Nick Cohen's Own Party. - 4th Jun, 04
Nick Cohen recycles old claims, invents a few new ones, and pilfers the rest
from elsewhere. Who would guess he works for The Observer?
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=491


The End of 20th Century Journalism - 4th Jun, 04
OhmyNews Founder and CEO Oh Yeon Ho addressed the 2004 World Association of
Newspapers Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 31. About 300 delegates
from around the globe were on-hand to hear how OhmyNews is transforming the
face of journalism with its citizen reporter model. The following is the
text of his speech.
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=490


Guardian journalist Sibylla Brodzinsky misreporting on Venezuela - 5th Jun,
04
Sibylla Brodzinsky's article on Venezuela ("Leftwing dictator or saviour of
the poor: Chavez faces new challenge to his rule") fits into the pattern of
half-truths and open lies that characterises the media coverage of the
Bolivarian revolution. This is something we expect from The Economist (which
openly calls for "regime change") but not from the Guardian.
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=496


Nicaragua's Contra War Revisited - 5th Jun, 04
Another article in the continuing media campaign in Britain against
Venezuela's President Chavez again posits civil war as a possible sequel to
the current recall referendum process in Venezuela. In a self-contradictory
account published by the Guardian on May 25th, Miami Herald writer Sybilla
Brodzinsky writes that the recall referendum "...may also be the last chance
to avoid a civil war, experts say."
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=495


UN's Integrity Questioned - Again - 5th Jun, 04
When U.S. President George W. Bush desperately sought UN assistance last
month to organise elections in Iraq and help form a new interim government,
some senior UN officials bragged the United States was crawling back to the
world body on bended knee.
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=503


Global Pessimism About US Power - 5th Jun, 04
With the notable exceptions of China and India, a majority of people in 19
key countries are pessimistic about the world's current direction, says a
just-released survey, which found a high correlation between that feeling
and the belief that U.S. influence is increasingly negative, particularly as
compared to Europe.
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=502


Truth vs. Deceit in Foreign Policy - 5th Jun, 04
Writing in the New Republic, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew
Brzezinski characterizes the Bush administration's invasion and occupation
of Iraq as "justified by falsehoods, pursued with unilateral arrogance,
blinded by self-delusion, and stained by sadistic excesses."
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=501



US Soldiers May Be Guilty of War Crimes - 5th Jun, 04
A new report from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights concludes that
"grave violations" - even potential war crimes - have occurred since the
U.S.-led forces have occupied Iraq, leaving "a stain upon the effort to
bring freedom" to that country.
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=499


No Real Choice - 5th Jun, 04
Once more, Americans will be forced to vote for a man instead of a policy.
It doesn't say much for self-government that the American people are almost
never given a chance to vote on major policy issues.
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=500


Australian PM shares a farcical White House media conference with Bush - 5th
Jun, 04
In a telling sign of how seriously the catastrophe in occupied Iraq has
damaged their governments, US President George W. Bush on Thursday lavished
praise on visiting Australian Prime Minister John Howard and launched an
extraordinary intervention into the campaign for this year's scheduled
Australian elections.
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=498


German chancellor Schröder declares his support for Bush - 5th Jun, 04
At the beginning of this week, the tug of war over the formulation of a
United Nations resolution designed to give the Bush government international
backing for further US action in Iraq entered a new round.
Government sources in Germany report that Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD -
Social Democratic Party) offered the American president his support in the
course of a 15-minute telephone call on May 30.
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=497



Medicaid Coverage Disappears For Low Income Women - 5th Jun, 04
Tresa Kai was in crisis. A 42-year-old single mother living in Pender, Neb.,
Kai relied on Medicaid, a government-funded health insurance program, to pay
for medication for her four health conditions: diabetes, high blood
pressure, clinical depression and asthma.
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=494


Groups Sue Pentagon For Info On Iraq Abuses - 5th Jun, 04
A coalition of civil-rights and veterans groups charged in a New York court
Wednesday that the U.S. Defense Department is withholding records about the
abuse of detainees in military custody as part of the Bush administration's
"war against terrorism."
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=493


Thousands March Against Bush's Rome Visit - 5th Jun, 04
ROME - Tens of thousands of Italian anti-war demonstrators marched through
central Rome amid tight security to protest President Bush's visit, many
waving peace banners and calling for the pullout of Italian troops in Iraq.
 http://www.globalecho.org/view_article.php?aid=492