International
WTO meet fails: Developing nations demand fair farm policies
September 19, 2003The World Trade Organization’s ministerial meeting in Cancun collapsed Sept. 14 after a newly-formed alliance of developing nations said the U.S., European Union (EU) and Japan had failed to make acceptable proposals on agriculture and other...
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Lawmakers urge trade with Cuba
September 19, 2003In an important breakthrough for U.S.-Cuba trade, two members of Montana’s congressional delegation clinched an agreement in Havana on Sept. 14 to sell $10 million of agricultural products to the island nation. The products include Montana...
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Panel on U.S. role in Chiles coup
September 19, 2003DALLAS – On Sept. 11 the Dallas Peace Center presented a program titled “Terrorism, Theirs and Ours” at the Magnolia Theater. About 150 peace activists gathered to view the film documentary “The Battle of Chile, Part...
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Israeli cabinet threatens Arafat
September 19, 2003The Israeli government’s recent decision in principle to “remove” Palestinian President Yasser Arafat from his position of authority by expulsion or possibly assassination has provoked a storm of protest in the occupied territories. The decision has...
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Support grows for probe on Iraq evidence
September 19, 2003A year after President Bush officially declared his preemptive, first-strike doctrine on Sept. 17, 2002, a major battle is brewing in Congress to challenge some of the foundations of that policy: U.S. intelligence operations and their...
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