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NYT: U.S., Under Fire, Eases Its Stance in Climate Talks
The United States dropped its opposition early Saturday morning to nonbinding talks on addressing global warming.

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051209 - How America Plotted to Stop Kyoto Deal | US Attacked on Its Climate Stance

What Planet Are You On, Mr. Bush? (And Do You Care, Mr. Blair?)
More than 100,000 people took to the streets in more than 30 countries yesterday, in the first worldwide demonstration to press for action to combat global warming.

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The Decisive Role of the Individual in History
By Rob Sewell
Alan Woods in his book on the Venezuelan Revolution recalls a conversation he had with Hugo Chavez, the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution. “I read a book by Plekhanov a long time ago”, commented President Chavez, “and it made a big impression on me. It was called The Role of the Individual in History.” The President pondered the title and said: “Well, I know none of us is really indispensable.” Alan interjected, however, and corrected the Venezuelan President on this point: “There are times in history when an individual can make a fundamental difference.” A case in point is Hugo Chavez himself...


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US Terror Watchlist 80,000 Names Long
A watchlist of possible terror suspects distributed by the US government to airlines for pre-flight checks is now 80,000 names long, a Swedish newspaper reported, citing European air industry sources. The classified list, which carried just 16 names before the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York and Washington, had grown to 1,000 by the end of 2001, to 40,000 a year later, and now stands at 80,000, Svenska Dagbladet reported.

How America Plotted to Stop Kyoto Deal
A detailed and disturbing document has revealed an extraordinary American plan to destroy Europe's support for the Kyoto treaty on climate change.

US Attacked on Its Climate Stance
Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin took aim at the United States on Wednesday for its refusal to negotiate a new global warming treaty, telling a United Nations conference that the world's most powerful economy needed to resume participating in international talks to reduce greenhouse gases.

Developers Sentenced in Wetlands Case
A federal judge sentenced three Mississippi real estate developers to prison yesterday for filling in wetlands and selling the property to low- and fixed-income families, marking the end of the nation's largest wetlands criminal prosecution.


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Torture | action against global inequality | salamander update

No Exceptions to the Ban on Torture | Jens Galschiot | salamander update | truthout.org


No Exceptions to the Ban on Torture
Louise Arbour writes that the absolute ban on torture, a cornerstone of the international human rights edifice, is under attack. The principle we once believed to be unassailable ˆ the inherent right to physical integrity and dignity of the person ˆ is becoming a casualty of the so-called war on terror.



photo: a successful happening in Belgium where we erected an eight meters high Golden Calf in front of the banks

Next stop Hong Kong
Danish artist Jens Galschiot is going to Hong Kong to erect 3 larger sculpture groups, all illustrating the global inequality. The sculptures will be put up in the public space in Victoria Park in Hong Kong and carried along with the demonstrations. - Thursday morning at eight o'clock we are going to Hong Kong, to make a tremendous happening during the WTO Summit. We just finished a leaflet, and we have decided to make a diary including photos, so it will be possible to follow our activities during the stay at www.aidoh.dk/WTO...We just returned from a successful happening in Belgium where we erected an eight meters high Golden Calf in front of the banks in Gent, to draw attention to their unethical investments in weapons and the military regime Burma. www.aidoh.dk/?categoryID=136


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What Planet Are You On, Mr. Bush?

More than 100,000 people took to the streets in more than 30 countries yesterday, in the first worldwide demonstration to press for action to combat global warming.
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