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<DIV>Apparently we don't have Osama sitting on ice until November</DIV>
<DIV>Bush declares Osama "figurhead" takes him off the priority list</DIV>
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<DIV>Growing up with Bin Ladens children, later to serve undercover as a mole in guantanamo</DIV>
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<DIV>Bush defends mission accomplished speech with...wait for it...wait for it...</DIV>
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<DIV>Janis Karpinski<BR>The woman in the photos giving the thumbs up to the torture: “living conditions now are better in<BR>prison than at home. At one point we were concerned<BR>that they wouldn’t want to leave.”<BR><A href="http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040510fa_fact" target=_blank>http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040510fa_fact</A></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>UK apparently not to sure Bush has made us any safer</DIV>
<DIV>The government has extended its supply of anti-radiation pills to cover 50 per cent of the population because of the increased risk of a terrorist attack</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$2L5HG52C3L5JBQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2004/05/02/npillz02.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/05/02/ixportal.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$2L5HG52C3L5JBQFIQMGSFFOAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2004/05/02/npillz02.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/05/02/ixportal.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Company creates and sells bobble head dolls of public figures to benefit cancer research for children. </DIV>
<DIV>Hillary Clinton and Jimmy Carter are pleased and sens autographs and praise. Schwarzenegger </DIV>
<DIV>demands that the company discontinue distribution of the dolls and make "a substantial payment" him</DIV>
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<DIV>Iraqis hail Falluja "victory": <BR>Cries of "victory over the Americans" echoed from minarets on Saturday <BR>and guerrilla gunmen celebrated in the streets under the green banner <BR>of Islam and Saddam-era Iraqi flags.<BR><A href="http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=4907447" target=_blank>http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=4907447</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>** SINCLAIR'S OWN 'POLITICAL AGENDA' PLAYS PART IN NIGHTLINE SNUB <BR>Sinclair Broadcast Group ordered its ABC affiliates to pre-empt <BR>Friday's Nightline broadcast, saying that by reading the names of US dead in <BR>Iraq, ABC is "motivated by a political agenda." MediaChannel has learned <BR>that the only "political agenda" in play is that of Sinclair executives <BR>who have funneled 98 percent of their political contributions this year <BR>to the GOP. <BR>(MediaChannel.org)<BR><A href="http://www.mediachannel.org/views/dissector/affalert187.shtml" target=_blank>http://www.mediachannel.org/views/dissector/affalert187.shtml</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Meet the Press Transcript</DIV>
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<DIV><A class=articleheader name="SHAME OF ABUSE BY BRIT TROOPS">SHAME OF ABUSE BY BRIT TROOPS</A><BR><A href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14199634&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=shame-of-abuse-by-brit-troops-name_page.html">http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/tm_objectid=14199634&method=full&siteid=50143&headline=shame-of-abuse-by-brit-troops-name_page.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>1,361 Iraqis Killed in April :<BR> Volunteers hunting for bodies in Fallujah find a woman and her <BR>daughter in their home, killed in the siege but undiscovered for days. <BR>Chanting mourners bury two boys caught in the crossfire of a Baghdad gunfight. <BR>A morgue in Basra overflows with torn and burned bodies from a suicide <BR>bombing.<BR><A href="http://www.620ktar.com/news/article.aspx?id=364860" target=_blank>http://www.620ktar.com/news/article.aspx?id=364860</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Editorial: Sheer Depravity:<BR>What is no less shocking about the degrading photos from Abu Gharib <BR>prison is that not a single US newspaper yesterday led its front page <BR>with news of them. That is a further demonstration of the appallingly <BR>limited comprehension of the Middle East that runs from the White House <BR>down to the humblest New York burger stall.<BR><A href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6117.htm" target=_blank>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6117.htm</A></DIV>
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<DIV>What the US papers don't say :<BR> Michael Hann examines the air of secrecy and silence surrounding the <BR>US media's treatment of George Bush's 'war on terror'<BR><A href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6114.htm" target=_blank>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6114.htm</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Andrew Greeley : How We Got Into This Unjust War:<BR> The administration sold the public -- and perhaps the president sold <BR>himself -- on the Iraq invasion as part of the ''war on terrorism.'' It <BR>was a deception, perhaps even a lie, from beginning to end. The real <BR>reason is that ''all the president's men'' wanted the war.<BR><A href="http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6113.htm" target=_blank>http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6113.htm</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Riverbend: Iraqi Girl Blog: <BR>Seeing those naked, helpless, hooded men was like being slapped in the <BR>face with an ice cold hand. I felt ashamed looking at them- like I was <BR>seeing something I shouldn’t be seeing and all I could think was, “I <BR>might know one of those faceless men...”<BR><A href="http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/" target=_blank><FONT color=#0000ff>http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/</FONT></A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>ELECTRONIC voting may be unplugged<BR>Napa Valley Register</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=AE2A151B-18B2-4E5A-979B-9B361FF116D5" target=_blank>http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=story_full&id=AE2A151B-18B2-4E5A-979B-9B361FF116D5</A></DIV>
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<DIV>GOODBYE chad, new touch-screen voting likely by November<BR>Lorain Morning Journal - Lorain,OH</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1699&dept_id=46368&newsid=11422889&PAG=461&rfi=9" target=_blank>http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1699&dept_id=46368&newsid=11422889&PAG=461&rfi=9</A></DIV>
<DIV>The Ohio Senate has approved a measure that will allow 31 <BR>counties to use new, more-accurate electronic voting <BR>systems<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>DECISION next week on Caricom's call for Aristide probe<BR>Trinidad & Tobago Express</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_politics?id=22960434" target=_blank>http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_politics?id=22960434</A></DIV>
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<DIV>TERRORISM expert Clarke: We're losing wars<BR>philly.com (subscription)</DIV>
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<DIV>George W. Bush has said he hasn't made any mistakes. I can think of lots of mistakes he's made. </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.antiwar.com/reese/?articleid=2452">http://www.antiwar.com/reese/?articleid=2452</A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><STRONG>US Iraq Ambassador has a Dark History</STRONG> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Congress Ignores 'Dirty War' Past of New Iraq Envoy </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.khilafah.com/home/category.php?DocumentID=9449&TagID=2">http://www.khilafah.com/home/category.php?DocumentID=9449&TagID=2</A></DIV>
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<DIV>ASHCROFT'S 2000 Senate bid probed<BR>Seattle Times</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001917525_cdig01.html" target=_blank>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2001917525_cdig01.html</A></DIV>
<DIV>Attorney General John Ashcroft's own Justice Department<BR>is looking at allegations he may have violated campaign laws when he <BR>unsuccessfully<BR>ran in 2000</DIV>
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<DIV>MASSACHUSETTS Town Becomes 300th Jurisdiction to Denounce Patriot Act</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/84971/1/" target=_blank>http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/84971/1/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>BUSH Cheney Fraud in Iraq: Paying a Small Price<BR>Conspiracy Planet</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=70&contentid=1203" target=_blank>http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=70&contentid=1203</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Francis Fukuyama, of "End of History" renown, speaks to <B>Ezzat Ibrahim</B>, in Washington, of his views on the Bush administration's Middle East policy and the American tendency to confuse universalism with self-interest </DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/688/intrvw.htm">http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/688/intrvw.htm</A></DIV>
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<DIV>AHMED Chalabi and the " liberation " of Iraq<BR><A href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/apr2004/chal-a30.shtml" target=_blank>http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/apr2004/chal-a30.shtml</A></DIV>
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<DIV>REMARKS of Senator John Kerry at Westminster College<BR>U.S. Newswire</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=145-04302004" target=_blank>http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=145-04302004</A></DIV>
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<DIV>RUMSFELD says Iraq hostility has been a surprise<BR>MSNBC</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4871859/" target=_blank>http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4871859/</A></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR043004.htm">Al-Jazeera: Blaming the Messenger?</A></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.accuracy.org/press_releases/PR041204.htm">Fallujah and Baghdad -- Eyewitness Accounts</A> </DIV>
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<DIV>Voters don't care if kerry tossed his medals or not, but the media won't drop it. If they did, they'd have to discuss pertinent issues facing us all</DIV>
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<DIV>CHENEY PRAISES FOX NEWS CHANNEL</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53974-2004Apr29.html" target=_blank>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53974-2004Apr29.html</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>EX-MSNBC STAFFER REVEALS NETWORK'S BIAS TOWARDS PRO-WAR EXPERTS<BR>Former MSNBC staffer Jeff Cohen tells a panel on the media's coverage <BR>of the war that as the war neared, higher-ups mandated that for every <BR>"expert" with an "anti-war" perspective, the show would have to air the <BR>opinions of two people taking a pro-war stance.<BR>(Doylestown Patriot)<BR><A href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1685&dept_id=45280&newsid=11413469&PAG=461&rfi=9" target=_blank>http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1685&dept_id=45280&newsid=11413469&PAG=461&rfi=9</A><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>FCC'S FREE RIDE FOR OPRAH<BR>The government is not going to pursue action against Oprah Winfrey for <BR>"indecent" talk because she is "beloved," while indecency target Howard <BR>Stern is "a lightening rod," says an aide at the FCC.<BR>(New York Post)<BR><A href="http://www.nypost.com/gossip/16658.htm" target=_blank>http://www.nypost.com/gossip/16658.htm</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>ITALY PASSES CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA LAW<BR>Italy's parliament Thursday passed a controversial media law which <BR>opponents argue would strengthen Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's hold <BR>over the media. Opponents of the law say it secures Berlusconi's control <BR>over 90 percent of Italy's television broadcasts, and gives him freedom <BR>to acquire more newspapers and radio stations. <BR>(UPI)<BR><A href="http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040429-093709-7160r.htm" target=_blank>http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040429-093709-7160r.htm</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Driller vs. Community Conflicts Rising As Bush Opens Rocky Mountain Lands</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/">http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/</A></DIV>
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<DIV>GREENS call for Independent 9/11 Probe led by Family Members<BR>Common Dreams</DIV>
<DIV><A href="http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/0428-09.htm" target=_blank>http://www.commondreams.org/news2004/0428-09.htm</A></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Halliburton plans to bill the U.S. military $141 million for meals served to U.S. forces in Iraq, even though the charges had previously been questioned by Pentagon auditors</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>THE Spin Doctor Is In : Examining Corporate PR at Bechtel<BR>CorpWatch.com</DIV>
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<DIV>Hull-based telecoms group Kingston Communications has completed the<BR>sale of its satellite and broadcasting unit Kingston Inmedia to The <BR>Carlyle<BR>Group</DIV>
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<DIV>PRIVATIZATION of warfare<BR>Axis of Logic</DIV>
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<DIV>Kansas senate follows evolutionary theory ban with gay marriage ban</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2>David Dreier<FONT class=Arial-13pxFFFFFFb> </FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT class=Arial-11pxC0C0C0b><BR></FONT><FONT class=Arial-11pxFFFFFFb size=2><STRONG>Congressman & GOP Spin Doctor</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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