Dear family and friends,
Yesterday the Prime Minister of Lebanon pleaded with the conscience of the world to bring about an immediate internationally-sanctioned cease-fire, saying that Israel was acting to destroy "everything that...
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14 July 2006
BANGKOK, Thailand -- The surprise publication of a secretive letter to U.S. President George W. Bush from Thailand's distraught prime minister, warning of a "threat to democracy in Thailand," has provoked outrage, satirical abuse, and loud...
07 July 2006
Suzanne Swift's story begins in an all-too-familiar way. A dead-end job, a friendly military recruiter, a promise that signing-up as military police would mean no deployment to Iraq, a broken promise, and a trip to war. Then it takes a...
05 July 2006
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Burma's military regime warned the world's
most famous political prisoner, Aung San Suu Kyi, that her days "are
numbered," and she is "heading for a tragic end."
The ominous condemnation on Wednesday (...
The ominous condemnation on Wednesday (...
30 June 2006
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's shaky government has suffered a
devastating decision by the attorney-general's office, which ruled
that the prime minister's party, and the biggest opposition party,
"both violated the law" and should be...
26 June 2006
"The idea is to put Palestinians on a diet but not make them die of hunger," commented Dov Weisglass, senior advisor to Israeli Prime Ministers Ariel Sharon and Enud Olmert, when asked how Israel should deal with the new Hamas government....
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