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Ayoreo Indian dies after first contact

A Paraguayan Indian, who lived without contact with the outside world until 1998, has died of tuberculosis. Survival International has called his life, 'a symbol of the fate of indigenous people in the Americas since Columbus'.

Jeremy Scahill: Confronting Blackwater on its Killing of Iraqis

Last week, Jeremy spoke at a conference organized by NYU's Center on Law and Security called "Privatizing Defense: Blackwater, Contractors, and American Security." Also present at the conference were Blackwater Worldwide vice president Martin Strong and a lawyer for Blackwater, David Hammond. At the conference, I confronted Strong on Blackwater's killi...

Massive Good Friday Sheriff's Immigration RAID: Phoenix

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he plans to dispatch nearly 200 deputies and armed posse members to the areas to patrol for possible criminal activity by illegal immigrants starting today. March 21st 2008, 'good' Friday

Iraqi Civilians incl. Children Mutilated by Coalition

US troops... an airborne landing in the village of ash-Shabab north of Baghdad on Wednesday...the Americans killed five villagers in the raid and then mutilated their bodies. The witnesses added that the Americans then killed another youth in at-Tarimiyah and cut off his limbs...those Americans were implementing policy that involved systematic mutilation of their victims...recently abducted a woman from at-Tarimiyah after imprisoning another woman from ad-Dulu iyah north of Baghdad.

UK Indymedia - Simclar workers occupy Kilwinning factory

Members of Community trade union employed by the Simclar (Ayrshire) electronic components manufacturer have this morning occupied the company's factory in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, to protest against the way they have been treated by the Company.

The Hatred Behind 'Hadji Girl'

If you want to understand why the war is going so badly in Iraq, it may help to examine the recent reaction to Hadji Girl, the videotaped song about killing Iraqis by U.S. Marine Corporal Joshua Belile. The song became controversial when the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) discovered it on the internet and objected to its lyrics. Hadji Girl tells the story of a soldier out in the sands of Iraq / And we were under attack :

Israel Pays Bill After Missiles Kill

The worst part about this story isn t just the killed civilians, it s that Israel considers this special humanitarian treatment. This type of financial restitution is the least Israel can do as long as it carries out airstrikes that continue to kill and maim civilians indiscriminately.

Mob cheers as 5 British bodies killed in wreckage

British troops under Iraqi attack in Basra, Eye witnesses say a missile brought down a British military helicopter which crashed onto a house in Basra. "One of them belonged to a major, I could see his rank," said the man, Abu Zaid. "I saw the remains of the others." the chaos worsened, shooting broke out between the British soldiers and armed militiamen, and at least four people, including a child, were reported to have been killed in the mayhem. "It won't change a thing if the helicopter was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade. It is a daily risk and sadly, one day, a few get hit."

Bush declares terror fight WWIII [06may06]

US President George W. Bush has said the September 11 revolt of passengers against their hijackers on board Flight 93 had struck the first blow of "World War III"

Chinese reoccupying Russia?

Land ceded to Russia by a weak Chinese government in the nineteenth century has ever since been seen by many Chinese to be a target for retrieval like Hong Kong or Macau. Now, with Russians across the border suffering economic hardship, and the Chinese becoming stronger, the re-sinification of Outer Manchuria might become a reality. It won t be pretty if it does.