounding 45.

Robert Scheer | Wrong Objections
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Know them by their enemies Robert Scheer tells us. He writes that the "more I read of the vituperative right-wing attacks on Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, the more sympathetic I become. Anyone who has incurred the wrath of Trent Lott, Gary Bauer and George Will can't be all bad. If Robert Bork thinks she's a "disaster," maybe there is a positive side to this nominee that I have missed."

William O. Beeman | The Perpetual Hostage Crisis
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William O. Beeman writes that both Iran and the United States know that Iran is the most powerful nation in the Middle East today. It is the key to long-term peace, stability and uninterrupted energy supplies in the region. The Iranians have little to lose by standing pat against empty American threats.

James Zogby | Bush's "Major Speech"
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Despite the President's assertion that progress in Iraq is undeniable and irreversible, there is much evidence to the contrary. James Zogby writes that the Administration's troubles are compounded by the fact that the public's support for the war continues to decline, as does the President's own favorable ratings (now down to 37% in one poll). The stage was thus set for a "major speech."

Death Toll Rises for Military Reservists
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The National Guard and Reserves are suffering a strikingly higher share of US casualties in Iraq, their portion of total American military deaths nearly doubling since last year.

Indian Tribes and Hurricane Katrina
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Tribal leaders have complained that they are being overlooked by the media, by relief organizations and by the federal government. Houma Nation Chief Brenda Dardar-Robichaux said, "We are an Indian tribe here that is falling through the cracks. Nobody has made contact with us except the native media. Everything we are doing has been a grassroots effort, and it's taken weeks to get this far with the help of many volunteers and private donations. We're basically doing it on our own."

Once Powerful Christian Coalition Teeters on Insolvency
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The Christian Coalition, the one-time powerhouse of the religious right, founded by Pat Robertson, is struggling to stay afloat. The group’s annual revenue has shrunk to one-twentieth of what it was a decade ago –from a peak of $26 million in 1996 to $1.3 million in 2004 – and it has left a trail of unpaid bills from Texas to Virginia.

Sari Gelzer | Reclaiming the American Legacy of Civil Disobedience
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TO's Sari Gelzer offers that one thing all Americans can do about their desire to see change in America is practice civil disobedience. This flavor of action is not just for radicals. Civil disobedience is the role of citizens within the political system and has a much broader legacy than one was taught to think. Civil disobedience, practiced by various movements of people, has been responsible for forcing politicians to comply with the demands of its citizens. Civil disobedience is how "slavery was ended, civil rights were won, it's how women won the right to vote, and it's how Vietnam ended," says Anthony Arnove, a writer, editor and activist based in New York.

Ex-Iraqi Defense Minister Sought in $1 Billion Theft
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Iraq has issued arrest warrants against the defense minister and 27 other officials from the US-backed government of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi over the alleged disappearance or misappropriation of $1 billion in military procurement funds, officials said Monday.

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