Wednesday, October 26, 2005

From the New Standard (Great Alternative Media Site with well-researched stories)

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Middle East
-Israeli High Court Rules Army Use of Human Shields Illegal
-Rights Groups Win Release of Abu Ghraib Photos
-Report: Prisoner Abusers ‘Confused’ by Administration Remarks
-Expectations for DC Anti-war Convergence Loom Large
-Chicago Calls for End to Iraq War
-Investigation: Five Palestinians Killed in Tul Karm Raid Noncombatants
-Nuke Material Handling Plan in Pre-war Iraq Faulty, Auditors Find
-Israeli Army Continues Use of Palestinians as Human Shields
-Israeli Terror Compensation Rules Treat Jew’s Victims Differently
-Israel to Take West Bank Land for Settlement Barrier
-Gaza Disengagement, Resistance Continue Amid Tragic Incidents

Environment
-Pharmacists May Be Refusing to Fill Emergency Contraception Orders
-Proposed Katrina School Vouchers Attacked
-Gov’t Environmental Agencies Close Georgia Dumping Probe
-Senate to Revisit Alaska Oil, Gas Drilling Once More
-Employer-funded Health Insurance Continues to Drop, Study finds
-Supreme Court Tobacco Ruling Disappoints Health Groups
-Pro-choice Religious Groups Weigh in on NH Abortion Law
-National Parks Seeking Corporate Sponsorship
-Killed Bill Resurfacing as Eased Energy Regulation
-Supreme Court Allows Missouri Inmate’s Abortion
-Women’s Health Advocates Push for Rebirth of Plan B
-Briefs Filed in First Roberts Court Abortion

and more in sections:

Work and Money, Civil Liberties,Election 2004

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