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Posted: March 22, 2006
LET'S PROTECT OUR GOOD NAME by Linda McQuaig
Our reputation for promoting peace is at risk.
 HARPER'S MISSION ACCOMPLISHED? by Paul Weinberg
PM may have titillated front-page editors by wandering Kandahar in combat gear, but can he dodge pressure for a parliamentary debate?
 RAIDING THE VAULT by Mike Constable, at union-art.com (requires Flash)
Corporations claim they can't afford to honour pension plans.
 IF HALF THE MPs WERE WOMEN... by Geoffrey Stevens
Harper's government would not be attacking childcare, equal marriage, abortion rights.
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THE VIEW FROM KILLALOE by Ish Theilheimer
Dialogue needed on issues concerning Canadians in rural and remote areas.
Gordon's corner
ESSENCE OF COMEDY by Charles Gordon
Ironically, real news is funnier than Steve Martin as Clouseau.
Gaia beat
CONSERVATION SAVINGS by John Wilson
Deregulation leads to higher prices, not necessarily more available energy.
 Rez Solutions?
AN IMPOLITE QUESTION FOR THE ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT by Stewart Steinhauer
When will peace activists acknowledge they too are guilty of invasion and occupation?
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Faith speaks
CLERGY URGE WASHINGTON TO END KATRINA AID DELAYS by Jeffrey Jones, for Reuters
Fewer than half New Orleans population has returned to city still in ruins.
Health matters
ONTARIO DOCTORS OPPOSE P3s from the Medical Reform Group and the Ontario Health Coalition
Health coalition says 24 hospitals slated to go private.
 Canadian Politics
PRIVATIZED DEAL FOR NURSELINE GOES UNDER by Bill Tieleman
Now the BC Liberals say the nursing teleservice will be publicly owned.
Communities, rights and change
 HONOURING TREATIES by Reuel S Amdur
Canada torn between US ties and commitments to human rights and world community.
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Peacekeeping? Jobs, jobs, jobs? Women in parliament?
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JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!!! by Mike Martin
Workplaces suggests five ways to create jobs, prosperity and hope.
US UNDERMINES WORKERS from the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU)
Bush administration's labour rights record appalling: new ICFTU report.
Watershed ways
THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE by Ole Hendrickson
Spring brings turtles out of hibernation, to lay eggs above the waterline.
 Consumers
KEEPING HEALTH CARE COSTS DOWN from the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association
Increased use of generics slows rise in Canada's drug bills.
Media files
GOOGLE'S ONLINE OFFICE SUITE by Jim Hedger, StepForth News Editor
How about renting infinite fully-equipped online space, instead of buying software?
 World beat
WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN IRAN by Abdulfattoh Shafiev
Interview with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi.
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WORLD FACT BOOK
Rumours are flying that the US is about to attack Iran. But where exactly is Iran? (Between Iraq and a hard place... er, Afghanistan). How many people live there? 68 million. What kind of military force do they have? They spend US$ 4.3 billion annually on military. These facts and more — for every country in the world — are in the CIA World Fact Book, which makes a good starting point to judge for yourself the strength of US intelligence services.
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ir.html
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Hot headlines
EQUAL MARRIAGE IN CZECH REPUBLIC from BBC News online
Parliament overturned a veto on the law by President Vaclav Klaus.
PREDICTABLE RESULTS by Garrett Brown, Network Coordinator for the Maquiladora Health and Safety Support Network
Three years later, consequences of Iraq invasion are just what was predicted.
ANOTHER HEADACHE FOR CHENEY from AP via USA Today
Vice President's former top aid prepared to rake up muck as defence in criminal trial.
WHINY, INSECURE KIDS GROW UP CONSERVATIVE... by Kurt Kleiner, for the Toronto Star
Whiny children, claims a new study, tend to grow up rigid and traditional. Future liberals, on the other hand...
 Take action!
PROTEST SECRET TRIALS by Matthew Behrens
Supreme Court to hold hearings on CSIS secret trial security certificates.
Feedback from our readers
"WAR ON TERROR" DRUMBEAT GETTING STRONGER from Randal Marlin, in Ottawa ON
Be wary of what may come next...
Humour
ONE-UPMANSHIP from the Internet
This time it involves an elderly woman and a bank.
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