05 May, 2003
IOF
Kill Stone-Pelting Palestinian boy
14 year old boy Zahi Hijazi from al-Dahya
district of Nablus was killed by a heavy caliber bullet to the head
on Sunday
Apartheid Wall
By Gideon Levy
A Wall is coming up in Palestine ousting people
from their lands, separating people from their farms, denying access
to their wells
Corporate
Colonialism
The Bush government is calling on Bechtel, Halliburton,
and other major corporations to take over the job of running the Iraqi
colony
'If Fish Can Feel
Pain, Then Maybe
Iraqi Children Can, Too'
By Terry Jones
If fish can feel pain, perhaps it's time to govern
human affairs on the principle that human beings feel pain too
The
Responsibility of the Intellectuals:
Cuba, the U.S. and Human Rights
By James Petras
James Petras raises some pertinent questions about
the role of intellectuals over the issues of U.S. imperialism and human
rights in Cuba
04 May, 2003
Palestinians Vent
Anger at Funeral of
13 Killed in Gaza Onslaught
British Cameraman Killed by IOF and Elderly Dies
of Wounds
Dead Cameraman
'Carried White Flag'
By Justin Huggler
Israeli soldiers who killed a British television
cameraman, James Miller, in southern Gaza could have been in no doubt
about his identity as a journalist, according to witnesses
How Many Iraqis
Died? We May Never Know
By Edward Epstein
The world will never know how many Iraqis died
in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, because the United States adamantly
refuses to estimate the number of people it kills in combat
Baghdad battle 'killed
2,300'
Associated Press
The battle for Baghdad cost the lives of at least
1,101 Iraqi civilians according to city hospitals and another 1,255
dead were "probably" civilians
Normalising Violence
For Young Minds
By Meena Radhakrishnan
In the three-week 24-hour Western media coverage
of the Iraq war, anti-war protests and human suffering hardly found
any mention. The war may have normalised violence and aggression, especially
for young viewers
Putting Her
Best Foot Forward
By Rinku Pegu
Women are now looking beyond the 33 per cent reservation
in local politics.
SARS A
Full-Blown Farce?
By Kalpana Sharma
This panic about SARS, is it really necessary?
03 May, 2003
Iraqis Vow
Revenge as Hatred of US Grows
By Alan Philps
Hatred of the Americans is boiling on the streets
of Fallujah
Dept Of Connections:
The Contractors
by Jane Mayer
How members of the Bush administration and the
Bin Laden family profit from the destruction and rebuilding of Iraq
Congratulations
We've just won the wrong war
By William Saletan
"You wanted a quick, clear victory, and you
got it. But don't flatter yourself. You haven't changed the world in
19 months. You've only changed the subject"
Arresting Togadia
By Ashok Gehlot and Neelabh Mishra
Rjasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot explains his
decision to arrest Praveen Togadia for distributing Trishul in the state
Communalising
Rajasthan
By Kavita Srivastava
A report from PUCL Rajasthan on Trishul distribution
and communlisation of the state
The
Cuba Conundrum
By Saul Landau
Cuba must present the facts and reasons for arresting
and condemning people
02 May, 2003
Israel Kills 12 Palestinians
By Yasser Al Banna, Mustafa el-Sawwaf
Tthe Israeli occupation forces stormed a densely
populated Gaza City area and massacred 12 Palestinians, including a
two-year-old toddler and two teenagers
The "Road
Map" to Further Colonization
By Mazin Qumsiyeh Ph.D.
"The road map" which failed to include
the words: "international law" and "human rights will
not produce peace in Palestine
Full Text of
the Road Map
Here is the Full text of the Road Map
I watched In
Horror
By Chris Hughes
Eye Witness account of the Al-Fallujah shooting
which left two Iraqi demonstrators dead
U.S.
government purchase data on
Mexicos 65 million registered Voters
A probe has been launched into how the Atlanta-based
corporation ChoicePoint Inc. was able to purchase data on Mexicos
65 million registered voters as well as six million licensed drivers
in Mexico City
Mosque Vandalised
in the US
BY Linda Rush
A Mosque vandalized Illinois"Long live Shri
Rama Painted". May be the beginning of a new trend in the US
Bhopal Survivors
Start Indefinite Fast in New York
Two women Survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy Start
Indefinite Fast in New York Against Dow Chemical's Injustices
Movers and shakers
in a divided city
By Tanvir Siddiqui
So has normalcy returned to Ahmedabad? Judge for
yourself...
01 May, 2003
Text of 'Saddam
Hussein Letter'
The text of a letter allegedly written and signed
by Saddam Hussein, published by the London-based Arabic newspaper Al-Quds
Al-Arabi.
US
Troops Fire on Falluja Crowd, Iraqis Say 2 Dead
By Edmund Blair
U.S. troops opened fire on Wednesday for the second
time this week on an angry crowd in the Iraqi town of Falluja, near
Baghdad.
New Cabinet For Palestine
PLC Confirms First Ever Palestinian PM, New Cabinet
Arafat Stresses National Unity, Abbas Implementation of Roadmap
Compulsory
Vegetarianism Goes Against Integration
BY V Gangadhar
The decision by Mumbai builders to refuse flats
to non-vegetarians is only going to divide India culturally
Indian Women
Criticize 'Fair and Lovely' Ideal
By Nicole Leistikow
Skin lightening is coming under increasing criticism
in India
A Model Minority
By Kamalika Banerjee
Domestic violence among South Asians in North America
is on the rise
30 April, 2003
Anger Mounts After
U.S. Troops Kill 13 Iraqi Protesters
By Edmund Blair
U.S. soldiers killed at least 13 Iraqi civilians
who marched on a school west of Baghdad to demand the troops leave the
building and get out of Iraq
Bush's
"Christian" Blood Cult
By Wayne Madsen
The cultist form of Christianity practised by George
Bush with its emphasis on death rather than life, is worrying the leaders
of mainstream Christian religions, particularly the Pope
Israel Celebrates,
While Palestinians Endure
By William Hughes
Israel will be 55-years old, and its going
to have a huge birthday bash to celebrate it. While 3,000,000 Palestinians
live under an Israeli siege
Medieval History
And Hurt Psyche
By Asghar Ali Engineer
Should Muslims apologise for the destruction of
Hindu temples by Muslim rulers?
Anatomy Of Hate
Masquerading As Dharma
By Lalita Ramdas
An eye witness account of a VHP meeting held in
Maharashtra
'Non-Indian' minorities
By J Sri Raman
It is the premise of the "parivar" politics
that Hindus and others
who can be assimilated into the Hindu fold are the primary citizens.
The rest are relegated to the status of non-Indians
More Secrets From
The Grave
By Poornima Joshi And Sutapa Mukherjee
New evidence suggests a Muslim habitation pre-dating
Babar at Ayodhy
Project Impossible:
Excavating Myths
By I.K.Shukla
That two graves, and a Muslim settlement unearthed
at Ayodhya will not deter the Sangh Parivar. What they sought to establish
they succeeded in doing
29 April, 2003
IOF Kill 5 Palestinians
in Renewed Aggression
on Occupied Territory
Five Palestinians were killed in the past twenty-four
hours, including a 17-year-old boy who was shot dead by Israeli Occupation
Forces (IOF) tank fire in the northern West Bank and a passerby who
was killed in an Israeli air strike on a car on the Gaza Strip, which
rendered an activist dead.
Cuba
Controversy
By Michael Albert
The Cuban government has enacted draconian legal
measures against opponents. The U.S. government, having provoked the
situation by decades of machinations, will very likely use the events
to justify further intervention against the island's people.
Robbing Iraq Of
Its History
By Dr Mubarak Ali
This is a common phenomenon of history that imperial
powers, after defeating their adversaries militarily, make systematic
efforts to root out their historical heritage and thus reduce them to
a state of intellectual and cultural powerlessness.
We Dont Need
Your Help
By Reem Mohammed Al-Faisal
A few days ago I was asked by a concerned American
what she could do to help the Palestinian people. I should have told
her "Nothing"
Bt Cotton: The
Flop Show
By Devinder Sharma
Devinder Sharma analyses the Bt cotton debacle
and suggest some measures that are necessary to bring in accountability
among the scientific and regulatory authorities.
Bihar Bans Monsanto
From Selling Seeds
By Imran Khan
Monsanto India Ltd, a subsidiary of the US multinational,
has been barred from selling seeds in Bihar for allegedly marketing
substandard products
Fighting Is Over
But the Deaths Go On
By Michael Howard
Guardian investigation reveals mines have killed
up to 80 civilians since the conflict ended
After Costly
War, Iraqis Quickly Organize
By Wade Hudson and Scott Harris
An Interview With Wade Hudson of The Iraqi Peace
Team
Romila Thapar's
Appointment to Library of Congress Opposed by Hindutwa
A petition is circulating on the Internet against
the appointment of Professor Romila Thapar as First Holder of the Kluge
Chair in Countries and Cultures of the South at the Library of Congress
28 April, 2003
Honoring Peace
And Justice
By Susan Sontag
To Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero. To Rachel Corrie.
And to Ishai Menuchin and his comrades.
IOF Wound 5 Civilians
in Nablus,
Palestinian
Dies in Rafah
Palestine Media Center
Rise of Political
Islam in Iraq?
By Dr Iftikhar H. Malik
Seeing multitudes of impassioned, chest beating
yet totally orderly Shia pilgrims converging in Karbala so soon after
the demise of Saddam Hussein's regime have sent shivering messages to
different sections of global populace.
Missing: A
Vase, a Book, a Bird and
10,000 Years of History
By Adam Goodheart
Scholars reacts like mourners struggling with an
overwhelming loss at the theft and destruction of Baghdad museum
India Says No To
Bt Cotton
By Ashok B Sharma
The Indian government's regulatory authority, Genetic
Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), unanimously rejected the proposal
for commercial cultivation in north India
Will Hitler
Be The Hero for Tomorrow's Children?
By Pranava K Chaudhary
"Do we want our students to be brought up
on this type of chauvinist and utterly baseless statement?" asks
historian Bipan Chandra.
Muting history
By Amulya Ganguli
Time and space constraint and font
size forces a professor to write about Mahatma Gandhi without
mentioning his assassination for children's text book
Drowning Out The
Truth
By Kuldip Nayar
The point at issue is not the existence of the
Narmada Dam but the Modi Government's propaganda, on resettling the
people who have been uprooted.
Gender Bias Worst
Among Nairs, X'ians
Astudy on gender and mental health in Kerala reveals
that gender disparity is minimal within the Ezhava and Muslim communities
while the role of gender disparity in psychological stress is most pronounced
among Nairs and Syrian Christians