Archive for March, 2008


26
Mar

WHEN THE PEOPLE CONFRONT BANKERS: Inside Bear Stearns

Report From Bear Stearns Protest | CitiBank Settles Enron Billion Dollar Suit | Petraeus Strategy May Go Kaput | Foreign Journos Back in Tibet | Will MoveOn ever Move On Democrats ? | CBS Plans Debate Not To Inform But Self-Promote | Much More


26
Mar

WAR IS POLITICS BY OTHER MEANS; POLITICS IS NOW WAR

PENTAGON BIGS WARN BUSH
AP: Behind the Pentagon’s closed doors, U.S. military leaders told President Bush Wednesday they are worried about the Iraq war’s mounting strain on troops and their families. But they indicated they’d go along with a brief halt in pulling out troops this summer.
NYT: Maliki Gives Shiite Militias 72 Hours to Halt Fighting
Fighting […]


26
Mar

Origins of the Tibet Crisis and The Latest Media Nooz

TIBET: BACKGROUND VIA PROGRESS CENTER
The biggest demonstrations in Tibet in twenty years have focused the world’s attention on the Chinese government’s rule over that country. On March 10, protests began in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region, to mark the 49th anniversary of the failed Tibetan revolt against the Chinese Communist occupation and […]

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