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Dahr Jamail: Iraq Dispatches

Iraqi Educational Institutions Suffering Amidst ‘Empty Promises’

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Ten months into the US occupation of Iraq, the country's higher education system continues to suffer from twelve years of sanctions, the post-invasion looting, and current US negligence.

IGC Turns the Clock Back on Women's Rights

Shiite Unity Challenges U.S. Plan in Iraq

Two U.S. Banks SWIFT to Skirt Burma Sanctions
Jeff Shaw
After the US stengthens its sanctions against Burma, SWIFT, a cooperative of banks with two US banks on its board, admits four Burmese banks, significantly facilitating Burma's ability to trade internationally.

Feature Story
The Terrorism Case that Wasn't
One Year On, 'Help the Needy' Case Still Shrouded in Mystery, Innuendo

Madeleine Baran
A Muslim American doctor held without bail for providing charity aid to Iraq against sanctions speaks out for the first time about his cause. Under insinuations of terror that won't go away, the case may put US-Iraq policy on trial.

Imprisonment on the Rise in China for Internet-Related Activities
Billy Jackson
As internet related arrests and detentions increase, US corporations are providing China with increasingly sophisticated censorship apparatus.

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New Study Documents Evictions Scourge
Kari Lydersen
According to a newly-released report, evictions and harassment by landlords are widespread problems, affecting thousands of Americans each year.

Record Numbers ‘Disappeared’ in Colombia’s ‘Dirty War’
Garry Leech
Nearly 3600 people were "disappeared" in Colombia in the past two years, a sharp increase over previous periods, with evidence indicating US-backed government involvement

More Major Articles

CORPORATE DIGEST

Corporate Report for March 22-28
Airlines slash worker pay, spoil execs; Insurance co's snub patients; Power co's add mercury to H2O; Grocery chain and pharm. co. consolidation

Featured: Despite Big Gov’t Gigs, Halliburton Posts Losses

Suit Focuses on Shareholder Rights Amid Problems with Kids Vaccine

U.S. News: Bush Moves to Deregulate Gov't WMD Plants Despite Security Failures

World: Questions Arise Over Causes of Yellow Fever Outbreak in Colombia

U.S. News: Fresh Damages Ruling Issued in Long-running Exxon Valdez Case

World: Brazil and India Discuss Trade and Technology Agreements

More News Reports

Baghdad residents read "orders" from militant cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr. [ENLARGE] [STORY]

MIDEAST DIGESTS

Israel/Palestine Report for Jan. 30
Israeli & Hizbullah kidnappers exchange 'bargaining chips'; Gaza raid leads to suicide bombing leads to Bethlehem raid; U.S. weighs in on World Court 'wall' dispute; Palestinian medics, patients used as 'human shields'

+ Iraq Report for Jan. 15
+ Israel/Palestine Report for Jan. 6
+ Iraq Report for Jan. 3

BLOGGING THE WSF

9 activists/writers covered the World Social Forum for TNS from Mumbai, India in a multi-author weblog.

Libya Disposes of Phantom Arsenal to Curry Washington's Favor	FEATURED CARTOON BY DARRIN DRDA PREVIOUS CARTOON
Norm Dixon
The US and UK are taking credit for Libya's apparent capitulations on WMDs. But how much is Libya giving up, and how much is it gaining?
More Commentary & Humor

Corporate Report for March 22-28
Simone Baribeau
Airlines slash worker pay, spoil execs; Insurance co's snub patients; Power co's add mercury to H2O; Grocery chain and pharm. co. consolidation
More Media Analysis

	New Zealanders Demand Closure of 'Spy Base' (1/27)
	Blacks in Colombia Face Renewed Threat of Annual Massacre (1/26)
	Australia Called Upon to Repatriate Guantanamo Bay Detainees (1/26)
	TransAfrica Forum Delegation Visits Venezuela (1/25)
	New Year, Old Problems: Chinese Workers in the Year of The Monkey (1/23)
	In Kenya, Vendors Arrested for Selling 'Gutter' Newspapers (1/23)
	Australia Considers Joining U.S. ‘Missile Defense’ Scheme (1/22)
	Britain Faces ICC Investigation Into Use of Cluster Bombs (1/21)
	Afghanistan Warlord bids for high-level position (1/21)
	Canada Quietly Supported U.S. Iraq Invasion (1/21)
	Consumer Group: Thailand Covering Up Bird Flu (1/18)
	Trade Partners to U.S.: ‘It’s Payback Time’ (1/16)
	Canada Abandons Development of RoundUp Ready Wheat (1/16)
More World News

Pres. Candidate Wesley Clark Won't Rule Out Use of Cluster Bombs (1/28)

More Than Moon Rocks, NASA Collects Airline, Passenger Data (1/25)

Auditors: USO Splurged on Luxuries for Troop Entertainers (1/25)

Underground Activists Hit Hummers (1/23)

Union Decertification Threats May End Wisconsin Tyson Workers Strike (1/23)

Amnesty Int’l Slams U.S. over Child Executions (1/23)

President Bush Expected to Seek Additional $50 Billion for Iraq (1/22)

MLK Day Report Shows Greater Disparity Between Black and White (1/19)

Energy Act Provision May Offer ‘False Sovereignty’ (1/18)

Mexico Challenges Executions of its Citizens in U.S. (1/17)

More U.S. News