Peace

                
  • Judge declares mistrial on Watada case

    Judge declares mistrial on Watada case

    February 8, 2007

    FORT LEWIS, Wash. (AP) - The judge overseeing the court martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq declared a mistrial Wednesday, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed...

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  • Singing bus riders for peace

    Singing bus riders for peace

    February 2, 2007

    Dave Martin, left, of the Lombard (Ill.) Mennonite Church and Margaret Nelson sing, “Let peace prevail, got to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, can’t afford the cost of war. Let us try what love can...

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  • EDITORIAL: Historic first step

    EDITORIAL: Historic first step

    February 2, 2007

    In a sign of the fundamental shift being made by the new Congress, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Joe Biden (D-Del.) and Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) opposing President Bush’s...

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  • Labor marches in antiwar house

    Labor marches in antiwar house

    February 2, 2007

    WASHINGTON — United in their opposition to the Iraq war, thousands of union members took aim at Bush administration policy last weekend, marching and rallying in the nation’s capital and beating corporate fat cats at their...

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  • Small towns join big cities in antiwar actions

    Small towns join big cities in antiwar actions

    February 2, 2007

    In smaller cities and towns across the nation, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in solidarity with those who marched in Washington on Jan. 27 to bring the troops home. They marched in towns like Denton,...

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