The National Lawyers Guild strongly condemns State of Emergency in Pakistan, Urges Bush to suspend aid
 
The National Lawyers Guild strongly condemns the State of Emergency imposed on the people of Pakistan and the attacks on lawyers and the judiciary.  The NLG demands that President Musharraf immediately withdraw the emergency declaration of November 3, 2007, the Provisional Constitutional Order No. 1 of 2007 (PCO), which suspends Pakistan's Constitution.

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Fifty Israeli peace activists call upon Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to open the Rafah Crossing to movement of persons and goods and thus break the Israeli siege.

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It has always been a rarity that the all the three valuable assets (viz blessedness, background & beauty) are found in chorus in an individual or area. Sweet Swat (comprising of the now three districts of Swat, Bunir & Shangla) is such an exception wherein all the three assets have been bestowed by in concert.

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Once again the stupidity of nuclear power

Right now, I'm sequestered.  I can't breath the air out there in the real world.  I can't leave my computers on because they heat up the house.  I can't go anywhere because most of the roads are blocked and to get anywhere, I'd have to wait in traffic and smoke for hours and hours.  I'm stuck.

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To those Businessmen and women holding seats in Congress,
To the Highest Court of America,
To every Department within the U.S. government,
To the President's Cabinet,
To the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
To the Vice President and President of the United States of America:

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In an appeal to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, the Gush Shalom movement asks the judges to halt government plans for creation of a “regional radio” intended for the use of West Bank settlers. The appellants say that the tender issued by the government is in fact meant to legalize pirate radio stations such as “Arutz 7”, and that the military government has moved to facilitate  the creation of such a settler station without legal authority and while seriously undermining the due democratic procedures.

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The hands conduct war

Provocative Ma'aleh Adumim land confiscation lays bare the government intentions. In government of the two Ehuds, the mouth speaks peace, the hands conduct war and oppression.

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