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posted by admin
on Monday November 29, @01:24PM
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Monday November 29, 2004 8:16 PM http://www.guardian.co.uk By JOHN McCARTHY
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS,
Ohio (AP) - Nearly a month after John Kerry conceded Ohio to President
Bush, complaints and challenges about the balloting are mounting as
activists including the Rev. Jesse Jackson demand closer scrutiny to
ensure the votes are being counted on the up-and-up.
Jackson
held rallies in Ohio over the weekend to draw attention to the vote,
and another critic plans to ask the state Supreme Court this week to
decide the validity of the election.
Ohio
essentially decided the outcome of the presidential race, with Kerry
giving up after unofficial results showed Bush with a 136,000-vote lead
in the state.
Since
then, there have been demands for a recount and complaints about
uncounted punch-card votes, disqualified provisional ballots and a
ballot-machine error that gave hundreds of extra votes to Bush.
Jackson said too many questions have been raised to let the vote stand without further examination.
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posted by admin
on Monday November 29, @07:39AM
from the Reuters dept.
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U.S. May Go It Alone on Iran Sanctions Referral
By Louis Charbonneau and Francois Murphy
VIENNA (Reuters) -
Iran escaped U.N. censure over its
nuclear program but Washington, which accuses it of seeking an
atomic bomb, said on Monday it reserved the right to take the
case to the Security Council on its own.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a U.N.
watchdog, passed a resolution approving Iran's week-old
suspension of sensitive nuclear activities as part of a deal
with the European Union (news - web sites).
Crucially, and in line with Iranian demands, the resolution
described the freeze as a voluntary, confidence-building
measure and not a legally binding commitment.
Its passage meant that Tehran, which denies it wants the
bomb, had achieved its immediate goal: to prevent the IAEA from
referring it to the U.N. Security Council for possible economic
sanctions.
"This resolution which was approved by the IAEA was a
definite defeat for our enemies who wanted to pressure Iran by
sending its case to the U.N. Security Council," President
Mohammad Khatami (news - web sites) was quoted by state radio as saying.
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| Dissent: Ottawa prepares for anti-Bush protests over everything from war to capitalism |
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posted by admin
on Sunday November 28, @09:00PM
from the canada.com dept.
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November 28, 2004
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Works personal place barriers around Parliament Hill in preparation for
a visit from American President George W. Bush.(CP/Jonathan Hayward) |
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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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| Terror expert: Qaida WMD attack on US likely soon |
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posted by admin
on Sunday November 28, @08:14PM
from the The-Jerusalem-Post dept.
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Nov. 29, 2004 0:08 | Updated Nov. 29, 2004 0:40
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS
An
al-Qaida attack on the US with non-conventional weapons is virtually
"inevitable," and the organization is likely "tying up the knots" for
such an attack, Yosef Bodansky, former director of the US Congressional
Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, told The Jerusalem
Post on Sunday.
"All of the warnings we have today indicate that
a major strike – something more horrible than anything we've seen
before – is all but inevitable," he said.
Bodansky, here for the
second annual Jerusalem Summit, an international gathering of
conservative thinkers, added that "the primary option" for the next
al-Qaida attack on US soil would be one that would use weapons of mass
destruction.
"I do not have a crystal ball, but this is what all the available evidence tells us, we will have a bang," Bodansky said.
http://www.jpost.com
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| Pepper Spray at Times Square Toys-R-Us. |
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| War: U.S. soldiers reflect on Fallujah |
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posted by admin
on Saturday November 27, @05:40PM
from the Business-BusinessWeek-Online dept.
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Business - BusinessWeek Online
By Pete Engardio and Dexter RobertsWith Brian Bremner in Beijing and bureau reports
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.
These aren't stories of mundane sunset
industries equipped with antiquated technology. David W. Johnson, CEO
of 92-year-old Summitville Tiles Inc. in Summitville, Ohio, described
how imports forced him to shut a state-of-the-art, $120 million
tilemaking plant four football fields long, sending Summitville into
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Now, a tenfold surge in high-quality
Chinese imports at "below our manufacturing costs" threatens to polish
Summitville off. Makers of precision machine tools and plastic molds --
essential supports of America's industrial architecture -- told how
their business has shrunk as home-appliance makers have shifted
manufacturing from Ohio to China. Despite buying the best
computer-controlled gear, Douglas S. Bartlett reported that at his Cary
(Ill.)-based Bartlett Manufacturing Co., a maker of high-end circuit
boards for aerospace and automotive customers, sales are half the
late-1990s level and the workforce is one-third smaller. He waved a
board
Bartlett makes for a U.S. Navy (news - web sites)
submarine-detection device. His buyer says he can get the same board
overseas for 40% less. "From experience I can only assume this is the
Chinese price," Bartlett said. "We have faced competition in the past.
What is dramatically different about China is that they are about half
the price."
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| Elections: Media Blackout on Election Fraud by Media News Group |
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posted by admin
on Saturday November 27, @01:35AM
from the BBV dept.
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Denver
Post and 94+ Newspapers, Radio Stations, TV Stations
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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