Releasing its annual "Country Reports" on human rights practices around the world Wednesday, the U.S. State Department claimed Afghanistan and Iraq as two major breakthroughs in an otherwise bleak human rights picture. In an introductory overview, the report singled...
Warrior Against the War
An interview conducted by Saul Landau on "Hot Talk" radio Cal Poly Pomona. Check out his other interviews Recorded February 17, 2004 High Bandwidth (DSL or Cable modem): Low Bandwidth (dial-up modem):Karen Kwiatkowski recently retired from the Pentagon where she was a...
The Dancing Bear
Once upon a time there was a popular kind of street show: a bear would dance for the amusement of passers by, who would throw coins into his box. The bear was big and frightening, but his clumsy movements made people laugh. He was much stronger than his master, who...
Lacking Penalties, World Court Decision Will Have Little Effect on Israel
A potential World Court ruling against Israel for building a controversial "security barrier" in the occupied territories would remain a "moral" victory unless the Jewish state were penalized, say U.S. observers. The International Court of Justice...
Asian Officials: Free Trade Will Help Crush Poverty
Asian governments should embrace the global free trade system as a way to lift the region's millions out of abject poverty, senior development officials told a high-level conference here Monday. Any cooperation between countries across Asia "should pay particular...
The Anthrax Mystery
Amid all the current recriminations, investigations, and political circumlocutions surrounding those missing "weapons of mass destruction," another sort of WMD one far closer to home still casts its sinister shadow over an uncertain future. The anthrax...
Avoid the Temptation to Meddle in Haiti
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UN Report Warns Against Early Elections, Offers No Solutions on Transition
A United Nations fact-finding team has shot down a proposal to hold U.S.-style regional political caucuses to elect a homegrown transitional government in Iraq, leaving open the question of who will take over from the occupying power Jun. 30. The team, led by U.N....
Pentagon Excludes Human Rights Observers from Guantanamo Trials
The Pentagon's refusal to allow human rights groups to monitor upcoming military trials of prisoners held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was sharply criticized today by three leading human rights advocacy organizations. Amnesty International, Human...
China: Whining Victim or Great Power?
In the weeks following Dr. Khan's confession, the network he used to improve Pakistan's military technology and enrich himself and his laboratory has led IAEA inspectors into a rat's nest of businessmen from Malaysia to Colorado. Conspicuously missing from the...


