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Mother Fights Army Over Son's Death
Sunday, 23 March 2008 18:33

WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - Joan McDonald believes her son was a casualty of the 
war in Iraq, but the Army says that while he did suffer a severe head 
wound in a bomb blast, the cause of his death is undetermined, keeping 
him off the casualty list.

She and her family are demanding more answers in the death of Sgt. James 
W. McDonald.

"I don't want it to be an undetermined cause of death," said Joan 
McDonald. "That is ridiculous."

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Pakistan to meet militants
Sunday, 23 March 2008 17:36

Pakistan's newly elected government will seek to negotiate with Islamic 
militants and demilitarise the campaign against them to end the violence 
racking the country, leaders of the major coalition parties who will 
take power next week have said.

The explicit declaration of a desire to talk to extremists and to reduce 
the role of the army marks a major change for the strategically crucial 
country and will confirm fears among American policymakers that the 
heavy defeat of President Pervez Musharraf at recent elections will lead 
to Pakistan scaling back its support for the US-led 'war on terror' in 
the region.

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42 Killed in Attacks in Iraq
Sunday, 23 March 2008 13:27
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide car bomber penetrated tight security to strike 
an Iraqi military base on Sunday in the deadliest of a series of attacks 
that killed at least 42 people across Iraq. In Baghdad, the 
U.S.-protected Green Zone came under heavy fire by rockets or mortar rounds.

Seven people also were killed and 14 wounded in a suicide car bombing in 
the Shiite area of Shula in the capital.

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Is Bush the worst U.S. president ever?
Sunday, 23 March 2008 11:09

Five years after Bush's ill-starred invasion of Iraq, three years after 
Hurricane Katrina and seven months into the unravelling of the U.S. 
financial system, the point is that the 43rd president of the United 
States – regardless of his ranking in the pantheon – is a unique and 
unmitigated disaster.

Among U.S. historians, it has become great sport to rank the country's 
presidents. Bush vies with many for the title of absolute worst – from 
Ulysses S. Grant, who oversaw a post-Civil War era so corrupt it was 
known as Grant's Barbecue, to Richard Nixon of Watergate fame, to 
Herbert Hoover, the hapless president in charge during the stock market 
crash of 1929.

But Grant, Hoover and even Nixon did not do as much damage worldwide. 
Americans may still be debating Bush's legacy. I suspect the rest of the 
world has made up its mind.

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Since '01, Guarding Species Is Harder
Sunday, 23 March 2008 09:24

With little-noticed procedural and policy moves over several years, Bush 
administration officials have made it substantially more difficult to 
designate domestic animals and plants for protection under the 
Endangered Species Act.

TVNL Comment: The Bush administration are the enemies of everything 
living. They are so greedy that money is more important than the 
survival of life on Earth.

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Saudi king rejects Cheney's belligerency
Sunday, 23 March 2008 09:23

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in a meeting with visiting US Vice 
President Dick Cheney has rejected any US military strike against Iran.

King Abdullah Expressed his opposition to any US military strike against 
Iran, Saudi official sources said.

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Stalwart Service for U.S. in Iraq Is Not Enough to Gain Green Card
Saturday, 22 March 2008 22:42

During his nearly four years as a translator for U.S. forces in Iraq, 
Saman Kareem Ahmad was known for his bravery and hard work. "Sam put his 
life on the line with, and for, Coalition Forces on a daily basis," 
wrote Marine Capt. Trent A. Gibson.

Gibson's letter was part of a thick file of support -- including 
commendations from the secretary of the Navy and from then-Maj. Gen. 
David H. Petraeus -- that helped Ahmad migrate to the United States in 
2006, among an initial group of 50 Iraqi and Afghan translators admitted 
under a special visa program.

Last month, however, the U.S. government turned down Ahmad's application 
for permanent residence, known as a green card. His offense: Ahmad had 
once been part of the Kurdish Democratic Party, which U.S. immigration 
officials deemed an "undesignated terrorist organization" for having 
sought to overthrow former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

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U.S. Pushed Allies on Iraq, Diplomat Writes
Saturday, 22 March 2008 20:43

UNITED NATIONS -- In the months leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of 
Iraq, the Bush administration threatened trade reprisals against 
friendly countries who withheld their support, spied on its allies, and 
pressed for the recall of U.N. envoys that resisted U.S. pressure to 
endorse the war, according to an upcoming book by a top Chilean diplomat.

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An Election Without Meaning
Saturday, 22 March 2008 13:10

Will getting rid of George W. Bush and Richard Cheney without 
impeachment or indictment really make a difference? Will a 600 billion 
dollar war/defense budget be cut in half and used for desperately needed 
domestic spending? Will the ninety-three billion dollars profits in the 
private health insurance companies those parasitic intermediates between 
you and your doctor be used instead for full health care coverage for 
all? Will Habeas Corpus and Posse Comitatus be restored to the people? 
Will torture stop and the US withdraw from Iraq immediately? Will all 
students in public universities be able to enroll for free? Will the US 
national security agencies stop mass spying on our personal 
communications? Will the neo-conservative agenda of total military 
domination of the world be reversed?

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