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POLITICS-US: Hard-line Neo-Cons Assail Israel for Timidity
Jim Lobe

WASHINGTON - While much of the world has criticised Israel for carrying out a "disproportionate" war against Hezbollah in Lebanon, hard-line neo-conservatives have attacked the government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for timidity.

POLITICS-IRAQ: Civilian Translators Thrust Into Combat Roles
Pratap Chatterjee*
WASHINGTON - Goran Habbeb had just left his house to get into his car with his brother and his seven-year-old daughter, Soleen, when the armed men opened fire. Taken by surprise because the men were dressed in police uniforms, he just managed to get the white Toyota Previa van into motion and escape.

MIDEAST: Veteran Policy-Makers Fear Disaster in U.S. Course
Analysis by Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Alarms are definitely on the rise here.

Bush at War Part II

In Focus: Iraq

Economy and Trade

> Civilian Translators Thrust Into Combat Roles
> U.S. Gets as Much as it Gives to the U.N.
> Oil Field Closure Revives Energy Policy Debate
> Corruption and Violence Slow Reconstruction - Audit

> Hard-line Neo-Cons Assail Israel for Timidity
> Civilian Translators Thrust Into Combat Roles
> Veteran Policy-Makers Fear Disaster in U.S. Course
> Neo-Conservatives' "Favourite Democrat" Falls

> NGOs to Push U.S. on Moratorium
> Church Humanitarian Work to Feel Impact of US Plans
> Al Gore Is Back and Greener Than Ever
> U.S. Democracy Crusade Falls by the Wayside

> Oil Field Closure Revives Energy Policy Debate
> Activists Recall Hiroshima as Nuclear Worries Grow
> Mega-Project Scrapes Bottom of Oil Barrel
> Burning Energy to Produce It

> Corruption and Violence Slow Reconstruction - Audit
> U.S. to Supply Food with One Hand, Arms with Other
> Big Business Resists Defeat on WTO Talks
> Mega-Project Scrapes Bottom of Oil Barrel

> Hard-line Neo-Cons Assail Israel for Timidity
> Civilian Translators Thrust Into Combat Roles
> Veteran Policy-Makers Fear Disaster in U.S. Course
> Neo-Conservatives' "Favourite Democrat" Falls

> Civilian Translators Thrust Into Combat Roles
> Activists Recall Hiroshima as Nuclear Worries Grow
> Increasingly, Doctors Refuse to Do Harm
> Burning Energy to Produce It

Media & Communications

> Kurdish "Thank You" a Republican Stunt?
> In U.S., Not All Casualties Are Equal
> In U.S., Not All Casualties Are Equal
> Poll Suggests Strong Nationalism, Anti-U.S. Sentiment

Multilateralism Under Siege

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POLITICS-US: Neo-Conservatives' "Favourite Democrat" Falls

POLITICS: U.S. Gets as Much as it Gives to the U.N.

SUDAN: Darfur Peace Accord Yields More Violence

ECONOMY-US: Oil Field Closure Revives Energy Policy Debate

MIDEAST: Was Israel's Aim to Clear Path for US War on Iran?

DEATH PENALTY: NGOs to Push U.S. on Moratorium

POLITICS: Activists Recall Hiroshima as Nuclear Worries Grow

MIDEAST: U.S. Watches Dreams of Transformation Dissolve

DEATH PENALTY-U.S.: Exonerated, Florida Death Row Inmate Tells His Tale

IRAQ: Corruption and Violence Slow Reconstruction - Audit

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More than 300 million strong, the world's indigenous peoples are beginning to make themselves heard, in international arenas like the new United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and at the national level, where their growing numbers are translating into political muscle. Via its local writers, IPS endeavours to transmit these indigenous voices and untangle their issues for a global audience

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