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    • News  Links - May.2.2008
     Canada
         -    Scientists accuse Tories of 'despicable' interference
    -    Will vote on Bill C-10 lead to an election?
    -    Brenda Martin moved to Kitchener jail
    -    Ontario demands new deal
    -Police take to the air hunting for loose lion
         -    Khadr's child soldier defence tossed out
    -    Hundreds of ducks die in oilsands tailings pond
    -    Feds pressured to perk up economy
         World
    -    1 In 5 Cars Sold In The US Now A Compact
    -    Call to Arabs on Palestinian aid
    -    Obama Proposal May Levy $15B Tax On Oil Company Profits
    -    Sense of injustice drives Iraqi women bombers:
    -    EPA official: I was forced out
     -Another proud day in US military history : Pictures show destruction caused by US bombing of civillians
    -    'Provocative' Clinton angers Iran
    -    151 Congressmen Profit From War    :
    -    Sadr City attacks kill at least 925 Iraqis    :
         -US Troop Deaths in Iraq Hit Seven-Month High
         -    Italy posts salary details on web
    -    Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades
         -    Video: Disabled Group Members Arrested at McCain's Office
         Comment
         -Distant Echoes of Vietnam The Day I Lost My Innocence By William P. O'Connor
         -Driven To Starvation By William A. Cohn   How the auto industry continues to destroy the environment and is now abetting global hunger and poverty.
         -Fastened to a Dying Animal By Phil Rockstroh
    -    Since I Gave Up Hope, I Feel Better By William Blum
    -    Is War With Iran Imminent? This time, it's more than a rumor...By Justin Raimondo
    -"Man Overboard!" Obama turns away from a drowning friend By Mike Whitney
    -    The Iraq War Morphs Into The Iranian War     By Paul Craig Roberts
    -    Military or Market-Driven Empire Building: 1950-2008 By James Petras
    -    The Torture Election by Chris Floyd
    -    'Mission Accomplished': How the Media Covered the Bush Pronouncement 5 Years Ago – and its Aftermath
    -    John McCain's Duplicity on Torture by Glenn Greenwald
    -    Need a (Nuclear) Umbrella? Call Hillary  by Leon Hadar
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         News  Links - April.29.2008
     Canada
         -    Poll suggests economic fears a problem for Tories
         World
         -Family killed during raid in Gaza
    -    Family Farmers Respond to the Food Crisis
    -    Pentagon halts 'media analysts' program; probe demanded
    -    Obama's former pastor lashes out at critics
    -    CIA continues rendition as Pentagon works on 'bugs'
    -    Opec warns oil could reach $200
    -    'Dozens die' in China train cras
    -    UN leaders to tackle world food crisis
    -    Fuel costs could end cheap flight era
    -    Critics take aim at Tory immigration reforms
    -    US troops killed in Iraq clashes
    -    LA Times: Did The US Photoshop Syrian Nuke Photos?
         Comment
         -Reverend Wright Delivers the Knockout Punch By Mike Whitney  
    -    A Corrosive Stain On The US Soul By Anthony Lewis
    -    The Neoconning of a Nation     by Eric Margolis
    -    Black Hole in Bush's Brain By Peter Chamberlin-
    -    Why Did Israel Bomb Syria? A Must Watch - Pepe Escobar: Real News Video Report
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         News  Links - April.24.2008
     Canada
         -    Police seize riot video, media outlets protest
     -Ottawa on the hook for harm to Afghans
    -    Finley threatened over proposed stripper law
         World
         -World Vision needs urgent help as millions starve
     -McCain opposes equal pay bill in Senate
    -    Hundreds of EPA scientists complain of political pressure
         -Revealed: CIA has 7,000 documents on torture, rendition
    -    Cheap food prices gone for good?
    -    New York state to use paper ballots
    -    US inmate count dwarfs world
    -    Siegelman: Rove 'hijacked' Justice Dept. to win elections
    -    Tussles at Canberra torch relay
    -    Protesters in Australian capital for torch relay
    -    Europe's Turn Back To Coal Raises Climate Fears
    -    Road Traffic Falls As Gas Prices Skyrocket
     -Shops ration rice as US buyers panic
    -    Mugabe unity government floated
    -    Is Your Job Immune From Offshoring?
    -    U.S. to Insist That Travel Industry Get Fingerprints
         Comment
         -Who's a Hothead? Hillary to Obliterate Iran
    -    The Liberation of Reverend Wright
         -Why Does the Bush Regime Want to Rule Iraq? By Paul Craig Roberts
    -    What About the War, Benedict? By Ray McGovern
    -    Will the CIA Kill or Oust Ecuador’s President? By Jacob G. Hornberger
    -The New Face Of Hunger UN Cuts School Children's Meals By Jeremy Lovell in London
    -    The Great Silence Our Gilded Age and Theirs By Steve Fraser
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         News  Links - April.21.2008
     Canada
     -    Harper Government gives gun owners $56M break
    -RCMP targeted alleged Tory spending scheme
    -    Tories on defensive over Elections Canada raid
         World
         -Carter Calls Gaza Blockade a Crime and Atrocity
     -Bush hosts his final three amigos summit
    -    Hamas willing to accept Israel as neighbor: Carter
    -    Food crisis a global security worry: UN
     -Chinese troops are on the streets of Zimbabwean city, witnesses say:
    -    U.S. to Expand Collection Of Crime Suspects' DNA
    -    World recession 'worst since 70s'
    -    Iraqi Cleric Sadr Threatens 'Open War':
         Comment
         -Our Reign Of Terror By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem
    -    Carter's Peace Mission By Mike Whitney
    -    Food - The Ultimate Weapon Of The Ruling Elite      By William Bowles
    -    12 Answers to Questions No One Is Asking About Iraq  by Tom Engelhardt
    -    Major Revelation: Media Deceitfully Disseminates Government Propaganda  by Glenn Greenwald
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         News  Links - April.18.2008
    Canada
     -    The millions Ottawa spends subsidizing the seal hunt
         -Toronto TTC strike deadline set
    -    Bisphenol A report expected tomorrow
    -    First Nations eye 2010 Olympics as protest target
    -    Rae to Harper: Fire Bernier
    World
         -Documents Describe Murder And Torture Of Prisoners In U.S. Custody
    -    Zimbabwe party 'was offered deal'
         -    Israelis Kill 20 Palestinians, Including 5 Kids and Newsman
    -    ABC criticized for handling of Democratic debate
    -    Netanyahu: 9/11 was 'good for Israel'
    -    DNC: Denver won't 'cage' protesters
    -    US Forces Release Iraqi Photographer After Being Held Two Years Without Charge
         -    50 Killed in Suicide Blast at Iraqi Funeral
    -    Iraq's Biggest Aid Agency? Muqtada al-Sadr
         Comment
         -    The End of the World as You Know It     …and the Rise of the New Energy World Order By Michael T. Klare
    -    McCain's Straight Talk Express Goes Off the Rails  by Cynthia Tucker
         -    Venezuela: Democracy, Socialism and Imperialism By James Petras 
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         News  Links - April.16.2008
     Canada
    -    Transit riders tasered for not paying fares
    -    Video: RCMP raid Tory headquarters
    -    Major stores pull plastic bottles off shelves
    -U.S. Appeals Court reserves ruling on Khadr
    -    RCMP raids Tory party headquarters
    -    Four have terror charges stayed
    -    Prepare for blockades May 29, Mohawk says
    World
         -UN calls for farming revolution
    -China tops US as #1 carbon polluter
         -    Forecast for big sea level rise
    -    Foreclosures jump 57% in 12 months 
    -    Chávez: South American 'NATO' to Be Created
         -Attitudes Toward US Worsen in Arab World
    -    Jewish liberals prep counter to AIPAC 
    -    Price of rice prompts renewed anger in Haiti
    -    Food costs rising fastest in 17 yrs. 
    -    Obama closing gap in PA
         -Five Years On, Fallujah in Tatters
    -    Putin May Lead Dominant Russian Party
    -    Jimmy Carter Lays A Wreath at Arafat's Tomb
    -    World Food Program's Ambassador appeals to donors to help Iraqi refugees in Syria    :
    Comment
         -    Global Hunger, Corporate Greed: When will enough be enough? By Debnath Guharoy
    -Credit Crunch?     The Real Crisis is Global Hunger By George Monbiot
    -Crisis? What crisis? Julian Delasantellis
    -    Our Debt to Jimmy Carter By Haaretz Editorial
    -    Zionism vs. Judaism  by Seth Freedman
    -    The Pentagon's $1 Trillion Problem by Scot Paltrow
    -    Self-Help For Self-Haters By Seth Freedman
    -    What Does It Mean to Call McCain a 'War Hero' Candidate?  by Charles Derber and Yale Magrass
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     News  Links - April.14.2008
     Canada
     -Sealing foes denounce arrests
    -    Activists push poverty plan
    -    National poll shows Liberals, Tories deadlocked
    -    Anti-seal hunt 'war' shifts to courtroom
         World
         -Ex-President Carter Shrugs Off Criticism Of Hamas Meet
    -    Humanitarian crisis looms, leaders warn
    -    2 killed as US occupation forces fire missile at own vehicle
    -    US GIs in Iraq Suffer Worst Week of '08
    -    Gaza Strip 'facing blackout'
    -    US to expand domestic spying program
    -    Bush admits waterboarding approval
    -    Zimbabwe braced for Mugabe crackdown:
    -    Castro and Chávez Attack US Backing For Biofuels
    Comment
         -It's Occupation, Not War By Charley Reese
    -    Wanta Save the Economy? Give Workers a Raise By Mike Whitney
    -    The U.S. Healthcare System Has Collapsed. CBS Video Report
    -    Why Food Costs Are Climbing By Eric Reguly
    -    More Than Three Billion People Condemned To Death From Hunger And Thirst By Fidel Castro
    -    Notes From The Iraqi Resistance... By Layla Anwar
    -    Semantics Can’t Mask Bush’s Chicanery By Robert Fisk
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     News  Links - April.9.2008
     Canada
     -Hospital cuts spark storm
    -    PM won't discipline Lukiwski for anti-gay slurs
    -    Body of soldier killed in Afghanistan arrives home
    -    Prosecute B.C. polygamist sect: former member
         World
         -    Chinese watch torch, worry
         -Docs prove FBI tracks emails, cell calls, IMs
    -    Hungry mob attacks Haiti palace
    -    Zimbabwe’s opposition warns of bloodshed
    -    Clinton, Obama, McCain divided on Iraq solution
         -1 in every 350 Americans is considered a possible “terrorist”
    -    Poor get poorer as recession threat looms: report
    -    Truckers Hit the Brakes -    Greenspan defensive as legacy tarnished
    -    Iran: US used 9/11 as war 'pretext'
    -    Uganda: U.S. Army Set to Recruit Citizens
    -    As Petraeus Testifies, Baghdad About to Erupt
    Comment
         -Ron Paul: The Emerging Surveillance State
         -US Ignores Iraqis' Views by Adil E. Shamoo
    -    Beyond the New Deal By Howard Zinn
    -    Petraeus's Ponzi Scheme : They came, they saw, they... deserted
         -    Challenging the Spin John Nichols
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     News  Links - April.7.2008
     Canada
     -UBC protesters to ask for inquiry into police clash
    -    Government keeps public in the dark: Critics
    -    Liberals mulling a 'green mortgage' plan
    -    Saudi orders prison, lashes for Canuck
         World
         -British Fear US Commander is Beating the Drum for Iran Strikes
    -    IOC chief speaks out over Tibet
    -    Clinton strategist quits amid trade flap
    -    London torch flame-out a bad sign for Beijing
    -    Women, children removed from polygamist compound
         -Why Did US Soldier Kill Herself – Instead of Taking Part in Torture?
    -    Mugabe Claims His Own People Rigged Election Against Him
         -Mad US Evangelist Compares Palestinians to Taliban
    -    Evidence Grows of U.S. Use Of Drug On Prisoners
    -    3 U.S. troops killed, 31 wounded in Iraq
    -    Iraqi Women Sacrificed to the Surge
    -US     Bankruptcies Jump 30% in March, Led by Housing-Bust States
    Comment
         -Should the U.S. End Aid to Israel? Funding Our Own Decline By Alison Weir
         -Demythologizing central bankers Thomas I Palley
    -    Buddy, Can You Spare a Billion? By Dana Milbank
    -    What Obama Could Have Said About His Pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a True Patriot By Lawrence Korb and Ian Moss
    -    Petraeus Testimony Next Week Will Signal Iran Attack By Paul Craig Roberts
    -    Fed Up: Bernanke joins G-7 to Stem Global Financial Meltdown By Mike Whitney
    -    Preventing the Rise of a Messiah By Jonathan David Farley
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         News  Links - April.3.2008
     Canada
    -    Liberals red-faced over attempt to censor press
    -    Seal hunt protesters to be charged
    -    Ontario teetering on brink of recession: RBC
         World
    -    'No Sun link' to climate change
    -    Gen. Odom Tells Senate Rapid Withdrawal Is Only Solution
    -    Docs show Pentagon now using FBI to spy on Americans
    -    Cheney nixed ban on chem weapons
         -    Chinese activist jailed ahead of Olympics 
    -    Secret memo justified warrantless surveillance after 9/11
    -    Obama battles to limit expectations in Pennsylvania
    -    High-level Bush officials pressured underlings to use torture
    -    Iraq's Sadr calls for million-strong march
         -    Zimbabwean Opposition Leader Hospitalized After Beating by Police
    Comment
         -    My Journey to the Heart of Darkness – Indianapolis by Robert Higgs
    -    Restoring the Constitution: a Conversation With Daniel Ellsberg  by Thomas P. Healy
    -    Who Is Iraq's "Firebrand Cleric"? Veteran Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn explains why Muqtada al-Sadr is no maverick. By Justin Elliot
    -    Empire or Humanity? What the classroom didn't teach me about the American empire By Howard Zinn
    -    Strangelove's Wet Dream         A Nuclear Free Fire Zone  By Peter Chamberlin 
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         News  Links - April.1.2008
     Canada
    -    Dion's popularity sinks even lower
         -    Payday loan crackdown
    -    Top Mountie amended media alert to include Goodale
    -    Clinton's Convention Strategy In Doubt
         World
         -    Bush Calls for More Eavesdropping
         -    Police arrest anti-war protester, 80, at mall
    -    Sadr Wins as Govt Crackdown Backfires
    -    Some U.S. homes worth less than their copper pipes
    -    Iraqi casualties at highest level since August
         -    Barack Obama takes aim at John McCain on Iraq  
    -    Poll: Americans call Iran, Iraq, China top enemies
    -    'New hunger' felt as food prices soar
    -    Obama takes aim at McCain on Iraq
    Comment
    -    A Third American War Crime in the Making  By Paul Craig Roberts
    -    The Education of a 9/11 Reporter by Eric Lichtblau
    -    Iran Brokers Call for Ceasefire; Bush reduced to Irrelevancy in Iraq; Fighting Continues By Juan Cole
    -    No One is Leading By Mark A. Goldman
    -    Less Regulation, More Power to the Fed     By Mike Whitney
    -    Those Who Control Oil And Water Will Control The World     By John Gray
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         News  Links - March.31.2008
     Canada
    -    Minimum wage still too low, critics say
    -    Dion's advisers want Ignatieff demoted: CTV
         -Coast Guard probed in sealing accident
    -    Recycling fees eyed for TVs, laptops
    -    Report may shed light on RCMP political manoeuvring
    -    RCMP kept tabs on public pulse as Arar affair picked up steam
    -    Worrying omens in poverty fight Carol Goar  
         World
         -    Russian Intelligence Sees U.S. Military Buildup on Iran Border
    -Obama Set To Announce A New String Of Key Endorsements
    -    "Kyoto II" climate talks open in Bangkok
    -    Chinese security forces seal off Tibet capital
    -    Mugabe minister loses seat in Zimbabwe election
    -    Al Gore Launches $300 Million Bipartisan Ad Campaign, Including Al Shaprton & Pat Robertson
    -    Basra returning to normal after Sadr truce
    -US Food stamp use nears record high
    -    CIA director says Iraq government may need U.S. help occupation for "years"
    -    Engineers accused of 9/11 coverup
    -    Dick Cheney has his sights set on Iran
    Comment
     -Murdering Iranians By Lew Rockwell
    -    Will Cheney Ever Sleep on a Concrete Bed? Justice and the Monsters of War By Missy Compley Beattie
    -    Halliburton Poisoning US Occupation Forces in Iraq ?  4 Minute Video
    -    The Smart Way Out of a Foolish War By Zbigniew Brzezinski
    -    AlJazeera Exclusive Interview with Muqtada Al-Sadr:     AlJazeera Video Report From Basra
     -    Hersh: Don't trust Washington on Iraq
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     News  Links - March.28.2008
    Canada
    -    Family unable to locate Canadian jailed in China
    -    Tories bar opposition members from NATO summit
    -    McGuinty tells feds to stop attacking Ont. policies
    -    Activists allege seal hunt cover-up
    -    Greenpeace activists arrested outside Eaton Centre
    -    Carbon tariffs could cause inflation, help manufacturing
    World
    -    Indian men in US 'slave' protest
    -