Public Works personal place barriers around Parliament Hill in preparation for a visit from American President George W. Bush.(CP/Jonathan Hayward)

OTTAWA (CP) - They're protesting everything from capitalism and corruption to criminality, and they're blaming it all on U.S. President George W. Bush.

Thousands of activists are expected to march on the capital Tuesday, clogging streets and shouting complaints over all manner of perceived wrongs - imperialism, racism, elitism, torture, treaties and terrorism.

One group, Lawyers Against the War (LAW), wants Bush arrested and charged with war crimes.

"LAW believes that George Bush must be brought to justice rather than be treated as a guest in Canada," said Amy Bartholomew, whose Canadian-based group claims about 150 members in 14 countries.

The group wants Ottawa to rescind Bush's invitation and deny the U.S. president entry into Canada "on the basis of Canadian immigration law, which bars entry to those who have engaged in gross violations of human rights."

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The cause of the mysterious ailment — that sickened at least 20 people, including children — was pepper spray, FDNY officials said at the scene.

The massive 3:25 p.m. exodus caused traffic in Times Square to come to a dead halt as cops immediately closed a five-block swath from 42nd Street to 47th Street around the Broadway store.

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Bushwhacked in Fallujah
TIME photographer Yuri Kozyrev comes under fire on patrol with the 82nd Airborne

STREETS OF FIRE:
Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne prepare to cross a street under cover of smoke during a firefight in downtown Fallujah

FALLUJAH, Iraq (AP) - At first glance, the U.S. Marines saw nothing extraordinary about a baby crib in the corner of a bombed-out house in Fallujah. But when Lance Cpl. Nick Fenezia threw back the blankets, a Kalashnikov rifle and bulletproof vest lay on the tiny mattress.

"Man, did you have to be just another muj?" Fenezia mused of the baby’s missing father, employing U.S. shorthand for Iraq’s insurgents - mujahedeen - or Muslim holy warriors. "Couldn’t you have stopped shooting at us and watched your baby grow instead?"

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From the rich walnut paneling and carved arches to the molded Italian Renaissance patterns on the ceiling, the circa 1925 council chamber room of Akron's municipal hall evokes a time when the America's manufacturing heartland was at the peak of its power. But when the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission, a congressionally appointed panel, convened there on Sept. 23, it was not to discuss power but decline. One after another, economists, union officials, and small manufacturers took the microphone to describe the devastation Chinese competitors are inflicting on U.S. industries, from kitchenware and car tires to electronic circuit boards.

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Corporate Profits vs Civil Rights, and the Vote

by Kali Autumn Lynn

The Denver Voice

Denver, Co: November 26, 2004

To those of us on the inside of this issue, it seems inconceivable that our local newspapers would offer a front page story on election fraud in Ukraine while ignoring stories of the same right here at home in the United States. Every day, since November 2nd, 2004, stories have emerged detailing such things as malfunctioning voting machines, fraudulent election records in Volusia, Florida, inconsistent numbers of voter registrations vs. vote totals in Ohio, credible university studies showing serious statistical impossibilities in election results, and much more. Yet, these daily revelations have been almost completely ignored by our media. These reports are coming not from persons with tin foil hats as is often claimed, but from PhD level citizens, election officials, and voting rights activists.

But to the rest of America, who get their information from corporate owned media sources, there is nothing missing from the daily news. That's because, if they don't report it, it didn't happen. For most of America, we trust our local papers to report honestly and fairly. But what many of us don't realize is that our local newspapers are not so local after all.

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