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Drastic Tax Break Gives Billions to US Firms

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905I.shtml

A measure designed to create jobs is instead rewarding the companies

that are most adept at stashing overseas profits in tax havens, allowing

them to bring money home at a severely discounted tax rate.

 

 

Firm Fined for Channeling Donations to DeLay and GOP

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905J.shtml

DeLay was admonished in connection with the case for creating the

appearance that Westar might receive special access or treatment.

 

 

Paul Krugman | What They Did Last Fall

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905K.shtml

Two different news media consortiums reviewed Florida's ballots; both

found that a full manual recount would have given the election to Mr.

Gore. Paul Krugman notes this was true despite a host of efforts by state

and local officials to suppress likely Gore votes, most notably Ms.

Harris's " felon purge, " which disenfranchised large numbers of valid

voters.

 

 

'Peace Mom': Spearhead of Peace Movement?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905L.shtml

What began as one mother's vigil on a country road in Texas two weeks

ago has grown into a nationwide protest, putting a grieving human face

to the miseries of war and growing misgivings about President Bush's

strategies in Iraq.

 

 

Norman Solomon | The Iraq War and MoveOn

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905M.shtml

The day after Wednesday night's nationwide vigils, the big headline at

the top of the MoveOn.org home page said: " Support Cindy Sheehan. " But

MoveOn does not support Cindy Sheehan's call for swift withdrawal of US

troops from Iraq.

 

 

Rumsfeld in Peru Warns Chavez

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905N.shtml

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's visit this week to South America

had the throwback feel of a mission during the cold war, when American

officials saw their main job as bolstering the hemisphere's governments

against leftist insurgencies and Communist infiltration.

 

 

Bush's Aid Cuts on Court Issue Roil Latin Americans

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905O.shtml

The United States has cut aid to some two dozen nations that refused to

sign immunity agreements from the International Criminal Court that

American officials say is intended to protect American soldiers and

policy

makers from politically motivated prosecutions.

 

 

Ohio Governor Taft Found Guilty of Criminal Charges

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905P.shtml

As Governor Bob Taft yesterday became Ohio's first governor to be

convicted on criminal charges, he apologized for embarrassing the

state he's

sworn to lead, but dismissed the ethical misdeeds as an inadvertent

" mistake. "

 

 

Roberts Questioned Value of Women Lawyers

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/081905Z.shtml

Supreme Court nominee John Roberts disparaged state efforts to combat

discrimination against women in Reagan-era documents made public

Thursday, and wondered whether " encouraging homemakers to become lawyers

contributes to the common good. "

 

 

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