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| NewsWatch - Monday,
March 7, 2005 |
IMMIGRATION--FORGET
BUSH: GO AFTER CONGRESS
“Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read
history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience
that progress has been made, through disobedience and
through rebellion.” Oscar Wilde - Newswithviews.com/Frost
Wooldridge
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Over
40% of Russians Want New Stalin — Poll
42 percent of people asked by a pollster whether modern
Russia needs a politician like Joseph Stalin replied
in the affirmative. 52 percent said Russia does not
need a “new Stalin”. - MosNews.com
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Chinese
law may make invasion of Taiwan 'legal'
THOUSANDS of people took to the streets of Taiwan to protest
against China’s proposed anti-secession law yesterday
as the National People’s Congress in Beijing prepared
to rubber-stamp the Bill that has prompted fears of a
Chinese invasion. - TimesOnline UK
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U.N.
'explodes' American kids
A new United Nations campaign designed to get the public
involved in the global fight against landmines is apparently
too explosive for American television, as it depicts children
being blown apart on a soccer field. - WorldNetDaily
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Authorities
in southern Mexico capture 441 Central American migrants
Police in five cities across southernmost Chiapas state
apprehended 441 undocumented Central American migrants
over the weekend, nearby all of whom hoped to pass through
Mexico en route to the U.S. border, authorities said.
- SignonSanDiego.com
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Showdown
at border?
It looks like there is going to be a second "showdown
at the OK Corral" in Tombstone, Ariz., April 1.
A leader of the violent, terror-connected Latin American
gang Mara Salvatruchas, Ebner Anivel Rivera-Paz, has
reportedly issued orders from federal prison to members
of his international criminal organization to teach
a lesson to a group of Americans taking border control
into their own hands. - WorldNetDaily.com
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US
Deploys B-2 Bombers To Guam
The United States has deployed B-2
Spirit bombers at the Andersen Air Force Base in Guam,
to support the Pacific Command's security efforts in
the Western Pacific, the Air Force said in a press release
on Saturday.
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Shootings
by U.S. at Iraq Checkpoints Questioned
The deadly shooting of an Italian intelligence
officer by U.S. troops at a checkpoint near Baghdad
on Friday was one of many incidents in which civilians
have been killed by mistake at checkpoints in Iraq,
including local police officers, women and children,
according to military records, U.S. officials and human
rights groups -Washington Post
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US
sent hundreds of terror suspects to foreign prisons
The CIA has transferred an estimated
100 and 150 terrorist suspects to foreign countries
for questioning - and, it is widely alleged, torture
- since rules governing the American policy of "rendition"
were relaxed immediately after the September 2001 terrorist
attacks -Independent UK
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Hizbullah
backs Syria to force political divide in Lebanon
Hizbullah stepped dramatically into
the Lebanese-Syrian crisis yesterday by calling a demonstration
in support of Syria and raising the fear that a withdrawal
of Syrian troops might not go smoothly.The militant
Lebanese Shia organisation, which is backed by Syria
and Iran, said it planned to hold a mass demonstration
tomorrow near the square where anti-Syrian protesters
have been camped since the assassination of the former
prime minister Rafik al-Hariri last month -Guardian
UK
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Assad's
sham withdrawal
Syrian boss Bashar Assad's announcement
of a two-stage pullback of his forces in Lebanon is
little more than a transparent attempt to stall for
time and divert attention from Syria's brutal occupation
of its western neighbor -Washington Times
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Rival
leaders secretly discuss Gaza pullout
Israel and Palestinian officials took
part in two days of unannounced talks near London on
Friday and Saturday to explore proposals that would
transform Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza
Strip into new momentum for peace talks, said a participant
in the discussions -Washington Times
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Country
profile: Ecuador
A patchwork of indigenous communities,
people of colonial Spanish origins and descendants of
African slaves, Ecuador is a microcosm of Latin American
cultures.Traditionally an agrarian country, Ecuador's
economic profile changed radically after the 1960s,
when the discovery of oil and the promulgation of an
industrial development law set off rapid growth and
brought about great progress in the spheres of health,
education and housing -BBC
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Ecuador:
Oil exploitation and environment rape
Ecuador although not universally regarded
as an oil exporter, is highly dependent on its approximately
534,000 barrels per day production to keep its economy
afloat, particularly after accepting a US$205 million
loan from the IMF in 2003.The environmental disaster
in indigenous lands in the tropical rain forest is worse
than the spill of the Exxon Valdez in Prince William
Sound in Alaska.Now new reserves have been located in
Amazonia, also in historical indigenous lands -Carlos
Herrera/Axis of Logic
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Country
profile: Bolivia
A country of statistical extremes,
landlocked Bolivia is the highest and most isolated
country in South America.It has the largest proportion
of indigenous people, who make up around two-thirds
of the population, and is the world's largest producer
of tin -BBC
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Bolivian
President Quits as Protests Spread
Bolivian President Carlos Mesa said
on Sunday he was resigning after 17 months in office
as new protests spread through South America's poorest
nation and threatened the important oil and gas sector.Mesa,
a political independent, announced his decision on radio
and television on Sunday night and said he would tender
his resignation to Congress on Monday
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Moldovan
Opposition on Heels of Ruling Communists
Moldova's ruling Communists, former
allies of Moscow now turned toward the West, held an
early lead in a parliamentary election on Monday, but
the opposition could deny President Vladimir Voronin
a majority.At least one opposition party accused Voronin
and his party of rigging the ballot. Voronin, confident
of victory before the vote, had campaigned on moving
closer to western Europe.
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Japan,
in a first, to join international war games: Jane's
Japan's armed forces, for the first
time ever, are set to take part in an international
military exercise, dubbed Cobra Gold 2005, in Thailand
this May, Japan's Defense Weekly reported Friday.
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