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 5/31
Coalition Calls on Congress to Take Action to Reduce Dependence
on Oil ; Unrest Continues in East Timor; Chilean High School
Students Force Government to Negotiate; Florida Governor Signs
Law Restricting Academic Research; UN Conference on Global
HIV/AIDS Kicks Off; Nepalese Residents Weary of Future of
Foreign Aid;
5/30
President Bush Appoints Goldman Sachs CEO as Treasury Chief;
Native Americans and Supporters Celebrate Victory against
Divine Strike in Nevada Testing Grinds; Taliban Growing in
Strength as Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan Grow;
Indonesian Earthquake’s Aftermath; Women Guaranteed
Seats in Village Councils; South Central Farmers Host Farmer’s
Market;
5/29
Memorial Day Documentary - Hawaiian History;
5/26
Bush and Blair Meet to Discuss Progress in Iraq; Germany’s
Foreign Intelligence Service Accused of Spying on Journalists;
Colombia Voters Head to the Polls Sunday; Oaxaca City Human
Rights Defenders Protest against Femicide; Amnesty International
Report Criticizes International Community for Ignoring Human
Rights Violations on African Continent;
5/25
Senate Passes Controversial Immigration Reform Bill; South
Central Farmers; Palestinian Legislative Council Convenes
National Dialogue on Internal Conflict; Tension Remains 6
Year Anniversary of Israel Withdrawal from Lebanon; House
Passes Bill to Drill and Explore in Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge; Iraqi Expatriates in Jordan;
5/24
New Immigration Bill to Create Database of All New Employees;
Deaths on the Rise in Basra; Exiled Iranians Demonstrate Against
Military Action and Comprehensive Sanctions; Clergy Asks Senators
to Say No to Gay Marriage Ban; Community Groups to Sue Department
of Energy and University of California; South Central Farmers
Issue RED ALERT;
5/23
House Places Strict Sanctions on Palestine; Amnesty International
Release Annual Report; India and Pakistan Hold Talks to Demilitarize
Siachen Glacier; Sudanese Refugees Make Their Way Back Home;
Jordan to Face Severe Long Term Water Shortages; Immigrants
and Supporters Gather on 10th Annual Immigrants Day;
5/22
Israel Lobby Pushes Lawmakers to Support Sanctions on Palestine;
Increasing Internal Violence in Gaza; Bush and Blair Laud
New Iraqi Government But Make No Announcement for Troop Withdrawal;
South Central Farmers Crawl on Their Knees to Mayor Villaraigosa’s
Mansion; San Salvador Atenco Community Members Remain Missing;
Commentary from Mumia Abu Jamal: Silence of the Lambs;
5/19
English as a “National” Language?; New Orleans
to Hold Elections With Half the City Displaced; Anti-War Candidate
Takes on Joe Lieberman In Democratic Primary; United Nations
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Convenes 12-Day Meeting;
Malians Protest Sarkozy Tour; John Howard Drawing Fire For
Global Warming;
5/18
CIA Head Nominee Michael Hayden Defends NSA Surveillance Program;
Electronic Frontier Foundation Files Suit Against AT&T;
The Debate over Internet Neutrality; Maoist Guerillas Take
Control of Nepal; Seattle Debates Ports Stadiums;
5/17
Immigrant Rights Advocates Rally on Capitol Hill and Senate
Continues Debate; Senators Push Rumsfled on Iraq Withdrawal;
New York Counting Prison Inmates for Legislative Seats; Delphi
Auto Workers Agree to Strike; Nepal Residents Nervous Over
Slow Progress; University of Colorado Releases its Report
on Ward Churchill;
5/16
Senate Continued Debate Surrounding Final Immigration Legislation;
Ethiopians in Washington DC Urge Sanctions Against Current
Ethiopian Administration; Native Leaders Call for Outcry over
Lagging Indian Health Care Improvement Act; Women on African
Continent Seek to Bolster Campaign for Female Condom Use;
The Impact of Aid Sanction to the Palestinian Authority; Social
Audit Findings Make Administration Nervous; Mumia Abu-Jamal
Commentary: Octavia E. Butler 1947-2006;
5/15
Senate Resumes Debate on New Compromise Immigration Legislation;
Ugandans Assaulted and Sodomized on US Airbase in Iraq; Israel’s
Spouse Ban Will Affect More that 20,000 Arab Families; Thousands
Rally in Canada Against Canada’s “Guantanamo North”;
Mumia Abu Jamal Comments: Atenco, Wal-Mart and State Repression;
5/12
Immigrant Rights Advocates Face Off with Minutemen on Capitol
Hill; Mobilization in Solidarity With Atenco Continue; 200,000
AK47s Lost in Transport to Iraq; Palestinians and Israeli
Respond With Non-Violent Protests; Nepal’s Parliament
Steps Up Call to Bring Armed Forces Under Civilian Control;
Colombia’s Constitutional Court Lifts Total Ban on Abortion;
5/11
Senators Still Wary As New Report Indicates Increased Surveillance
by National Security Agency; DC Moves Closer to Having Voting
Member of Congress; Lawmakers Announce Initiative to Enhance
Bio-Fuel Production; The Impact Back Home: Immigrating from
Oaxaca; Northeasterners Unaware of Regions Vulnerability to
Hurricanes; Water And Power Restored 8 Months After Hurricane
Katrina; Mumia Abu-Jamal Commentary: "Zacharia Moussaoui";
5/10
The Violence at Anbar Province; Safety and Supply Concerns
in Iraq’s Hospitals; Groups Push for Varying Proposals
for Bush Administration Position in Iran; Congress Agrees
to Finalize Tax Cuts; Confusion Persists Over Medicare Part
D Prescription Drug Plan; The Controversy at Gallaudet University;
5/9
Lawmakers Consider Extending Voting Rights Act Provisions;
House Seeks to Pass Bill to Ban Protests at Military Funerals;
Palestinian Medical Services Strapped from Lack of Aid; 10
States Files Suit Against the EPA; Tensions in the Solomon
Islands; African Teachers Seeking Better Conditions; Coming
Up Flowers: Bio-Remediation in New Orleans;
5/8
General Michael Hayden Nominated to Head CIA; San Salvador
Atenco: Prisoners Claim Physical and Sexual Abuse; UN Security
Council Veto-Holding Members Meet to Discuss Iran; Palestinians
on Hunger Strike Following Continued Strikes and Occupation
by Israeli Forces; “Health Care Week” Sees Competing
Proposals in Congress; Immigrant Communities Weigh in on “English
Only” Initiatives;
5/5
Cities in US and Mexico Mobilize to Support San Salvador Atenco;
Other Campaign Supporter Assassinated in Oaxaca; Possible
Internal Clashes within New Israeli Coalition Government;
A Look at Local Elections in England; New Report Indicates
The Poor Make Up Bulk of Military Recruits; 1,000 Additional
Ugandan Troops to be Deployed to Iraq by Private Contractor;
Peruvian Lawmakers to Decide on Free Trade Agreement’s
Future; Remembering Damu Smith;
5/4
Zapatistas on Red Alert after Raid on San Salvador Atenco;
Senate Judiciary Committee Votes on Bush Nominee for 9th Circuit
Court; Investigation into Gas Gouging; Nepals Attempt at a
Constituent Assembly; Farm Workers Resisting in South Africa's
Wine-Producing Western Cape;
5/3
Federalism in Iraq?; Emergency Supplemental Bill Debated in
Washington; World Press Freedom Day; Sectarian Violence in
India; Texas Oil Company Plans to Use Tax Dollars in Peru;
"Cover the Uninsured Week";
5/2
John Bolton Testifies in The House About Iraq and Iran; Over
Half-A-Million People Participate in Pro-Immigrant Actions;
Protests Against Anti-Immigrant Law in Paris; German Company
Indicted for Racial Discrimination In Nigeria; Sri Lanka On
Possible Path to Civil War; Indonesians Demonstrate Against
New Labor Law;
5/1
Day Without Immigrants; Dynamics of Migration; Street Vendors
Fight for Justice; France Marks May Day; Kashmiri Violence;
Protest to End Genocide in Darfur; Military Raids of Falluja
Schools; NYC Anti-war Rally;
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