A key U N committee on Thur approved a resolution that could lead to an international treaty on small-arms control, a move hailed by Anti Gun Nuts but opposed by the U S & gun-rights groups. The measure would begin studies of a possible treaty, & must be approved by the General Assembly, which is likely to take it up next month. The resolution said the lack of international standards in the arms trade 'is a contributory factor to conflict, displacement of people, crime & terrorism.' The whole world thinks Government is a servant of the people, Ok so why are these so-called servants trying to disarm the people. Keep in mind these servants have killed more of their own people than all the wars in the 20th century. Now that is true Terrorism, but Governments have been the terrorists. If you want peace, arm the people, disarm the Governments. When Governments kill millions of their own people isn’t that terrorism? Do you call a Cop when they are the ones doing the killing? ...
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Editor - 11:57:00 10-28-06
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 Republicans facing 'electoral hurricane' in face of centrist Democrat push |
He repeatedly boasted at a Tennessee campaign stop this week that he was pro-life, pro-gun, and against gay marriage. He attacked the Democratic party for being weak on defence and family values and he even had a go at Bush for being soft on immigration. It sounds like another day in southern politics - except that in this case, the candidate was a Democrat. Harold Ford Jr is one of a new breed looking for votes in places his party does not usually win and talking the language of the US heartland more fluently than any high-profile Democrat since Bill Clinton. "Yes, I am a Christian and I love my Jesus," Mr Ford, 36, told an audience of Tennessee county officials. He is a congressman from the state's best-known black political family, which is a blessing and a burden. His father, aunt and uncle have all been in trouble with the law on charges ranging from accepting bribes to voter fraud. Voting Democrat or Republican is as smart as playing Russian Roulette with an automatic ...
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Editor - 10:18:00 10-28-06
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| Mexico sends federal forces into violence-wracked southern city |
President Vicente Fox announced Saturday he was sending federal police into the violence-wracked southern state capital of Oaxaca after a U.S. journalist and at least two Mexicans were shot and killed.The clashes occurred Friday while leftist protesters barricaded streets as part of a five-month campaign to oust the governor.Fox's office then issued an early morning declaration saying that federal forces would concentrate in Oaxaca city, though how many officers were being sent was unclear. The president had repeatedly shied away from sending such forces to the city, hoping to avoid violent confrontations.Streets here were largely empty Saturday, but a few people walked calmly through downtown. Some protesters vowed to fortify street barricades and hold off the federal incursion....
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Editor - 09:56:00 10-28-06
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| Palestinian Faction: Soldier to Be Freed Palestinian Militant Faction Says Capured Israeli Soldier to Be Released in Near Future |
One of three Palestinian factions that captured an Israeli soldier said Saturday that a prisoner swap could be concluded "in the near future." The other two factions, also linked to the Palestinians' ruling Hamas Party, made no similar claims. Reports of an impending deal have been rife for weeks. Abu Mujahed, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees, said his faction had agreed to an Egyptian-brokered deal to release Cpl. Gilad Shalit in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. "There is an Egyptian proposal that would include the release of our Palestinian prisoners and we agreed on this proposal," he said. "We expect a solution to our prisoners case in the near future." Shalit was captured June 25 in a cross-border raid and is believed to be held in the Gaza Strip. His abduction sparked an Israeli military offensive there that has killed more than 200 Palestinians, ...
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Editor - 09:54:00 10-28-06
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| Palestinian economy near collapse: Abbas loyalist |
A close aide to President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday the Palestinian economy was close to collapse and urged the Hamas-led government to deal with the crisis immediately. The comments by chief negotiator Saeb Erekat, a member of Abbas's Fatah, came amid a growing power struggle between the rival Palestinian groups. Abbas is under pressure from some Fatah leaders to get rid of the elected Hamas administration. Tension has been exacerbated by the economic crisis since Western powers cut aid to the Palestinian Authority to push Hamas to recognize Israel's right to exist, renounce violence and accept past peace accords. Erekat said evidence for the scale of the problems came from research by his own office, the Negotiations Affairs Department...
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Editor - 09:52:00 10-28-06
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| Bush, Iraq Leader Talk, Try to Ease Rift Bush, Iraq Leader Hold Video Conference to Ease Rift; October Is 4th Deadliest Month in Iraq |
Embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and President Bush agreed Saturday to expedite the hand-over of full control of Iraq's army to the government as they seek to quell the insurgency and sectarian bloodshed. The two leaders spoke for nearly an hour a day after al-Maliki declared he was a friend of the U.S., but "not America's man in Iraq," leading to talk of a growing rift between Washington and the Iraqi leader. The U.S. military, meanwhile, announced the death of a Marine in restive Anbar province west of Baghdad on Friday, raising to 98 the number of U.S. military personnel killed in October, already the fourth deadliest month since the Iraq war began in March 2003. Al-Maliki's office issued a statement after a 50-minute video conference with Bush saying the two leaders agreed to the joint goals of speeding up training of Iraqi soldiers and "handing over security responsibility to the Iraqi government." ...
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Editor - 09:48:00 10-28-06
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