Hans Blix: War planned 'long in advance' - News24.com
UN weapons inspector tells Spanish paper "I now believe that finding weapons of mass destruction has been relegated, I would say, to fourth place."
Remembering the "October Surprise" - Robert Parry
A history of dirty tricks Ronald Reagan's cronies used to delay the 1980 Iran hostage release and win the US Presidency.
Saddam key in 1959 CIA plot - Robert Sales, UPI
Hussein's first contacts with US officials date back to 1959, when he was hired to kill Iraqi Prime Minister and dictator Gen. Abd al-Karim Qasim.
Gulf War Syndrome, The Sequel - TomPaine.com
'People are sick over there already.'
Scandal-hit US firm wins key policing contracts - Antony Barnett, The Observer
US military contractor accused of human rights violations has won a multi-million-dollar contract to police post-Saddam Iraq.
Saddam is airbrushed out by the city that bore his name - Robert Fisk
Renamed for early victim of Hussein's brutality, Shi'ite city poses questions, contradictions for US policy and national politics.
Iraq commentary
Live with it: Bush won - Ken Summers
Left needs to face up to difficult contradictions in wake of US liberation of Iraq.
Baghdad to rise out of ashes again? - Hanns F. Skoutajan
Ancient city has a long history of conquest and recovery - but international wisdom will be needed to help it come back.
Author and journalist Jonathan Schell - The Social Edge Interview
Fate of the Earth author interviewed on social justice and the war in Iraq.
Communities, rights and change
Welfare in Ontario: worst yet to come? - Reuel S. Amdur
Eves' PCs consider two-year welfare cut-off.
Workplaces
Remembrance day for workers - Mike Martin
Honour injured workers on April 28, but remember workplace safety every day.
Your earth
AECL accused of hiding nuclear waste concerns - Toronto Star
Report censored for security, firm says.
Plugged in, turned on, unable to drop out - Suzanne Elston
You don't realize how noisy our lives are till the power goes out.
Monsanto meltdown - BioDemocracy News
Despite heavy advertising and PR greenwash, Monsanto's image, profits, and credibility have plunged.
Canadian politics
Ontario Tories veer rightward after Budget flop - Inside Queen's Park
In wake of made-for-TV budget fiasco, Eves gropes for direction, casting doubt on spring election call.
Close loopholes in fundraising bill - Democracy Watch
Election finance reform legislation has huge exemptions that defeat its purpose.
Media watch
Kings of convergence have little to show for it - The Globe and Mail
Press watchdog accuses US army over Baghdad deaths - The Guardian
How not to get fooled or hoaxed in the Internet - Cyber Journalist
A useful media literacy guide.
US broadcasters' war stance under scrutiny - Annie Lawson, The Guardian
Whistle blowers
Greed killed Enron: whistle blower - The Globe and Mail
Sherron Watkins is promoting a book about the firm's scandalous decline.
Privatization
New British empire of the dammed - Gregory Palast
6 dead, 175 hurt by Bolivian police in post-privatization water price protest.
GATS moves forward, targeting every kind of service - Polaris Institute
WTO is quietly re-negotiating and expanding scope of General Agreement on Trade in Services.
Consumers
Health Canada reminds Canadians about the safety of items sold at garage sales
Humour
Learning the American way
Does life have to be so hard?
Save Straight Goods from the dot.com dustbin
Staying alive is difficult for the un-embedded journalist reporting from the Devil's playground
