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Posted: July 19, 2006
 WASHINGTON TARGETS IRAN by Linda McQuaig
Wildly disproportionate attack on Lebanon seems like pretext to confront Iran.
Rez Solutions?
 FAST PREPARATIONS by Stewart Steinhauer
Saddle Lake hosts a medicine camp.
 Media files
THE COSTS OF MEDIA CONCENTRATION by Geoffrey Stevens
Our laws to protect the public interest are the weakest anywhere.
JOURNALISTS ALARMED BY TAKEOVER from the Canadian Association of Journalists
Canadian Association of Journalists calls for steps to preserve diversity of voices in news media.
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Canadian Politics
 MP LIBBY DAVIES SPEAKS OUT by Libby Davies
NDP MP calls for federal leadership on Middle East crisis.
FIRINGS AN AFFRONT TO DEMOCRACY by Bill Tieleman
Vancouver City Council fires volunteer Board of Variance.
Communities, rights and change
 AUTISM AFTER SIX by Reuel S Amdur
Parents likely to appeal Ontario ruling that cuts off funding for older children.
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ONE-FIFTH OF PUBLIC SERVANTS HARASSED by Mike Martin
The government needs to put the elimination of discrimination at the top of its priority list.
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ACCOUNTABILITY CHARTER FOR NGOs from a collective of 10 NGO organisations
Civil society organizations demonstrate their commitment to transparency and accountability.
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PEACEMAKERS WITHIN
While the Canadian and US governments support the Israeli government in escalating military action across the Lebanon border, there is one other factor that offers some hope. Gush Shalom is organizing peace marches in Tel-Aviv. Looking for some evidence of sanity and humanity amid the chaos? Try Gush Shalom.
zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en
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THE HIDDEN WAR ON WOMEN IN IRAQ by Ruth Rosen, for tomdispatch.com
Iraqis are incensed by US soldiers' rape and murder of 14-year-old girl and her family.
SURPRISE DEFENCE by Robert Fisk, for The Independent (London)
Hezbollah has been planning this for months.
"THIS IS A BIG DISASTER FOR THE LEBANESE." by Dahr Jamail, his blog: dahrjamailiraq.com
Israeli attack on Lebanon follows same patterns as US attacks on Iraq.
 NEW MEDIA MARRIAGE CAUSE FOR ALARM by Antonia Zerbisias, for the Toronto Star
Less news is not good news.
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