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Tuesday, April 8, 2003

Journalists' union slams deaths in Iraq - By GARETH HARDING, UPI Chief Euro

BRUSSELS, April 8 (UPI) -- The International Federation of Journalists on Tuesday accused U.S. and Iraqi forces of committing war crimes against reporters after five correspondents were killed around Baghdad in less than 24 hours. The IFJ, which represents 500,000 journalists worldwide in more than... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 7, 2003

...Phase I Preventative Vaccine Trial in the U.S. and Africa

Epimmune's HIV Vaccine Candidate Taken by the National Institutes of Health and HIV Vaccine Trials Network Into Phase I Preventative Vaccine Trial in the U.S. and Africa SAN DIEGO, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Epimmune Inc., today announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 6, 2003

NBC reporter David Bloom dies in Iraq...

NEW YORK, April 6 (UPI) -- NBC reporter David Bloom who was covering the war in Iraq as an embedded journalist has died, the network said Sunday. NBC said his death was not combat related. Bloom was covering the war in Iraq embedded with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division outside Baghdad. He was... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, April 5, 2003

Canadian rally backs U.S. - By JOSEPH CHRYSDALE

A freak spring ice storm only slightly dampened the enthusiasm and turnout at a "Pro-America" rally held in the heart of Canada's financial district Friday. Some 2,000 shivering and chanting people draped in Canadian and U.S. flags milled in front of Toronto's City Hall in a show of support for the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 3, 2003

Singapore SARS death toll at 5...

SINGAPORE, April 3 (UPI) -- Singapore reported a fifth death Thursday from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. A total of 100 cases have been reported in Singapore, with 32 hospitalized, including 12 in serious condition, the ministry of health said. The two new cases reported Thursday were... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, April 2, 2003

Assignment America: Rules of estrangement [By JOHN BLOOM, UPI Reporter]

NEW YORK, April 2 (UPI) -- America and Britain both love rules. We're sticklers for the rule of law, even when it means stern sentences for minor crimes. We're fanatics about rules in sports, which are, after all, peacetime versions of war. Only in America would you need six officials to play... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 1, 2003

Book Review: New read on U.S. imperialism -By PETER ROFF, UPI National Poli

WASHINGTON, March 31 (UPI) -- Anything that can be said in praise of war can, in a different context, be used to trivialize it. Statements that smack of triumphalism can also neglect the sacrifices that those called to fight pay in blood. There can be no higher cost, and for those in whose name... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 31, 2003

Amnesty: War brings human rights backlash...

LONDON, March 31 (UPI) -- Since the U.S.-led war in Iraq began, there has been a backlash against human rights in many countries, Amnesty International said Sunday. It said that there had been attacks on freedom of expression, excessive police force against anti-war demonstrators and restriction of... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, March 30, 2003

Blue Planet: Paradise lost -- again [By DAN WHIPPLE, UPI Science News]

Most of the thousands of American soldiers crossing the desert of southeastern Iraq on their way toward Baghdad probably don't know they are crossing the location of the biblical Garden of Eden -- and the site of a present-day environmental tragedy. As soon as the war ends and humanitarian relief... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, March 25, 2003

Analysis: Same-sex case pits precedents...

By MICHAEL KIRKLAND, UPI Legal Affairs Correspondent WASHINGTON, March 25 (UPI) -- Even as the fighting goes on in Iraq, America's culture war continues, and as usual the battlefield for that war is the Supreme Court of the United States. Wednesday, the justices will hear argument on whether Texas... Sign in to see full entry.

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