21:40
NATO WAR CRIMES IN KOSOVO – THE EVIDENCE
20,000 explosive devices from unexploded NATO cluster bombs were scattered over Kosovo. Criticism is raised that cluster bombs kill more civilians in Kosovo than anti-personnel mines.
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21:05
RUMSFELD/OMAR WAR OF WORDS HIDE THE TRUTH?
USA claims success, Taleban claim “real war” has not started, United States accused of using terrorism as an excuse to extend influence to this oil-rich region.
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18:54
JOSEPH SOBRAN: PATRIOTISM OR NATIONALISM?
This is a season of patriotism, but also of something that is easily mistaken for patriotism; namely, nationalism.
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16:29
THE TREE OF FREEDOM HAS FADED FOREVER
Mark Twain once said: “The citizen who sees his society’s democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry out is not a patriot but a traitor.” America now seems to be ready to sacrifice its liberal values for the sake of the "victory" over terrorism.
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16:20
RUSSIAN POLITOLOGIST: POST-SEPTEMBER 11 U.S. CAN BRING TOUGHER PRESSURE TO BEAR ON ISRAEL
After the September 11 developments the United States stands more chance to settle the Arab-Israeli conflict because now America can bring a tougher pressure to bear on Israel. This perspective was voiced at a RIA Novosti press conference on Thursday by a well-known Russian politologist, Sergei Karaganov, chief of the External and Defense Policy Council.
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15:30
THE CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN IN AMERICA'S MILITARY
One of the concrete and positive results of the new war in which we are fighting is a long-overdue correction in the Pentagon's policies toward women in combat. The future role of women in today's military is going to be redefined, refined, and implemented with a dash of common sense. As one Pentagon official, speaking anonymously, put it: Fontline units won't involve women in Afghanistan or anywhere else.
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10:57
THE FIFTH ANNUAL RUSSIAN INVESTMENT SYMPOSIUM IS OPENING IN BOSTON
The Fifth Annual Russian Investment Symposium is opening on Thursday in Boston (Massachusetts).
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19:18
RUSSIAN EXPERT DOESN'T THINK USA WILL QUIT ABM TREATY WITH AFGHAN OPERATION ON
The US Administration is unlikely to determine unilateral exit from the 1972 ABM treaty--at least, not before anti-terror action finishes in Afghanistan, Academician Alexander Pikayev said to Novosti at a news briefing.
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17:34
IRA CHERNUS: MARTIN LUTHER KING, A DOMESTIC TERRORIST?
If Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., were alive today, he might well be leading acts of civil disobedience against the war in Afghanistan. And he would probably be charged with domestic terrorism, under the new anti-terrorism act. Anyone who has any links to his organization, or contributed money to it, could be charged too.
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17:30
ENVIRONMENT: LAST CHANCE TO SAVE PLANET
The issue of GEG emission is again on the table in Marrakech as 180 countries come together under the auspices of the United Nations to finalise an agreement.
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17:25
DMITRY LITVINOVICH: THE TALIBAN AND BIN LADEN ARE ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG
The American military machine is struck in Afghanistan. This is already evident. Three weeks of bombing have not brought any success to the anti-Taliban coalition. Bin Laden is alive and kicking, and the Taliban is stronger than ever
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16:03
SERGEI BORISOV: WHAT KIND OF BIN LADEN DOES AMERICA NEED?
Immediately after the terrorist attacks on the USA, President Bush said America would get bin Laden, “whether alive or dead.” But it was clear from the very start that America did not need bin Laden alive. By now, many officials in the USA, have come to a tacit consensus on how to deal with the “terrorist No. 1.”
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11:29
VOICE OF ISLAM – IMPORTANCE OF THE MEDIA DURING TIMES OF CONFLICT
Six Gulf States launch a new satellite channel in English to counter “anti-Islamic propaganda” by western sources.
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20:02
AFGHANISTAN: HEATING UP!
As US troops enter the fight, the Taliban stand defiant and tens of thousands of armed Muslims revolt in Pakistan.
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21:52
AMERICAN AVIATION SERIOUSLY PRESSED BIN LADEN
Prime suspect is experiencing difficulties with training the gunmen. This is presented as considerable success in the anti-terrorist operation in Afghanistan
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21:27
USA AGAINST COLUMBIAN CEASEFIRE?
Spokesperson for Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue confirms that USA is against Bogota’s peace deal with FARC.
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17:00
GORBACHEV AND OMAR: GET OUT OF AFGHANISTAN
Ex-President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev and Taleban leader Mohamed Omar warn the USA to leave Afghanistan now, before it is too late.
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17:01
US AIR STRIKES ON TALIBAN BASES IN TAKHAR
The Takhar headquarters of the united front report Sunday morning the bombing by US planes of Taliban bases in the Takhar province's capital Talukan and in the vicinity of the Kala-Kata elevation of the Takhar province close to the Tajik border.
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17:00
FBI AND CIA CONVINCED ANTHRAX IS DOMESTIC
The FBI and CIA investigators declare that it is highly probable that the source of the recent anthrax attacks resides within the USA.
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16:40
COLLATERAL DAMAGE IV
Another night of heavy bombing over Afghanistan has seen three more United nations food warehouses hit, despite clear markings which are visible from the air at night.
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11:39
UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER TO PAY A ROUTINE VISIT TO U.S.
Head of the Ukrainian government Anatoly Kinakh is leaving for the USA Sunday for a four-day routine visit.
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17:00
PENTAGON ASKS US POPULATION FOR IDEAS
The Pentagon has launched a competition for the American public to contribute with ideas on how to catch Osama Bin Laden and how to operate in Afghanistan.
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16:51
ORIGIN OF ANTHRAX – USA, CIS OR IRAQ?
Investigations into the anthrax spores which have caused three deaths and nine confirmed infections in the United States have led specialists to believe that there are three possible sources, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Iraq or the USA itself.
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16:30
AL QAEDA ATOMIC LINK?
Two Pakistani scientists connected with the country’s nuclear program have been arrested by the Pakistani authorities after a stay in Afghanistan.
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22:04
PETR SEDOV: AMERICANPHOBIA OF MYTRIX ON RUSSIAN INTERNET
Russian Internet statistics system Mytrix stands against cooperation between Russian and American internet projects
As it became known to PRAVDA.Ru, a large scandal stirred up today on the Russian sector of the world-wide web.
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17:00
BLAIR:BIN LADEN EASIER TO KILL THAN TO CAPTURE
In an interview with the television station GMTV, the British Prime Minister spoke about the military situation in Afghanistan and the objectives of the US/UK alliance regarding the military campaign and Osama Bin Laden personally, in the countdown to Ramadan and Winter.
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13:23
IGOR IVANOV, COLIN POWELL DISCUSS PREPARATIONS FOR PRESIDENT PUTIN'S VISIT TO U.S.A.
Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov and US secretary of state Colin Powell have discussed on the phone the forthcoming visit to the USA by Russian president Vladimir Putin, reported the Russian foreign ministry's information and press department.
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12:30
BILL WHITE: ISRAELI LOBBY SCRAMBLING FOR NEW APPROACH TO CRISIS (PART 2)
As Their Allies In Defense Face A Purge, America’s “Official” Jewish Groups Look For Justice To Promote Agenda
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22:00
USA GIVES UP A NUMBER OF NMD TESTS: RUMSFELD
The USA has lately given up a number of tests related to its national missile defence programme not to trespass the 1972 ABM treaty, Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defence, said to a Pentagon news briefing
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19:57
BILL WHITE: ISRAELI LOBBY SCRAMBLING FOR NEW APPROACH TO CRISIS (PART 1)
As Their Allies In Defense Face A Purge, America’s “Official” Jewish Groups Look For Justice To Promote Agenda
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