The Tidings: Retired priests celebrate prayer, friendship and service 2008-05-16

In the mid-1980s he was asked to set up the archdiocesan Department of Detention Ministry (now Restorative Justice ). Msgr. Loftus, 46 years a priest ...

The Tidings: San Fernando Region News 2008-05-16

Marking the success of a mutual business relationship between two organizations committed to delivering high quality, affordable healthcare ...

The Tidings: Compassion that makes us glad to be Christians 2008-05-16

She was a full-time volunteer supported by her husband, Charles Bruce, a physicist who did research at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.

Positive Universe Abstracts: Chalmers Johnson on Our 'Managed Democracy' 2008-05-16

Truthdig | By Chalmers Johnson It is not news that the United States is in great trouble. The pre-emptive war it launched against Iraq more than five years ago was and is a mistake of monumental proportions—one that most Americans still fail to acknowledge. Instead they are arguing about whether we should push on to "victory" when even...

Positive Universe Abstracts: 81 Dead in Lebanon as Hezbollah Clashes with US-Backed Pro-Government Forces 2008-05-16

Democracy Now | Rush Transcript AMY GOODMAN: In Lebanon, armed clashes since last Wednesday between Hezbollah-led opposition groups and US-backed pro-government forces have left at least eighty-one people dead, many more wounded. Opposition forces overpowered pro-government militias and took over large parts of the capital city of Beirut late last week before handing over control to the Lebanese...

Positive Universe Abstracts: Sands: Bush's Architects Of Torture Are 'Weaseling Out' Of Responsibility For 'Crimes' 2008-05-16

Think Progress, DC | In his new book, Torture Team, renowned international lawyer Philippe Sands documents the fact that Bush's torture program was approved at the highest levels of the administration. Speaking with PBS's Bill Moyers on Friday, Sands noted that these architects of torture refuse to acknowledge they were "complicit in the commission of a crime." "There...

Positive Universe Abstracts: Superdelegates must follow the will of voters 2008-05-16

Color of Change | Demand that the Democratic Party defend democracy Leaders of the Democratic Party are playing a dangerous game — risking the credibility of the party to hand Hillary Clinton the nomination against the will of voters. Heading down this path means disenfranchising millions of voters and legitimizing a campaign strategy that has displayed a clear...

Positive Universe Abstracts: The Card Clinton Is Playing 2008-05-16

Washington Post, United States | By Eugene Robinson Friday, May 9, 2008; Page A27 From the beginning, Hillary Clinton has campaigned as if the Democratic nomination were hers by divine right. That's why she is falling short — and that's why she should be persuaded to quit now, rather than later, before her majestic sense of entitlement splits the...

The Washington Independent: Anti-War Vets Testify Before House Panel 2008-05-16

Lemieux said the officer falsified the report, to show the Marines were in far greater danger. He said the soldier told him, "Lemieux, I think your views ...

ReliefWeb (press release): Sudan says 80 Darfur 'child rebels' arrested 2008-05-16

'We want the international community to put pressure on the rebel groups to release the child soldiers ' the have, Amira el-Fadil, secretary general of ...

ReliefWeb (press release): Food, commodity crises caught world napping, say speakers taking ... 2008-05-16

Governments continued to grapple with tensions growing from fragmented land rights systems, particularly in Africa and Asia , and UN-HABITAT would continue ...

IPS: PERU: Women - The Guardians of Potato Biodiversity 2008-05-16

As a result, it is common for mothers-in- law to put the cooking skills of their daughters-in- law to the test by getting them to peel potatoes with tricky ...

Lebanon: Scottish artist's exhibition commemorates Nakba - Daily Star 2008-05-16

Palestinian refugees - and international law - insist they have a "right of return" to their lands, a right Israel has consistently denied.

Lebanon: Hizbullah's arms should be finessed (again) - Daily Star 2008-05-16

... for instance, to heed any of the dozens of resolutions calling (and/or reiterating earlier calls) for that country to abide by international law .

Lebanon: Qatari emir welcomes delegates to dialogue aimed at saving Lebanon - Daily Star 2008-05-16

The FPM leader added that all parties were in favor of adopting a qada-based electoral law for the next parliamentary elections. "There are many formulas ...

Lebanon: 'Middle Israel' must help Palestinians get their rights - Daily Star 2008-05-16

Jerusalem will be divided, Palestinian refugees will not return to their ancestral homes, and Jewish settlements in the West Bank will, like their Gaz ...

CounterPunch: Involuntary Drugging of Detainees 2008-05-16

I have previously called for a Truth and Reconciliation process to deal with the shameful cowardice of the health professions in actively and/or passively ...

Democracy Now: China Earthquake Toll Tops 21500 2008-05-16

On Capitol Hill, the House has approved a measure calling for an immediate withdrawal of US troops from Iraq to be completed by December 2009.

Democracy Now: DEMOCRACY NOW! EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Sgt. Reveal ... 2008-05-16

One was that they were eyes on the ground, and they could stumble upon the location of weapons of mass destruction, and if they should pass the location ...

guardian.co.uk World news: BBC to make on air Burma picture apology 2008-05-16

The BBC is to make an on air apology after admitting that it broadcast the wrong picture during a report about the Burma cyclone. By Leigh Holmwood

guardian.co.uk World news: Suicide bomb kills six policemen in Sri Lanka 2008-05-16

A bomb blast blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels killed six policemen and wounded 50 people, including civilians, in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo today, the military said

guardian.co.uk: Bin Laden: Palestinian cause fuels war 2008-05-16

Begin won the Nobel peace prize for negotiating a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979, Israel's first with an Arab nation. The Israeli leader shared the prize ...

guardian.co.uk World news: Saudis reject Bush's appeal to ease oil prices 2008-05-16

Saudi Arabia today rejected George Bush's appeal to increase production and help cut record oil prices

guardian.co.uk World news: 24 hours in pictures 2008-05-16

May 16 2008: A selection of the best images from around the world

guardian.co.uk World news: News Corporation reportedly courts US rapper 50 Cent with $300m offer 2008-05-16

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation reportedly in talks for a $300m deal to bring US rapper 50 Cent aboard its MySpace Records label

guardian.co.uk World news: Oil hits new record 2008-05-16

World oil prices jump to a fresh record of $127.82 a barrel on the back of a weaker dollar and fears over a shortage of diesel as well as a bullish price prediction from Goldman Sachs

guardian.co.uk World news: Video: Back from Burma 2008-05-16

Helen Pidd reflects on a week spent in Burma seeing first-hand the extent of the damage caused by Cyclone Nargis

guardian.co.uk World news: Burma raises official cyclone death toll to 78,000 2008-05-16

Junta agrees to show foreign officials cyclone-hit region as it dramatically increases official death toll

guardian.co.uk World news: 'Why were most of those killed in the earthquake children?' 2008-05-16

China's worst earthquake in three decades has allowed its citizens an unusual period of freedom to debate the authorities' response to the natural disaster online

guardian.co.uk: Another superdelegate for Obama 2008-05-16

... he's consistently opposed the war, he advocates universal health care , and he delivers a message that transcends party politics at the same time.

The Observer: The orphan of Whitehall 2008-05-16

This is partly because organised crime is an amorphous concept, an umbrella term for a huge range of activities such as drugs, human trafficking ...

guardian.co.uk: Texans sue Bush administration over Mexico border fence 2008-05-16

... has "nearly bent over backward" in dealings with 600 landowners in the four states that border Mexico: Texas, California , Arizona and New Mexico .

guardian.co.uk: Complex climate treaty challenges experts 2008-05-16

The present Kyoto binds 37 developed nations to cut emissions by 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-12, while the next treaty aims to include all countrie ...

Guardian Unlimited: President without shame 2008-05-16

They fall silent when I say, "I have a black son-in- law ." I tell them, there's no us and them - we're all part of the same human family.

Guardian Unlimited: Oi, FOI 2008-05-16

There was the suggestion in the Williams draft that Israel had brazenly pursued weapons of mass destruction in a way that was comparable to Saddam Hussein.

Bay Area Indymedia: Antiwar Movement Applauds House Vote Against Additional War Funding 2008-05-16

by United for Peace and Justice provision since the war started in 2003. In a move that no one expected, dozens of Republicans voted "present," which is ...

Beyond Chron: "BUG" ê Be Careful Who You Let In 2008-05-16

The point of the play and the title comes from the Bush administration"s í No Child Left Behind act.ì Of course, that is just double-speak, because we all ...

Dissident Voice: Court Appeals 2008-05-16

... for jaywalking than wholesale violations of the Geneva Conventions , US delegates will not be addressing their colleagues from any moral high ground.

OregonLive.com: Forest Grove schools' budget 'pretty flat' next year - The Oregonian 2008-05-16

Adding teaching staff in the special education department to handle a growth in students from 756 at the beginning of the 2007-08 school year to the current ...

Media Matters for America: Cafferty said McCain "has been at odds with his own party ... 2008-05-16

It's all kind of ironic when you consider the Arizona senator has been at odds with his own party for years on issues like immigration , campaign finance ...

AlterNet: Dire Consequences with a McCain Supreme Court? 2008-05-16

The founding principle of the United States ê that everyone possesses certain íunalienableì human rights ê would be history. [For details, see Neck Deep ...

PR-Inside.com News: New Cabinet reflects rising role of women in Taiwan's government 2008-05-16

The calm, amiable demeanor of the Taiwan's incoming justice minister belies a long career of campaigning for civil liberties , starting in the mid-1980s ...

PR-Inside.com News: Report: Israeli intelligence chief says Abbas might flee if peace ... 2008-05-16

Amos Yadlin told the Haaretz daily that he is not optimistic about Israeli-Palestinian attempts to reach a final peace deal by the end of the year. th ...

PR-Inside.com News: Red Cross says some 10000 displaced in recent clashes between ... 2008-05-16

Thousands of people have been killed in the Saada area since a Shiite rebellion erupted there in June 2004. Monqar said it was not possible to determine ...

PR-Inside.com News: Iraqi court rulings stop at US sites 2008-05-16

US military attorneys also say it complies with international laws covering warfare and was created in áthe spirità of the Geneva Conventions .

PR-Inside.com News: Canada scraps development of medical isotope reactors 2008-05-16

AP TORONTO (AP) - Canada's state-owned atomic energy company said Friday that it is scrapping development of a nuclear reactor project designed to produce ...

ZNet: Frances Fox Piven's "Challenging Authority" 2008-05-16

The founders established a republican government, popular liberties (to a degree) were conceded, and the idea (if not the reality) of the "consent of ...

ZNet: President Bush should be impeached for war crimes 2008-05-16

... had personally endorsed the plans used to justify the interrogation abuses of US prisoners held in Iraq , Guantanamo Bay and other worldwide locations.

Mother Jones: Anti-War Vets Take the Hill 2008-05-16

Anti-war Democrats also succeeded in pushing through a measure that sets the goal of removing all combat troops from Iraq by December 2009.

Mother Jones: Bush's Politicking at Israel's Knesset Neglects His Role in Ham ... 2008-05-16

... resistance and skepticism to allow the Palestinian militant group Hamas run in 2006 Palestinian elections that Hamas won, to Bush's apparent surprise.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Croat Troops" Testimony Challenged 2008-05-16

The Croatian politician is on trial in the Croatian capital with six co-defendants, who together are accused of war crimes against Serb civilians in 1991.

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Landmines Leave Deadly Legacy 2008-05-16

íKony must come out and sign the peace talks,ì said Alex Alobo, formerly one of the child soldiers used by the LRA. íWe don"t want to go to the same ...

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Court Hears SRS Massacre Allegations 2008-05-16

Seselj also asked whether crimes were committed against Serbs in Croatia before the war and whether the witness had tried to find those responsible.

AllAfrica.com: South Africa: Editor's Memo - Country Must Contain Hate Crimes 2008-05-16

"The repatriation of illegal persons to their own countries is clearly an ineffective means of dealing with illegal immigration .

AllAfrica.com: Southern Africa: Namibia And Zimbabwe - The Second Liberation 2008-05-16

These were inspired by the widely praised Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa, which symbolised the country's collective effort ...

AllAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: McGee, We Wear Sanctions As Badge of Honour 2008-05-16

The US also provided the technical knowledge and support, again through apartheid South Africa, toward establishing the 700-kilometre Border Minefield ...

AllAfrica.com: Rwanda: Mininfra - Sun Shine - How Can We Use It At Night? 2008-05-16

This can be achieved with a Solar Water Heater (SWH), an appliance which is converting solar radiation into heat energy, by using solar collectors.

AllAfrica.com: Rwanda: ICTR/Judge - Some Trials to Spill Over to Next Year ... 2008-05-16

... Hirondelle Agency to mark his one year in office since assuming the highest post of the UN Court, trying the key suspects of the 1994 Rwandan genocide .

AllAfrica.com: Rwanda: Woman (90) Set On Fire By Her Neighbours for Fear ... 2008-05-16

A 90-year-old woman Genevieve Mukanyonga, a survivor of 1994 Rwandan genocide , was brutally killed last week by setting her on fire in her own house ...

AllAfrica.com: Senegal: UN Decision On Hissène Habré Flouted 2008-05-16

Senegal is in the process of amending its constitution to make clear that its courts can prosecute genocide , crimes against humanity and war crime ...

NPR: A Rapper Out of Sudan's Civil War 2008-05-16

Jal tells Terry Gross that part of the SPLA regimen was designed to deaden child soldiers ' feelings. "You see the training that we were given ...

NPR: Film from Iraq Dramatizes Grisly Haditha Murders 2008-05-16

The Bryant Park Project, May 16, 2008 ° On November 19th 2005, a group of Marines shot and killed 24 Iraqi men, women and children in the city of Haditha.

Transnational Institute: How to manufacture a global food crisis: lessons from the World ... 2008-05-16

De-peasantization is at an advanced state in Latin America and Asia . And if the World Bank has its way, Africa will travel in the same direction.

Transnational Institute: Europe deserves much better than the Lisbon Treaty 2008-05-16

So much for universal suffrage and popular sovereignty. There are a few beneficial changes to the defunct constitution. The new treaty gives the Europe ...

Online Journal: Africa must produce or perish 2008-05-16

A $100 bar of raw iron is worth $200 when forged into drinking cups in Africa , $65000 when forged into needles in Asia , $5 million when forged into watch ...

MWC News: Obama Needs Only 14 More Delegates 2008-05-16

Obama also voted to place Michael Chertoff, the man responsible for the Katrina catastrophe, in charge of Homeland Security . Obama voted for Senate-Bill ...

CounterCurrents.org: Europe"s Roots In Social Justice: The European Idea 2008-05-16

When European leftists ask me about universal health care in the USA, I recount my covering of the US presidential elections in 1992 for which I chose North ...

CounterCurrents.org: The Solution To The Conflict Originated By Israel Is A Palestini ... 2008-05-16

... the material crimes of 1948 is scarcely begun, and adversity has taught us patience. As for the Israeli state and its Spartan culture of permanent war ...

CounterCurrents.org: George Bush's Power To Inspire 2008-05-16

... bringing the protected American economic system down when the cost becomes known to the American majority, even if the use of nukes is somehow averted.

Antiwar.com: Martin Luther King's Speech Against the Vietnam War 2008-05-16

Members of the black community would charge that by his new commitment he was diluting the single-minded pursuit of civil rights for which he was known ...

Antiwar.com: An Ocean Apart, Bush, McCain Play to Neocon Dreams 2008-05-16

... on Sudan to stop genocide in Darfur and use similar tools to end gross human rights abuses, such as human trafficking, in other parts of the world.

Consortium News: Danger: Tough Talk & Wishful Thinking 2008-05-16

íThe Iraq War has been won. Iraq is a functioning democracy, although still suffering from the lingering effects of decades of tyranny and centuries ...

Asia Times Online: Bush, McCain dream on in war land 2008-05-16

... on Sudan to stop genocide in Darfur and use similar tools to end gross human rights abuses, such as human trafficking , in other parts of the world.

Asia Times Online: Myanmar's killing fields of neglect 2008-05-16

Despite the belated shipments, European Union officials say that famine is a growing possibility for the worst-hit areas, what some are beginning ...

People's Weekly World: Kucinich urges unions to go all out vs. GOP 2008-05-16

CLEVELAND ë Warning of grave danger to the rights and living standards of working people, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) urged a meeting of 100 uni ...

Real News Network: Pakistan border bombed 2008-05-16

Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Executions, Philip Alston reported that following h ...

Upside Down World: Ecuador: CONAIE Indigenous Movement Condemns President Correa 2008-05-16

The environment is a central issue for the Ecuadorian indigenous movement, as they see cultural rights as closely tied to territorial rights and ...

Huffington Post: Iran Wins in Lebanon 2008-05-16

The US president praised Israel, talked about peace and democracy, and as usual, Bush made a special mention of Iran and its alleged pursuit of nuclear ...

Huffington Post: Protests Against the Terminator's Budget Cuts for School 2008-05-16

In the 1980s, immigration brought an influx of Latino students. In the past few years, gentrification and skyrocketing housing costs have pushed many ...

Huffington Post: The Evangelical Swing Vote 2008-05-16

They still oppose child protective services, teaching evolution, hate crimes legislation, condom distribution to combat AIDS... the list goes on.

Huffington Post: Another Journey: Day One 2008-05-16

Over a hundred people are there to say hello and hear me, including people from Code Pink, the Coalition of Arizonans Against the Death Penalty (CAADP)

BBC News: Kabbah ends honeymoon for trial 2008-05-16

"When it came to the disarmament process itself, Issa was very very co-operative," he told the UN-backed war crimes court for Sierra Leone.

BBC News: Hezbollah in dangerous territory 2008-05-16

Their position has been further undermined by the Hezbollah attack, which stirred atavistic Christian fears of a militant Shia takeover.

The New Nation: Wiser in battle in Iraq 2008-05-16

Abu Ghraib also represents America's initial abandonment of its commitment to human rights and the Geneva Conventions -and an eventual return to reason.

The New Nation: UNB joins AMIC portal for youth, new media 2008-05-16

United News of Bangladesh (UNB), the independent news agency, has forged a partnership with the Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC)

The New Nation: Underground water crisis in 15 years 2008-05-16

Terming the River Water Treaty with India of1996 as a sham, he said in the treaty India was not compelled to provide water to Bangladesh in the dry session.

ILW.com: Abuse Of Detainees 2008-05-16

EOIR released a report by The Vera Institute of Justice on its Legal Orientation Program. Miami, FL - Feldenkrais Law, PA seeks immigration attorney ...

Swissinfo: Lebanon leaders begin crisis talks in Qatar 2008-05-16

The anti-Damascus factions have long accused the opposition of seeking to restore Syrian domination that was ended in 2005 when Syria, under international ...

Swissinfo: Bush in Saudi Arabia to press king on oil and Iran 2008-05-16

... Arabia had agreed to join two global initiatives -- one to combat nuclear terrorism and another to fight the spread of weapons of mass destruction.

Swissinfo: China buries quake dead 2008-05-16

The country is on precautionary alert against possible radiation leaks, according to a government Web site. The disaster area is home to China's chief ...

CASMII: US Is Headed in the Wrong Direction, Poll Suggests 2008-05-16

Republican Glen Bolger, who conducted the most recent NPR survey along with Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg, says that while these presidential marg ...

California Progress Report: To Win the Presidency, Democrats Need to Mobilize the Mexic ... 2008-05-16

What I am opposed to is the hypocrisy involved in refusing to earmark dollars raised from the Mexican American donor for registration, education ...

World War 4 Report: "Plan Mexico" dies with Iraq funding bill ëfor now 2008-05-16

"Aid for Mexico must not be a blank check for Mexican security forces that have been implicated in crimes like rape and torture ," said Larry Cox ...

Washington Post: Holes in the Memory 2008-05-16

President Bush has been ridiculed and chastised in the liberal blogosphere for saying he gave up golf to show solidarity with the troops fighting in Iraq.

HuffingtonPost.com: Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [32] -- Democrats Throw Bush A Few Elbows 2008-05-16

 

HuffingtonPost.com: Jeffrey Feldman: For Assassination Joke, Huckabee Should Be Off TV 2008-05-16

 

HuffingtonPost.com: David Quigg: HRC's Choice: Seward or Chase? 2008-05-16

 

HuffingtonPost.com: Caroline Presno: Election Mania 2008-05-16

 

HuffingtonPost.com: Andy Ostroy: Bush Officially Kicks Off GOP's Sleaze Campaign 2008-05-16

 

HuffingtonPost.com: Rick Hasen: Breaking News: Hans von Spakovsky Withdraws Nomination for FEC Commissioner; What Will This Mean for Commissioner Mason? 2008-05-16

 

HuffingtonPost.com: Robert Mondavi, California Winemaking Pioneer, Dies 2008-05-16

 

HuffingtonPost.com: Michael Moore: "Fahrenheit 9/11" Follow-Up Not A Sequel 2008-05-16