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Only US Seeks to Justify Abuse: Human Rights Watch
 Agence France-Presse
The US Congress should reject a Senate bill if it includes a White House-proposed amendment that would allow the CIA to abuse prisoners during interrogations, a human rights group said.more »»»
Protesters Mark 2,000th U.S. Fatality in Iraq
 Alan Elsner
Protesters across the United States took part in hundreds of vigils and rallies on Wednesday to mark the 2,000th U.S. military death in Iraq, hoping to increase pressure on George W. Bush to start bringing troops home.more »»»
Grand Jury in CIA Leak Case Adjourns
 Pete Yost & John Solomon
The United States federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer's identity met for three hours Wednesday with Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald and his deputies, adjourning for the day without announcing any action.more »»»
Accelerating Death Toll Bleeds Support for War
 Doug Smith & P.J. Huffstutter
A year and a half ago, at the first anniversary of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, the death rate for American troops accelerated. Since then, none of the political milestones or military strategies proclaimed by U.S. officials have succeeded in slowing the toll.more »»»
Bush Aides Brace for Charges
 Jim VandeHei & Carol D. Leonnig
The prosecutor in the CIA leak case was preparing to outline possible charges before the federal grand jury as early as today, even as the FBI conducted last-minute interviews in the high-profile investigation, according to people familiar with the case.more »»»
US Military Death Toll in Iraq Reaches 2,000
 CNN
The war in Iraq saw two milestones Tuesday that reflect the country's path toward democracy and its human toll as officials said the referendum on a draft constitution passed and the number of U.S. military deaths reached 2,000.more »»»
Mexico: Poorer Nations Need Flu Vaccine Capability
 David Ljunggren
The best way to ensure sufficient vaccines in the event of a global flu pandemic is to transfer the necessary technology now to nations such as Mexico, India, China and Brazil, said Mexico's health minister.more »»»
Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dies at 92
 Bree Fowler
Nearly 50 years ago, Rosa Parks made a simple decision that sparked a revolution. When a white man demanded she give up her seat on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, the then 42-year-old seamstress said no.more »»»
Cheney Told Aide of CIA Officer, Notes Show
 David Johnston, Richard W. Stevenson & Douglas Jehl
I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, first learned about the C.I.A. officer at the heart of the leak investigation in a conversation with Mr. Cheney weeks before her identity became public in 2003, lawyers involved in the case said Monday.more »»»
Bush Calls CIA Leak Case 'Very Serious'
 Adam Entous
Bush said the investigation into the outing of a covert CIA operative was "very serious," even as Republican allies started casting aspersions on the prosecutor and the possibility of perjury charges.more »»»
Venezuela's Chavez in for the Long Haul
 Bernd Debusmann
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Washington's most influential foe in Latin America, looks set to stay in power for another seven years unless he is ousted through violence or the price of oil suffers a collapse.more »»»
Resignations May Follow Charges; Senators Discuss Leak Case
 Walter Pincus
Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) said yesterday that he expects White House officials will step down if they are indicted but stressed that speculation should cease until special counsel Fitzgerald announces the results of his investigation into the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame.more »»»
US Iraq War Foes Ready for 2,000th Military Death
 Deborah Zabarenko
Cindy Sheehan, the military mother who made her son's death in Iraq a rallying point for the anti-war movement, plans to tie herself to the White House fence to protest the 2,000th U.S. military death in Iraq.more »»»
Wilma Churns Massive Waves Into Cuba
 Anita Snow
Massive waves churned by Hurricane Wilma crashed into Cuba's capital city early Monday, flooding a coastal highway and seeping into nearby neighborhoods of old, crumbling buildings.more »»»
Tropical Storm Alpha Forms in Caribbean
 Ron Word
Tropical Storm Alpha formed this weekend in the Caribbean, setting the record for the most named storms in an Atlantic hurricane season and marking the first time forecasters had to turn to the Greek alphabet for names.more »»»
Schumer: Miers Lacks Votes to Be Confirmed
 Hope Yen
A Democrat on the Senate committee that will consider Harriet Miers' nomination said Sunday that President Bush's Supreme Court choice lacks the votes now to be confirmed, saying there are too many questions about her qualifications.more »»»
Hatches Battened Down in Cuba
 Mike Fuller
Cuba is more prepared than ever for the biggest hurricane to hit the Caribbean, with more than 760 attention centers on call, over half a million evacuated and all windows boarded up.more »»»
Poll: Bush Approval at a Career Low
 Gary Langer
George W. Bush's job approval rating slipped to a career low 45 percent in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, damaged both by discontent with the war in Iraq and broad unhappiness with the price of gasoline at home.more »»»
US Planning Invasion, Says Chavez
 BBC
Venezuela's President, Hugo Chavez, says he is in possession of intelligence showing that the United States plans to invade his country. In a BBC interview, Mr Chavez said the US was after his nation's oil, much as it had been after Iraq's.more »»»
Countries Turn Backs on Hollywood
 BBC
Unesco member states have formally voted to support their own film and music industries against globalisation. The United Nations cultural body voted in favour of a cultural diversity convention, backed by France, Canada and the UK.more »»»
Despite Repression, Students Protest Bush Visit to Panama
 Prensa Latina
Panamanian student leaders declared they will stand firm in their decision to publicly condemn the US president's visit, despite recent police repression and the closure of educational centers.more »»»
GAO Report Finds Flaws in Electronic Voting
 t r u t h o u t
Rep. Waxman led twelve members of Congress today in releasing a new GAO report that found security and reliability flaws in the electronic voting process. In a joint press release, Rep. Waxman said, "The GAO report indicates that we need to get serious and act quickly to improve the security of electronic voting machines."more »»»
France Orders Positive Spin on Colonialism
 Associated Press
France, grappling for decades with its colonial past, has passed a law to put an upbeat spin on a painful era, making it mandatory to enshrine in textbooks the country's "positive role" in its far-flung colonies. more »»»
DeLay Fingerprinted, Photographed and Released on Bail
 Associated Press
United States Rep. Tom DeLay on Thursday turned himself in at the Harris County Sheriff's bonding office, where he was photographed, fingerprinted and released on bond on state conspiracy and money laundering charges.more »»»
Cover-Up Issue Is Seen as Focus in Leak Inquiry
 David Johnston
As he weighs whether to bring criminal charges in the C.I.A. leak case, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special counsel, is focusing on whether Karl Rove, the senior White House adviser, and I. Lewis Libby Jr., chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney, sought to conceal their actions and mislead prosecutors.more »»»
Cancun, Cuba Evacuate Luxury Hotels as Hurricane Wilma Approaches
 Wire services
Desperate tourists, trapped after the airport closed Thursday, shuttled from luxury hotels to emergency shelters ahead of Hurricane Wilma, which forecasters said was growing stronger. Cuba evacuated more than 200,000 people as the storm approached.more »»»
Senators Reject Miers' Replies to Questions
 Maura Reynolds & Janet Hook
The Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers, already troubled by a lack of enthusiasm on Capitol Hill, ran into more rough ground Wednesday when senators from both parties rejected her responses to a questionnaire as insufficient, and complained that her answers were at best incomplete.more »»»
France and Venezuela Affirm "Common Vision," Deeper Ties
 Agence France-Presse
France and Venezuela affirmed their strong ties and said they wanted deeper cooperation "on all levels" in a Paris meeting of their leaders which was sure to add another sore point to their already prickly relations with the United States.more »»»
Spanish Judge Issues Warrant for Three US GIs
 Associated Press
A judge has issued an international arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers whose tank fired on a Baghdad hotel during the Iraq war, killing a Spanish journalist and a Ukrainian cameraman, a court official said.more »»»
Second Cheney Aide Cooperating in Leak Probe
 Jason Leopold & Larisa Alexandrovna
A second aide to Vice President Dick Cheney is cooperating with the special prosecutor's probe into the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, those close to the investigation say.more »»»
Parochial Schools to Get US Funds for Rebuilding
 Alan Cooperman
The US federal government will help rebuild parochial schools, nursing homes and similar religious institutions but will not pay for reconstruction of churches or other houses of worship destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, administration officials said yesterday.more »»»
Bush Whacked Rove on CIA leak
 Thomas M. DeFrank
An angry President Bush rebuked chief political guru Karl Rove two years ago for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, sources told the Daily News. "He made his displeasure known to Karl," a presidential counselor told The News. "He made his life miserable about this."more »»»
Miers Hearings to Begin Nov. 7
 Jesse J. Holland
Confirmation hearings for White House counsel Harriet Miers, President Bush's choice to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, will commence the first week of November.more »»»
Hurricane Wilma Heads for Central America
 Freddy Cuevas
Hurricane Wilma swirled into the most intense Atlantic storm ever recorded Wednesday, a Category 5 monster whose 175 mph winds and heavy rains were blamed for killing at least 11 people in Haiti and one in Jamaica as it bore down on Central America.more »»»
White House Watch: Cheney Resignation Rumors Fly
 Paul Bedard
Sparked by a Washington Post story that suggests Vice President Cheney's office is involved in the Plame-CIA spy link investigation, government officials and advisers passed around rumors that the vice president might step aside and that President Bush would elevate Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.more »»»
Chertoff Vows Illegal Immigration Crackdown
 Associated Press
“Return every single illegal entrant — no exceptions,” Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in prepared testimony to a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on proposals to overhaul the immigration system.more »»»
Minutemen Patrols Continue Amid Criticism
 Sara A. Carter
As the rain tumbled down on Highway 94 outside the Campo Indian Reservation on Sunday, the men and women of a volunteer group hoping to keep illegal immigrants from crossing the Mexican frontier huddled beneath camper awnings waiting for clear skies.more »»»
Slim Pickings in California
 Laura Locke
California's raisin grapes are withering on the vine. In the Central San Joaquin Valley, source of nearly all the raisins sold in the United States, 30% of the season's grapes are still waiting to be picked. The reason, growers say, is an unprecedented shortage of field laborers.more »»»
Justice Department Sending Team to Combat Violent Crime Along Mexican Border
 Mark Sherman
The U.S. is dispatching federal agents to Texas to combat violent crime along the Mexican border, a source of tension between the two countries in recent months. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said the issue would be the focus of his meeting in San Antonio with his Mexican counterpart, Daniel Cabeza de Vaca.more »»»
Bush Teleconference with Soldiers Staged
 AP
It was billed as a conversation with U.S. troops, but the questions President Bush asked on a teleconference call Thursday were choreographed to match his goals for the war in Iraq and Saturday's vote on a new Iraqi constitution.more »»»
UNICEF Bombs Smurfs to Highlight Plight
 Helena Spongenberg
Smurfette is left for dead. Baby Smurf is left crying and orphaned as the Smurf's village is carpet bombed by warplanes — a horrific scene and imagery not normally associated with the lovable blue-skinned cartoon characters. These are the scenes being shown as part of a new UNICEF ad-campaign on Belgian television.more »»»
Bush Gives CIA Oversight of all US Espionage Operations
 AFP
President George W. Bush has approved the creation of a National Clandestine Service within the Central Intelligence Agency to coordinate all US espionage operations, the government said Thursday. The move reaffirms CIA leadership in US espionage at a time when agency morale is reported to be low.more »»»
Hundreds Buried by Mud
 Edgar Calderon
The death toll from devastating mudslides in Guatemala could reach 2,000 as rescuers suspended their search on Monday for hundreds of people buried in a muddy tomb. President Oscar Berger declared three days of mourning for the 652 people confirmed dead in Guatemala.more »»»
Most Say God Was Not Factor in Hurricanes
 Dalia Sussman
Just under a quarter in this ABC News/Washington Post poll see the hurricanes as "a deliberate act" of God; two-thirds instead see them as an occurrence on God's Earth, but not a deliberate act on God's part.more »»»
Guatemala May Declare Mudslide Mayan Mass Grave
 Frank Jack Daniel
After days of heavy rain, mud, rocks and trees crashed down a volcano's slopes and into the Maya Indian village of Panabaj as people slept early on Wednesday, covering it in a quagmire up to 40 feet deep in places.more »»»
White House Denies Bush Claimed Divine Inspiration
 Agence France Presse
The White House has denied that US President George W. Bush said God told him to invade Iraq and Afghanistan, as a new BBC documentary is expected to reveal. "That's absurd. He's never made such comments," said White House spokesman Scott McClellan.more »»»
Tropical Storm Kills Hundreds
 AFP
Devastating Tropical Storm Stan has killed at least 278 people in Central America and Mexico after lashing the region for days with relentless rain, authorities said on Friday. Officials feared the toll could rise as emergency workers tried to reach communities cut off by flooded rivers or swept away by massive mudslides.more »»»
Families of Terrorism Victims Demand Justice from the US
 Prensa Latina
Families of victims of the "Crime of Barbados" urged the US to fulfill its international commitments to confront terrorism and not allow that attack to go unpunished by protecting those who planned it.more »»»
George Bush: God Told Me to End the Tyranny in Iraq
 Ewen MacAskill
George Bush has claimed he was on a mission from God when he launched the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a senior Palestinian politician in an interview to be broadcast by the BBC later this month.more »»»
Sheehan Leads Phoenix Peace March, Rally
 Jon Kamman & Lindsey Collom
Cindy Sheehan, who staged a 28-day vigil at Crawford, Texas, in an effort to meet with Bush during his August vacation, said she and supporters are considering an anti-war bus tour this fall that would end at the ranch, where the president normally spends Thanksgiving.more »»»
Half of the World´s Youth Live in Poverty
 Prensa Latina
At least half of the world´s young people are poor, with 130 million of them illiterate, according to the World Report on Youth 2005: Young People Today and in 2015. Despite receiving more education, unemployment among the world´s young people is reaching record levels, exceeding 88 million people, the report indicates.more »»»
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