March (2007)
	AP Interview: Ethiopian President Urges Negotiated Solution to Border Dispute With Eritrea The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS: Ethiopia's president urged the international community to bring Ethiopia and Eritrea together to negotiate a solution to their border dispute, which was the cause of one war and remains a barrier to peace between the Horn of Africa neighbors. Girma Wolde-Giorgis said after decades of war, his country wants to develop its resources and bring its more than 75 million people out of poverty. He pointed with pride to over 10 percent economic growth for the last three years and promised "it's going to be even better." (March 2, 2007)
	Australia Criticises Fiji's Human Rights Record Reuters - CANBERRA, March 1 (Reuters) - Australia called on Fiji's military coup leader Frank Bainimarama on Thursday to curb human rights abuses after reports that a second person has died after being beaten by soldiers. (March 1, 2007) EU Threatens To Withdraw Aid From Fiji Australian Broadcasting Corporation - The European Union (EU) has told the military authorities in Fiji that it will stop development aid if it does not see enough progress on a return to democracy, human rights and media freedom. The European Commission (EC) has put conditions on Fiji that it needs to get back to democratic government and fully restore human rights. (March 2, 2007)

January (2007)
	Africa Wants UN Role in Somali Peacekeeping Courtesy, Mail Guardian South Africa - Tsegaye Tadesse | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia An African Union (AU) mission to Somalia recommended on Friday that it send peacekeepers for six months before handing over to the United Nations to tame a nation in chaos for 16 years. Diplomats see international peacekeepers as the only way to stabilise Somalia once Ethiopian troops -- who helped the interim government oust rival Islamists over the New Year and are now propping up the administration -- return home. (January 22, 2007)
	Petraeus! Is Baghdad Burning? Couresy, Stan Goff for ZNet.org - The United States makes up about 5 percent of the Earth’s population, but as an aggregate we burn more than 25 percent of its fossil energy.  That’s roughly true of all three main forms of fossil energy – oil, natural gas and coal. The coal we get mainly by having West Virginians surrender their mountains, where coal operators now lop the tops off those mountains to get at the seams of coal and dump the rubble into nearby watercourses.  That’s what we do for most of our electricity. Canada sells us most of the natural gas we use ... nearly 90 percent in fact. (January 21, 2007)

	Draining Africa's Wealth Courtesy, Patrick Bond and Lee Sustar for ZNet.org - WHAT ARE the dynamics of the looting of Africa? LET’S START with the process by which the new imperialism relies on the extraction of resources at ever-cheaper prices. We are in a confused period, because since 2002, commodity prices--minerals, energy and even cash crops--have been on the rise. But many people will agree that it’s a small upturn in a commodity-price cycle that since the 1970s has been on a dramatic decline. (January 21, 2007)
	Iran's Leader: UN Won't Stop Nuke Plan Courtesy, ABC7.com - TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hardline president on Sunday defended his economic policies from sharp domestic criticism and said U.N. Security Council sanctions would never deter the country from pursuing its nuclear program. To date, the International Atomic Energy Agency has found no evidence that Iran is trying to build nuclear weapons, but it has criticized the country for concealing certain nuclear activities and failing to answer questions about the program. (January 21, 2007)
	High-Tech Healthcare in Iraq, Minus the Healthcare Pratap Chatterjee (January 8th, 2007) - Almost four years after the toppling of Saddam Hussein, Iraq’s healthcare system is still a shambles. While most hospitals lack basic supplies, dozens of incomplete clinics and warehoused high-technology equipment remain as a testament to the failed U.S. experiment to reconstruct of Iraq. First in a series of CorpWatch articles.

	Ahmadinejad Invites Iraq and Syria to Summit President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has invited his Iraqi and Syrian counterparts to an unprecedented three-way summit in Tehran this weekend to discuss the crisis in Iraq. The meeting is designed in part to promote his role as a responsible regional player rather than the rogue maverick he is often portrayed as in the West. Courtesy, Mail & Guardian South Africa (11/21/2006)
	Iran's Nuclear Transparency to be Revealed Through Talks Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Jalili, in an interview with the Italian daily, Corriere della Sera, said that the transparency of Iran's nuclear activities can be revealed through talks. Jalili, who submitted President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's message to the Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi yesterday, referred to its content and said that both Italy and Iran are significant countries and inheritors of great civilizations. Courtesy, Arabic News (11/21/2006)
	Chalk One Up For The Environmentalists Two weeks ago today, the mountains beat the smog. Open space beat sprawl. Wildlife whupped concrete. On few topics of liberal-conservative dispute was there a "thumping" of major proportions equal to the one voters visited upon anti-environmentalists in the recent election. Courtesy, Seattle Post (11/21/2006)
	Blessed Are The Peacekeepers It's not perfect, and it's certainly not glamorous, but the UN is still the best hope we have of settling conflicts such as the one in Darfur. I have spent the last two months in , scene of one of the world's forgotten wars, which has driven 90% of the population from their homes. Courtesy, The Guardian (11/14/2006)

Unity Secret to Muslims Success: Ahmadinejad - President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that maintaining unity is the secret to the success of Islamic countries. Lebanons recent victory over the Western imperialism and the Zionism is the victory of humanity, because human dignity had been attacked there, Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Courtesy, Tehran Times (11/14/2006)

East Asia Growth Exports to Slow in 2007 - World Bank: Economic growth in East Asia will slow by about half a percentage point in 2007 as a result of significant weakening in the U.S. economy and a decline in the region's exports. Courtesy, Reuters (11/14/2006)

Four Military Newspapers to Call for Rumsfeld's Removal - Four newspapers serving the military community will call for the replacement of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in an editorial to be published Monday. Courtesy, Pilot Online (11/04/2006)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces were on alert and a curfew was expected to keep Baghdad locked down on Sunday when Saddam Hussein hears the verdict in his trial for crimes against humanity. Courtesy, Reuters (11/04/2006)

Bush to al-Maliki: Ignore Talk of Deadlines - President Bush personally assured Iraq's prime minister Monday that he has no plans to pull U.S. forces out and to ignore rumors that a deadline would be enforced against the fledgling Baghdad government. Courtesy, USA Today (10/16/2006)

"The Insurgents" - Official trailer for the new political thriller that questions our views on terrorism by exploring what drives people to do appalling acts. Click Here to Watch MSNBC's Keith Olbermann highlights some memorable moments from last night's elections. (Aired: 11/08/2006) Click Here to Watch "The Cult of the Suicide Bomber" - Quick clip from this interesting new film examining the deadly culture of suicide bombing. Click Here to Watch Colbert Mourns GOP Loss - Obviously stricken with sadness, Stephen questions how Karl Roves fool-proof "rally the base" strategy failed the Republican party this time around. (Aired: 11/08/2006) Click Here to Watch

SRN Film

An Inconvenient Truth (On DVD November 21st, 2006) From director Davis Guggenheim comes the Sundance Film Festival hit, AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, which offers a passionate and inspirational look at one man's fervent crusade to halt global warming's deadly progress in its tracks by exposing the myths and misconceptions that surround it.    Click here to visit the official AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH Homepage.

FEATURE EDITORIAL (November, 2006)
	Aboriginal Citizenship and Racism in Australia: The case of Sydney’s Redfern   SRN Feature Reporter Meghan MacIsaac is at it again with another brilliant piece, check it out, and enjoy.

	Artist Feature (November, 2006) Magneta Lane   Check Out Magneta Lane's Official Home Page by Clicking on the Image Below Album: Dancing With Daggers Released: April 4th, 2006           French (bass), Nadia (drums) and Lexi (vocals & guitar) together formed a rock band back in 2003. Magneta Lane smashed Canada over the head to get the public to pay attention with their debut EP, The Constant Lover. Now 2 years later, heavily influenced by the angel and the devil that reside on each of their shoulders, the beauties present Dancing With Daggers - the perfect balance of sinful rock and saintly melodies… Given this album is the product of two muses, there are two schools of thought on it; while both can agree that Dancing With Daggers was named for a fascination with anything spine chilling and bizarre (dark things that have a colorful side like carnivals, the circus, fortune tellers and anything a little strange), after that, the schools diverge depending upon which muse you consult. Full Bio Click here to Watch the First Video from Maneta Lane's New Album - Broken Plates Click here to Watch Maneta Lane's First Video Ever - The Constant Lover

Date	Selected Headlines (November, 2006)	Contributors	Photos
11.14.06	End Palestine Siege WHEN following the Beit Hanoun outrage, the Arab League decided to meet in Cairo to ‘formulate a common response,’ few really noticed. Which is hardly surprising given the long history of League meetings and their outcome. Courtesy, Khaleej Times (11/14/2006)	Khaleej Times
11.14.06	Lebanon on the Brink of Disaster BEIRUT - LEBANON'S political crisis deepened dramatically yesterday as a depleted cabinet approved draft United Nations plans for a tribunal to try suspects in the killing of the former prime minister, Rafik al-Hariri. Six pro-Syrian ministers resigned, but sources said the Western-backed government of the prime minister, Fouad Siniora, would return the draft to New York and wait for the final text on the special court. Courtesy, Scotsman (11/14/2006)	Scotsman
11.04.06	US Steps Up Planning for North Korean Strikes WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has stepped up planning for attacks on North Korean nuclear facilities and is bolstering US nuclear forces in the region, The Washington Times reported on Friday, citing officials familiar with the process. The officials said the planning includes detailed programs for using special operations commando raids or Tomahawk cruise missile strikes to disable North Korea's plutonium-processing facility at Yongbyon. Courtesy, Dawn (11/04/2006)	Dawn
11.04.06	Save the Oceans, Sell the Fisheries A new science report says the world's fisheries are on track to collapse by 2050. Great doomsday scenarios are a dime a dozen these days. In this case, though, there are good reasons to suspect the world's oceans could be heading for some kind of crisis, if not total collapse.  Courtesy, Canada.com (11/04/2006)	Canada.com
11.04.06	Beijing Woos African Nations With Aid, Economic Ties ASSOCIATED PRESS - BEIJING - President Hu Jintao today opened a summit with dozens of African leaders by pledging to double China's aid to Africa, provide billions of dollars in loans and build hospitals and schools as it tries to expand economic and political ties.  Courtesy, The Washington Times (11/04/2006)	The Washington Times
11.02.06	U.S. Troops Should Stay Longer in Iraq -Talabani Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Thursday U.S. troops should remain in Iraq for up to three more years to enable the local authorities to develop their own security forces. At the start of a week-long visit to France, Talabani rejected suggestions Iraq had descended into civil war and accused the media of focusing exclusively on negative stories. Courtesy, Reuters (11/02/2006)	Reuters
11.02.06	To End Uganda’s Nightmare At a moment of tremendous global hardship — from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the killing fields of Darfur — it is rare to find hope. So when there is the possibility for peace, we must seize it. That’s why one of the world’s great tragedies, the conflict in Northern Uganda, deserves our attention. Courtesy, Arab News (11/02/2006)	Arab News
11.02.06	Cheney Fitted for New Halliburton Striped Jumpsuit The US Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting a formal investigation into whether Halliburton made improper payments to government officials in Nigeria in connection with the construction and expansion by TSKJ of a natural gas liquefaction complex and facilities at Bonny Island in Rivers State, Nigeria. Courtesy, Scoop Independent News (11/02/2006)	Scoop Independent News
11.02.06	West Can't Impose Democracy on Middle East: Khatami Democracy is not a one-size-fits-all proposition, Iran’s former president said, criticising US President George W. Bush’s attempt to impose Western-style government on the Middle East. After facing more than 100 protesters as he arrived in central London to speak at Chatham House, a foreign-affairs think tank, on Wednesday, Mohammad Khatami said that while he believes in democracy for the troubled region, it should be tailored to fit countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. Courtesy, Khaleej Times Online (11/02/2006)	Khaleej Times Online
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Date	Selected Headlines (October, 2006)	Contributors	Photos
10.26.06	Arab press gloomy over US Iraq plans Newspapers in the Arab world doubt any good can come from any possible rethink of US policy in Iraq, following President Bush's speech expressing dissatisfaction with the situation in the country. Syrian and Qatari commentators believe that Mr Bush's refusal to set a timetable for troop withdrawal means there can be no end to the bloodshed.  Courtesy, BBC News (10/26/2006)	BBC News
10.25.06	Kenya Using Sports to Improve Lives  NAIROBI, 25 Oct 2006 (IRIN/PLUSNEWS) - Sport is a good tool for changing impoverished lives, two former international sportsmen said on Wednesday in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Marcel Desailly, a former captain of the French national football team, said that through sports, youth become empowered to fight for their lives in the face of drugs and violence rampant in the slums. Courtesy, IRINNews.org (10/25/2006)	IRINNews.org
10.16.06	Oil Falls Towards $58, OPEC to Meet Thursday on Cuts  By Simon Webb - LONDON (Reuters) - Oil dropped toward $58 a barrel on Monday as a Norwegian oilfield restarted after a brief outage and OPEC prepared for an emergency meeting to finalize a cut in output.. Courtesy, Reuters (10/16/2006)	Reuters
10.16.06	Saddam Hussein Tells Iraqis Their Liberation Is At Hand Updated 10/16/2006 8:34 AM ET AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Saddam Hussein has told his countrymen that Iraq's "liberation is at hand" and called on insurgents to be merciful with their enemy, according to an open letter obtained Monday. Courtesy, USA Today (10/16/2006)	USA Today
10.06.06	After 5 years of war, U.S. military shows fatigue By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five years of warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan have left signs of wear and tear on the U.S. military, raising questions about its ability to sustain its current level of operations and confront potential new crises. Courtesy, The Star (10/06/2006)	The Star
10.05.06	Harper Wants To Star on the World Stage CALGARY -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged Thursday that Canada will seek an increasingly "influential" role on the world stage, reaffirming his government’s military commitment to the deadly Afghanistan mission and vowing to be a global leader on various fronts. Courtesy, Calgary Herald (10/05/2006)	Calgary Herald
10.04.06	"Stay the Course?" or "Control and Contain?" Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Beverly Darling. As if it was not enough to mischaracterize the U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Iraq as part of the war against terrorism, and then to falsely equate the Global War On Terror with World War II, President Bush is now accusing the Democrats (along with anyone else who disagrees with his strategy of ‘staying the course’ in Iraq) as the ‘cut and run’ party ... Courtesy, WorldNews.com (10/04/2006)	WorldNews.com
10.03.06	North Korea Says It Will Conduct Nuclear Test - North Korea on Tuesday said it would be compelled to carry out a nuclear weapons test in future due to threats and sanctions from the United States, the official KCNA news agency reported. No date or time was given for the planned test, ... more. Courtesy, Hindustan Times (10/03/2006)	Hindustan Times
10.02.06	Call for Greater UN Support for AU in Darfur Melander | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The African Union needs increased United Nations support if it is to continue its peacekeeping operation in Darfur, European Commission aid chief Louis Michel said on Monday. Courtesy, Mail & Guardian Online (10/02/2006)	Mail & Guardian Online
10.02.06	Tenet Briefed Rice on Al Quaeda Threat Prior to 9/11 Catastrophe After studiously ignoring him for much of the past five years, George Bush is making Osama bin Laden a headline issue in this autumn's knife-edge mid-term congressional elections. But the US president's tactical switch has raised suspicions that Republicans are once again resorting to the politics of fear. Courtesy, International Herald Tribune (10/02/2006)	International Herald Tribune
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Date	Selected Headlines (August & September, 2006)	Contributors	Photos
09.16.06	"US is Real Nuke Threat" - Sentiments from Iran Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has claimed the United States was the real nuclear threat and reiterated his insistence Tehran's nuclear atomic programme had peaceful aims. "Why should people live under the nuclear threat of the United States?" he asked yesterday at a summit of the 118-strong Non-Aligned Movement in Havana. Courtesy, Express India (09/16/2006)	Express India
09.16.06	U.S. Foes Meet at Nonaligned Summit - By, ANITA SNOW (Associated Press Writer). Cuba took over leadership of the Nonaligned Movement Friday, but with Fidel Castro too sick to promise an appearance, his younger brother and his close friend Hugo Chavez of Venezuela were left to mete out the anti-American invective. Courtesy, Guardian Unlimited (09/16/2006)	Guardian Unlimited
09.11.06	Everyone's First Reaction "Controlled Demolition" Before the official mind control script kicked in and remains 5 years to the day. Rarely highlighted footage of an NBC news anchor commenting that the collapse of the twin towers was by no means accidental and that it was a "planned" event, emphasizes the point that before the official mind control script was introduced and parroted forevermore, everybody's first reaction was "controlled demolition." Courtesy, PrisonPlanet.com (09/11/2006)	PrisonPlanet.com
09.08.06	Bush & Bin Laden, Locked in An Embrace After studiously ignoring him for much of the past five years, George Bush is making Osama bin Laden a headline issue in this autumn's knife-edge mid-term congressional elections. But the US president's tactical switch has raised suspicions that Republicans are once again resorting to the politics of fear. Courtesy, The Guardian (09/08/2006)	The Guardian
09.07.06	Humankind is Ocean's Deadliest Threat, Irwin PHILIPPE COUSTEAU, a grandson of the legendary oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, was on board Steve Irwin's boat at the time of the Australian's freakish death, it emerged yesterday. Mr Cousteau has promised to complete the film on which the two men were collaborating. Courtesy, The Sydney Morning Herald (09/07/2006)	The Sydney Morning Herald
08.30.06	Officials Reach California Deal to Cut Emissions SACRAMENTO, Aug. 30 — California’s political leaders announced an agreement on Wednesday that imposes the most sweeping controls on carbon dioxide emissions in the nation, putting the state at the forefront of a broad campaign to curb the man-made causes of climate change despite resistance in Washington. Courtesy, The New York Times (08/30/2006)	The New York Times
08.20.06	A match for ‘Junior' Looks like Junior has finally met his match. "Junior" in this case being US President George W. (Dubya) Bush, who fancies himself as the policeman of the world. The same guy who, forgetting that the... (photo: WN/ayt1) Courtesy, The Manilla Times (08/20/2006)	The Manilla Times
08.19.06	Oil: Prices up as Iran Keeps up Atomic Work LONDON - Oil bounced on Friday as major Opec producer Iran showed no sign of responding favorably to incentives aimed at resolving a nuclear row by a self-imposed Aug. 22 deadline. Courtesy,  New Zealand Herald (08/19/2006)	New Zealand Herald
08.19.06	Egypt warns against any military strike on Iran  CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned against any military strike on Iran in an interview published on Saturday. Courtesy, Scotsman (08/19/2006)	The Scotsman
08.15.06	Israel, Hezbollah Fight to a Draw, Both Losers By GAVIN RABINOWITZ ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM (AP) - Despite its desperate 11th-hour push, the Israeli military fought to a virtual stalemate against a small group of well-trained Hezbollah soldiers ... (photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images). Courtesy, Las Vegas Sun (08/15/2006)	Courtesy, Las Vegas Sun
08.12.06	U.N.: Cease-fire begins Monday BEIRUT, Lebanon - The U.N. brokered cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel will begin at 8 a.m. (1 a.m. ET) Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Saturday in a taped statement. Courtesy, CNN.com (08/12/2006)	CNN.com
08.10.06	UK Terror Plot "Had Global Dimensions" - Scotland Yard. Deputy assistant commissioner Peter Clarke, head of the anti-terrorist branch at the Metropolitan Police, said the 21 arrests in London and the West Midlands came after several months of work and an "unprecedented level of surveillance".  Courtesy, EPolitix.com (08/10/2006)	Courtesy, EPolitix.com
08.03.06	What the World Bank and IDB Owe Haiti For several years Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has been left out of the World Bank’s “Heavily Indebted Poor Country” (HIPC) debt relief initiative. At last, Haiti may soon see some of its IMF and World Bank debt cancelled.	ZNet
07.30.06	Democratic Republic of Congo Begins First Multi-Party Vote in Four Decades KINSHASA, Congo - Congolese voted Sunday in their first democratic election in more than four decades, many hoping for an end to years of fighting and corrupt rule that have devastated the mineral-rich nation in the heart of Africa.	Boston Herald