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Pakistan Is Tense as Bush Arrives

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030406A.shtml

President Bush arrived in Pakistan on Friday for a 24-hour visit to a

capital locked down under extraordinary security. A broad coalition of

political parties closed shops and halted transportation across the

country and planned more anti-Bush demonstrations for the weekend.

 

 

Elizabeth Frederick | My Husband Was Not Properly Equipped for War

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030406B.shtml

Elizabeth Frederick provides testimony to the House Appropriations

Sub-Committee on the substandard military quality of life and veterans

affairs.

 

 

Stacy Bannerman | Quit Bargaining With the Lives of Our Loved Ones

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030406C.shtml

It's easy to make deals with soldiers' lives when it's not your

soldier. According to Stacy Bannerman, it's pretty simple to postpone

coming

up with an exit strategy when your loved ones are already home.

 

 

Over 7,000 Killed by Iraq Death Squads

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030406D.shtml

Faik Bakir, the director of the Baghdad morgue, has fled Iraq in fear

of his life after reporting that more than 7,000 people have been killed

by death squads in recent months.

 

 

Brazil President Wants Bush, Chavez Chat

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030406E.shtml

Brazil's president Lula da Silva says he'd like to get President Bush

and ardent US critic Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to sit down

together and talk out their differences.

 

 

Battle Brews as South Dakota Abortion Law Nears

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030406F.shtml

US abortion-rights defenders and opponents are preparing for battle as

South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds considers whether to sign a state

abortion ban. Supporters of the ban hope it will lead to a US Supreme

Court showdown.

 

 

Hamas Meets a Stern Putin in Moscow

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030406G.shtml

Russia's Putin greeted the leaders of the militant Palestinian group

Hamas on Friday with a pointed warning that the organization had to

recognize Israel and dismantle its militias, or face isolation.

 

 

Ira Chernus | Praise the Lord and Pass the Petition

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030406H.shtml

If you are waiting for a religious left to emerge to offset the power

of the religious right, according to Ira Chernus, it may already be in

your own neighborhood, at a local church or synagogue.

 

 

Robert M. Sapolsky | A Natural History of Peace

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030406I.shtml

Robert M. Sapolsky contradicts beliefs that humans are " killer apes "

destined for violent conflict, but argues their non-violent ability to

make their own history.