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Salvadoran doctor appeals for strike support

March 7, 2003

BALTIMORE – Dr. Evelyn Martinez de Calderon told a crowd here, Feb. 28., that 5,500 medical doctors in El Salvador are still standing strong despite death threats aimed at smashing their five-month strike against privatization of...

Non-aligned leaders blast war, unilateralism

March 7, 2003

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s impassioned anti-war calls at a time when “the world lives in fear” set the stage for leaders at the Non-Aligned Summit, held in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur, to speak...

A new movement sweeps the globe

February 28, 2003 By Susan Webb

Many of us sensed that there was something new on Feb. 15, when millions around the globe marched against the U.S. government’s drive to war on Iraq.

International notes

February 28, 2003

S. Africa: March to U.S. Embassy Some 4,000 people representing 60 organizations – including the governing African National Congress, the Communist Party of South Africa and the Congress of South African Trade Unions – brought a...

U.S.-Philippine troop deal unravels

February 28, 2003

Plans the Pentagon announced last week to send 3,000 troops to the Philippines to help in efforts to eradicate the Abu Sayyaf group of Islamic militants are facing a sharp challenge this week as critics point...