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Turkey: Learning To Dance To Bush's Tune

Published by GVNews.Net | By Adam McConnel | Wednesday, February 5, 2003

ISTANBUL, Feb 05, 2003 -- Under heavy pressure from U.S. officials and the Turkish military, Turkey's leading politicians have signaled a distinct change in attitude towards the United States' Iraq plans.

USA: The Kyoto Protocol and Iraq War

Published by United Press International | By Michael Renner | Wednesday, February 5, 2003

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- As discussion about the looming war in Iraq intensifies in the wake of George Bush's State of the Union address, one item conspicuously absent from news bulletins and pundits' pontifications is the Kyoto protocol.

EU: Trade Commission to Block Talks on Public Services Liberalization

Published by Financial Times | By By Tobias Buck in Brussels and Guy de Jonquieres in London | Wednesday, February 5, 2003

The European Union is expected to bow today to political and popular concern about public services, by ruling out talks in the Doha world trade round on further liberalization of its health, education, energy and water markets.

South Africa: Mandela Condemns US Stance on Iraq

Published by BBC | By | Thursday, January 30, 2003

Former South African president Nelson Mandela has criticised US President George W Bush over Iraq, saying the sole reason for a possible US-led attack would be to gain control of Iraqi oil.

International Day of Action Against War for Oil: Tuesday, February 4th

Published by Target Oil | By | Thursday, January 30, 2003

ORGANIZE a demonstration for peace at your local gas station, on February 4th. On that day, hundreds of gas stations across the country and around the world will be targeted as we send a clear message that access to oil is not worth war.

SWITZERLAND: Police Ward Off Protesters at World Economic Forum

Published by New York Times | By Alan Cowell | Sunday, January 26, 2003

DAVOS, Switzerland -- While participants in the World Economic Forum here debated the consequences of a possible war in Iraq, police officers with tear-gas grenades and water cannons mounted a huge security operation to keep protesters away from the delegates, who included Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Nebraska's Ban on Corporate Agriculture

Published by MetroFarm.com | By | Thursday, January 23, 2003

As corporations consolidate, and the big become the biggest, few have been willing to stand in the path of the economic juggernaut. But then along came some cornhuskers from Nebraska!

USA: US Begins Secret Talks to Secure Iraq's Oilfields

Published by The Guardian/UK | By Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow, Julian Borger in Washington, Terry Macalister and Ewen MacAskill | Thursday, January 23, 2003

The US military has drawn up detailed plans to secure and protect Iraq's oilfields to prevent a repeat of 1991 when President Saddam set Kuwait's wells ablaze.

World Contrasts

Published by www.portoalegre2003.org | By Eduardo Galeano | Thursday, January 16, 2003

Next week, thousands will descend on Porto Alegre, Brazil for the World Social Forum, under the slogan "Another World is Possible." We thought these reflections by Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano on the world as it is today were a good place to start.

INDONESIA: Protesters Challenge Price Increases

Published by BBC News | By | Wednesday, January 15, 2003

Hundreds of protesters in Palu, Central Sulawesi, threw rocks at the provincial headquarters of President Megawati Sukarnoputri's political party. Police fired off at least two rounds of warning shots.

There have been daily protests since the government increased fuel prices by 22% a fortnight ago as part of a package of economic reforms approved by the International Monetary Fund.