Tag: war
group name: oneworldus
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September 03, 2007 11:01 AM EDT --
NEW YORK, Aug 31 (OneWorld) - It is one of the most affluent countries in the world, but sill millions of people in the United States find it very difficult to put a nice meal on their dinner table. . . . more
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September 28, 2006 12:26 AM EDT --
The fate of a U.S. Army medic who went AWOL rather than return for a second tour in Iraq is unclear today after he turned himself in to military authorities.
Attorneys for Augustin Aguayo filed new . . . more
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August 23, 2007 05:30 PM EDT --
Members of a leading Iraq war veterans' organization voted this weekend to launch a campaign encouraging U.S. troops to refuse to fight.
U.S. Army medic Augustin Aguayo filed for conscientious . . . more
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October 12, 2006 09:54 AM EDT --
North Korea's nuclear weapon test has spawned widespread denunciation but the fallout also includes divergent positions on how to respond.
Some U.S. analysts and policy makers say they believe . . . more
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February 07, 2007 02:19 PM EST --
Attorneys for the first commissioned officer to refuse to serve in Iraq plan to appeal if he's convicted at a court martial this week on a U.S. military base at Fort Lewis, Washington.
"It's . . . more
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December 22, 2006 01:36 PM EST --
Human rights groups reacted with skepticism Thursday after military prosecutors charged eight Marines in the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in the western Iraqi town of Haditha.
The squad . . . more
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January 10, 2007 04:46 PM EST --
The Bush administration's plan to beef up the U.S. military presence in Iraq is likely to create a new wave of protests across the United States in the coming days.
As Bush is expected to announce . . . more
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October 05, 2006 10:53 AM EDT --
The emotional ravages of war are at issue following the surrender to military officials of Specialist Darrell Anderson, a decorated U.S. soldier who fled to Canada rather than return to Iraq.
Anderson, . . . more
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September 05, 2007 12:03 PM EDT --
LOS ANGELES, Sep 4 (OneWorld) - Trained as a machine gunner, 32-year-old Jorge Reyes Jr. served 10 years in the U.S. Army and had considered a career in the armed services. But after a tour as a rear gunner . . . more
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September 08, 2007 01:01 PM EDT --
SYDNEY, Sep 5 (IPS) - As 21 world leaders representing 3 billion people prepare to meet at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this weekend, civil society groups are calling for an . . . more
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January 26, 2007 03:03 PM EST --
At least 186 antiwar protests in the United States have been monitored by the Pentagon's domestic surveillance program, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), . . . more
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September 12, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
NEW YORK, Sep 11 (OneWorld) - Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the United States' two closest allies in its so-called "war on terror," violated international law this week when a key political . . . more
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November 02, 2006 02:13 PM EST --
Veterans of the Iraq war are mobilizing for Tuesday's elections nationwide--mostly on the side of Democrats critical of President George W. Bush's handling of the war.
"Normally, the military . . . more
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December 04, 2006 03:28 PM EST --
Independent humanitarian groups that work closely with the United Nations welcomed the world body's decision to call a high-level meeting next week to address the issue of sexual abuse against children . . . more
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January 30, 2007 02:43 PM EST --
Hundreds of citizens from across the United States descended on Capitol Hill Monday to follow up on the weekend's mass demonstration calling for the reduction and ultimate end of U.S. military involvement . . . more
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July 27, 2007 01:23 AM EDT --
Peace advocates in the United States are welcoming a Congressional vote Wednesday that may be a political stepping stone to ending U.S. participation in the war in Iraq.
Young peace advocate . . . more
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November 27, 2006 11:09 AM EST --
A U.S. serviceman who went AWOL after refusing to return for a second tour of duty in Iraq is getting a court hearing Tuesday.
Army medic Augustin Aguayo turned himself in this September and is currently . . . more
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March 08, 2007 02:31 PM EST --
Dr. Rashad Zidan, and the women of Iraq, have been working tirelessly to hold families together through the terrors of war. Nominated by the U.S.-based women's activist group CODEPINK, OneWorlders . . . more
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November 27, 2006 11:29 AM EST --
A New York-based non-profit stepped up a petition drive Tuesday aimed at pushing the Bush administration to engage the international community to bring peace to Iraq.
The organization, Res Publica--whose . . . more
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March 12, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --
The United States' four-year-old occupation of Iraq has considerably worsened the lives of the country's women, charges a new report from an international human rights group.
The New York-based . . . more
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