The text you are about to read is a combination of words that were all written by Giuliana Sgrena, the Italian journalist kidnapped in Irak (for more news about Giuliana you can see: http://www.rsf.fr/sgrena-en.php3).
Some of them were part of her appeal contained in the video released by her captors (capitalized verses) and the others are from an article she wrote on July 1, 2004 about Mithal, an Iraqi woman detained in Abu Grahib.

Rafik Hariri, former Lebanese Prime Minster, was killed along with 14 others in a massive bomb blast in downtown Beirut on Monday February 14th. With Hariri's passing, there has been little focus on the perpetual economic crisis in Lebanon, in which upwards of 40% of the countries population is living below the poverty-line. Many link the current economic crisis with Hariri's neo-liberal economic policies in post-war Lebanon.

Everyone knows it, but still every [mainstream] journalist under the sun describes the [illegal] Iraqi election as ''democratic'' and ''successful'' - superb examples of necessary illusions and emotionally potent over-simplifications.

"[The RCMP are] boasting about training the HNP as an institution, and
yet they're not accepting any responsibility, particularly when the HNP
goes into poor neighbourhoods and performs massacres against Aristide
supporters."

Tony Tether, director of the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency, said that the Pentagon in Iraq also will use a new electronic-detection device that could help pinpoint cell phones or pagers, which sometimes are used to detonate homemade bombs aimed at U.S. troops.

Lebanese tycoon and bussinnessman Rafik Hariri was car bombed last Monday in Beirut. After he was buried yesterday, the questioning cry is getting louder: WHO PROFITS ?

Palestinian Refugee Vigil Against Deportation in Toronto

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Tuesday, February 15th, 5pm
Immigration Refugee Board
74 Victoria Street
(South of Queen, East of Yonge)
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Depois da morte de Mikhail Frunze, em 31 de novembro de 1925, o seguidor de Trotsky foi Voroshilov, nomeado por Stalin para o posto de Comissário do Povo para o Exército e a Marinha (Ministro da Guerra).
O primeiro ato administrativo de Voroshilov foi o de destituir Tukhatchevsky de todos os seus cargos no Estado Maior das Forças Armadas Vermelhas (Exército Vermelho) e enviá-lo, de início, “para um deserto

How the U.S. military occupation looks from the other end of the gun barrel.

The Canadian Peace Alliance joins with Haiti solidarity organizations and
human rights groups in calling for a focus on Canada's role in Haiti as part
of international days of protest, February 26 to 28.