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• Israeli War Crimes

  A Spanish judge said Monday he will continue to investigate seven current and former Israeli officials over an Air Force bombing in Gaza in 2002 that killed a Hamas militant and 14 civilians.(more…)

  Posted on May 05.09 to Israel, Justice, Palestine, Spain, War Crimes   

• Matthias Gebauer: Touring Guantánamo

  The weeds are already growing rampant at the notorious “Camp X-Ray,” and President-elect Barack Obama plans to shut down the entire detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. Now the Pentagon is inviting journalists to tour the camp one last time. One would imagine a trip to the world’s best-known and most notorious prison could be an [...]

  Posted on Dec 18.08 to 9/11, Afghanistan, Amnesty International, Brazil, Der Spiegel, France, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Iraq, Japan, Militarism, Military Occupation, Obama, Barack, Pentagon, Spain, Torture, United Arab Emirates (UAE), United States, War on Terror   

• Elizabeth Gudrais: Unequal America

  When Majid Ezzati thinks about declining life expectancy, he says, “I think of an epidemic like HIV, or I think of the collapse of a social system, like in the former Soviet Union.” But such a decline is happening right now in some parts of the United States. Between 1983 and 1999, men’s life expectancy [...]

  Posted on Jun 29.08 to Belarus, California, Denmark, Economic Inequality, Ethiopia, European Union, Finland, Great Britain, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Laos, Mali, Moldova, Namibia, Russia, Social Welfare, Soviet Union, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Wealth Redistribution