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"An European Social Forum in London"
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the images and the daily surprises of the European forum 2004
320 photos, the days of the ESF, the demonstration against war and the intelligent police of Blair. Things of the other world...
copyleft* photos reportage by Maurizio Biosa
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Little-Known Use of DU in Commercial Jets Exposed
By Christopher Bollyn
The recent crash of a Boeing 747 in Halifax, Canada, raises a number of questions
about the use of depleted uranium (DU) in airplanes, public health concerns and
the 9-11 attacks. When a Boeing 747 crashed and burned on takeoff at Halifax
International Airport in Nova Scotia, Canada, on Oct. 14, an official accident
investigator said the aircraft probably contained radioactive depleted uranium. .../... (…)

By ROBERT H. REID
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Trembling, haggard and weeping into a tissue, Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped British aid worker who has spent nearly half her life delivering food and medicine in Iraq, begged Britain on Friday to help save her by withdrawing its troops, saying these "might be my last hours."
The gaunt, 59-year-old woman’s wrenching, televised statement - delivered between sobs - puts new political pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair’s government, a day after it (…)

by Farnaz Fassihi*
Iraq is a "disaster" that has deteriorated "into a raging barbaric guerilla war" that will haunt the United States for decades.
Being a foreign correspondent in Baghdad these days is like being under virtual house arrest. Forget about the reasons that lured me to this job: a chance to see the world, explore the exotic, meet new people in far away lands, discover their ways and tell stories that could make a difference.
Little by little, day-by-day, being based in (…)

By Lynn Landes The Associated Press (AP) will be the sole source of raw vote totals for the major news broadcasters on Election Night. However, AP spokesmen Jack Stokes and John Jones refused to explain to this journalist how the AP will receive that information. They refused to confirm or deny that the AP will receive direct feed from voting machines and central vote tabulating computers across the country. But, circumstantial evidence suggests that is exactly what will happen. And (…)

By Rowan Scarborough
The Army is negotiating with civilian leaders about eliminating a women-in-combat ban so it can place mixed-sex support companies within warfighting units, starting with a division going to Iraq in January.
Despite the legal prohibition, Army plans already have included such collocation of women-men units in blueprints for a lighter force of 10 active divisions, according to Defense Department sources.
An Army spokesman yesterday, in response to questions from The (…)

by Erik Kirschbaum
BERLIN - American expatriates in Germany are turning out in record numbers for the presidential election, spurred on by the German public, U.S. military commanders or a newfound sense that every vote could be decisive.
Both the Republicans and Democrats Abroad groups have reported huge jumps in registration this year. A few who missed absentee ballot deadlines are so determined that they even plan to fly to their home states next month just to vote.
The fourth (…)

by Jonathan Turley
When troops’ orders in a war are wrongheaded, mutiny can be the result The recent refusal of at least 18 soldiers in the 343rd Quartermaster Company to go on a perilous mission in Iraq has created a torrent of competing allegations of mutiny and military incompetence. With an election approaching, the Bush administration is now desperately seeking to defuse the controversy.
History has shown, however, that alleged mutinies do not go away easily and that they often (…)

By WENDY COX
VANCOUVER (CP) - RCMP and Vancouver police are investigating explosive comments made by a Vancouver Muslim cleric who has preached the virtues of "offensive jihad" and called Jews "the brothers of monkeys and swine."
Police authorities said an "active" joint RCMP-Vancouver Police investigation has been underway for "some time."
But Vancouver police Const. Anne Drennan said there are no immediate concerns about the mosque.
"We have no reason to believe at this point that (…)

by Christopher Lisotta
JOHN KERRY’S DECISION to mention Vice President Dick Cheney’s lesbian daughter, Mary, during the final presidential debate caused such an uproar among Republicans one would have thought the Democratic nominee had gone out on the town gay-bashing. “This is not a good man,” seethed vice-presidential spouse and cultural conservative maven Lynne Cheney at a post-debate rally in Pennsylvania with her husband in tow. “Of course, I am speaking as a mom, and a pretty (…)