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November, 2003
War
Killed 55,000 Iraqi Civilians
By Shaista Aziz
The invasion, war and occupation of Iraq has cost
up to 55,000 civilian lives, according to a shocking new report published
by a UK-based charity
12 November, 2003
Apartheid
Wall Will Harm One In
Three Palestinians
By Justin Huggler
The "separation fence" Israel is building
in the West Bank will have "severe humanitarian consequences"
for almost 700,000 Palestinians
Love And Marriage
In Israel
By Suraya Dadoo
Israel is touted as the only "democracy"
in the world that does not offer its citizens the option of civil marriage
Frightening Winds
Swirl Around
The House Of Saud
By Robert Fisk
Sunday's attack in Riyadh is part of a growing
insurrection against Bin Laden's enemies in the House of Saud
Learning In
Saffron: RSS Schools Orissa
By Angana Chatterji
Sangh Parivar's tentacles have spread and thickened
in Orissa during the last five years with the spread of Sangh Parivar
education institutions throughout the state
11 November, 2003
Riyadh:
A New Front Against US
By John R Bradley
The attack is a clear sign to the Saudi rulers
and military that al-Qa'ida is willing and able to attack in the heart
of the kingdom, despite asecurity clampdown and co-operation between
the CIA and Saudi intelligence services
Saudi regime
v al-Qaida: Only one survives
By Shaheen Chughtai
The deadly bomb attack on a housing complex in
Riyadh represents the latest battle between the Saudi Arabian monarchy
and its armed opponents in a war to eliminate the other
The Silence
Of Writers
By John Pilger
For the great writers of the 20th century, art
could not be separated from politics. Today, there is a disturbing silence
on the dark matters that should command our attention
Europe Plans
Huge Trade War With US
By Stephen Castle
American jeans, Florida orange juice and dozens
of other US products could double in price from next month because of
a growing transatlantic trade war
07 November, 2003
Iraq
Tried To Reach Last-Minute Deal
To Avert War
By James Risen
New York Times reports that Saddam Hussein wanted
to make a deal with America just before the beginning of the war
06 November, 2003
Cuba's
50 Years Of Defiance
By Noam Chomsky and Bernie Dwyer
An Interview with Noam Chomsky
Shadow Of Home
By Toine van Teeffelen
A Palestinian home or home town is often a prison
and is also often divided in parts closed off to each other
A Liberation
From Lies
By Prabhakar Sinari
In a bid to rewrite history, the RSS appropriates
credit for the liberation of Goa. But its role in the states freedom
struggle was only marginal
Poison Myths
By Anil Chamadia and Subhash Gatade
There is no correlation between the rate of growth
of population and religion. Population growth rates are influenced by
socio-economic and cultural factors
05 November, 2003
When Did
"Arab" Become A Dirty Word?
By Robert Fisk
Is "Palestinian" now just a dirty word?
Or is "Arab" the dirty word?
Fuzzy
Words And Sharp Bullets
By Satya Sagar
Smokescreen of the global media has been dispensed
with and the real messages in our times come from the armed forces of
the imperialist powers. While their words have become fuzzier, their
bullets have become sharper
India
and Pakistan- The Nuclear Option
By M. Asghar Khan
India and Pakistan are today the only two hostile
nuclear powers with a common border. The warning time is less than one
minute. A misreading of a warning of a nuclear attack could initiate
a nuclear conflict by miscalculation
04 November, 2003
The
Wall: Building To Destroy
By Anwar Darkazally
The Sharon government has decided that the Palestinians
will remain stateless and cut off from each other and imprisoned in
their own houses
When
Love Spells Death
By Anjali Modi
In parts of North India, if two young people, especially
from different communities, hope to build a life together, they are
hunted down for daring to think that they can
03 November, 2003
Resistence
In Iraq
By Tariq Ali
This is the classic initial stage of guerrilla
warfare against a colonial occupation
Bush
Says God Chose Him To Lead America
By Paul Harris
A new book written by Stephen Mansfield details
numerous incidents where Bush's faith has been shown to be at the centre
of his political thinking
Keeping Habib
Tanvirs Naya Theatre Onstage
By Githa Hariharan
Every new attack on the already shrinking spaces
of our cultural practitioners restricts and falsifies their art. Equally,
it deprives the right of our people to information, ideas, debate
Women
And Hindu Marriage Law
Some frequently asked questions
02 November, 2003
Orissa:
A Gujarat In The making
By Angana Chatterji
With little resistance to its aggressive onslaught,
the sangh parivar looks well set to meet its 2006 deadline for reshaping
Orissa into the next laboratory for Hindutva
Hindu Or
Sindhu
By Bharat Patankar
Exposure of the Bloodthirsty Hindutva of the Sangh
Parivar
Losing
Intelligence, Losing War
By Peter Beaumont and Patrick Graham
After eight days in which Iraqi fighters have scored
a series of major blows to the coalition and its Iraqi allies, intelligence
and military officials in Iraq and on both sides of the Atlantic are
at odds over whether they are fighting a Saddam-led movement or a series
of disparate partisan groups
01 November, 2003
The
Iraq War And Contempt For Democracy
By Noam Chomsky
An excerpt from Noam Chomsky's new book "Hegemony
or Survival:America's Quest for Global Dominance"
Hindutva versus
Hinduism
By Saral Jhingran
The core of traditional Hinduism is religious toleration.
In contrast, Hindutva's central message is aggression and destruction
of enemies, real or imagined