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Posted: January 25, 2005
 STUDIES REFUTE "THIRD WAY" by Tammy Horne
Public healthcare delivers better outcomes, lower costs than private/public care.
NAFTA ILLEGAL? by Steven Shrybman
CUPW, Council of Canadians, launch constitutional challenge against NAFTA in Ontario Superior Court.
Communities, rights and change
 HRSDC AXES LINK UP by Reuel S Amdur
Funding "reform" shuts down award-winning employment agency for people with disabilities.
DON'T COZY UP TO THE WHITE HOUSE by Linda McQuaig
Dogged loyalty to the American way won't benefit Canadians.
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World beat
HIV/AIDS A SLOW TSUNAMI by Stephen Lewis
UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa sees World Health Organization's program starting to work.
21 WOMEN IN POVERTY a BC WISE project
Excerpt from new book explores the links between policies of exclusion, poverty, and health.
 CAN SCHOOLS BE VALUE-FREE ZONES? by Heather-jane Robertson
Debate about whether schools should teach values misses the point: everything schools teach includes values.
BOXER PUTS RICE ON THE ROPES from the Congressional Record
Transcript of Senator Barbara Boxer grilling Condoleezza Rice at Senate hearings for Rice's appointment as Secretary of State.
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Publisher's Corner
Straight Goods at 5 by Ish Theilheimer
SG's publisher (and founder) reflects on SG's journey.
 Canadian Politics
BASI HIRINGS, FIRINGS INTRIGUE by bill tieleman
Police still investigating former ministerial assistant's connections with alleged improper activities.
Workplaces
UNDEREMPLOYED OR OVERWORKED by Mike Martin
Unemployment rises while more and more employees are putting in unpaid overtime.
 Watershed ways
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING by Janet McNeill
Computers, TVs contain toxic minerals but also valuable components.
Consumers
EURO RULES CHANGE US COSMETICS from The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
Three big make-up makers change ingredients to meet European safety standards.
POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS IN TEFLON by John Heilprin, Associated Press
US Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics studying key ingredient.
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Media files
SUN, POST, MACLEAN'S in dizzying roundabout by Antonia Zerbisias
Editors whirling around Toronto's revolving door, from Maclean's to Post and back again.
World beat
PEACE DEAL SIGNALS NEW BEGINNING FOR WOMEN IN SUDAN by Rosemary Okello, in Nairobi
Constitution calls for 25 percent of legislature to be women.
Hot headlines
LET'S ATTACK IRAN! by Gwynne Dyer
US president, media, indulging in emotional binge, no basis in reality.
NEXT ATTACK: IRAN by Seymour M Hersh, of the New Yorker
Seymour Hersh says Bush administration gearing up to attack Iran, covertly and overtly.
FORMER US AMBASSADOR AND AIDE LOBBY CANADIANS ON DRUG IMPORTS TO US by M Asif Ismail, Washington DC
Pair work for organization that maintains importation of cheaper Canadian drugs is illegal.
FARMERS PROTEST PATENTED SEEDS by Ashok B Sharma, in New Delhi
New coalition in India to draft own agricultural legislation in response to government proposals.
KNIGHT-RIDDER PAPERS SAY THAT US IS LOSING IN IRAQ by E&P staff, New York
Major newspaper chain echoes new majority in polls: invading Iraq was a mistake.
FBI RETIRES CARNIVORE from Reuters via Yahoo
Replaces email surveillance tool with commercial software.
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Feedback from our readers
DAY LABOUR LIKE SLAVERY from John Defalque, Vancouver BC
Temp construction worker paid $8/hour for job where permanent workers get $12/hour.
INVESTING IN "BIG BOX" DEVELOPMENTS from Jason, Edmonton AB
Is the Canadian Pension Plan involved in such non-sustainable investments?
Humour
TIME FLIES
Tick-tocking away.
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