ideas...

US exporting weapons of torture... (Monday)

Bush lowest approval rating since Dwight Eisenhower at 55% (Tues)

Columbia's UN representative outraged at double-standard of Clinton pardoning US lawyer, Harvey Weinig, convicted of money laudering for the Cali cartel; Columbian Pres. Pastrana and G.W. to meet today (Tues/Mon)

update on the travels of the Zapatistas... anything fresh? (ongoing)

indonesia.

there was a massacre in borneo just now.

I'm hearing it on npr. scoured the net but haven't

seen anything yet.

I need to get to bed now if I'm going to be fresh in the

morning for copyediting.

marco

Here are a lot of very interesting stories. More than we can possibly cover in 5 seconds.

UN website

UN-Iraqi meeting

Macedonia Albanians flee into Kosovo

2 convicted for Ethnic Cleansing

International Criminal Court meetings start

UN troops clash with militia members in Timor

http://www.klipsan.com/elecnews.htm

Voting in Moldova

Voting in Yemen **** big deal, murders, fraud . . .

Voting in Cape Verde

One or two palestinians don't like Powell

kim's going to be walking to 41 states and she started sunday I think by walking

across the george washington bridge.

I think aries got live audio, but I haven't heard it yet.

Kim Denmark

Begins March

Hundreds marched on

the George Washington

Bridge yesterday to

convey a message about

rapidly declining

conditions of the poor,

same old same old if you count all the berkley and amherst takeovers for the past 30 years,

but might be good current events for the newswire.

OCCUPATION AT TRENT UNIVERSITY (english)

by Matthew Beatty 6:05pm Mon Feb 26 '01

TrentAction@GeekUnity.com

Students have taken over the Vice President's office at Trent

University in Peterborough, Ontario.

Another good lead in to the fucked up bush fiasco in oil exploitation in Alaska and around the world. Also kind of a feal good story.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 23, 2001
10:41 AM
CONTACT: Defenders of Wildlife
Brad DeVries, 202-772-0237

Petition to Save Arctic Refuge Overwhelms White House
E-Mail System

this will undoubtedly be in the news tomorow, so we should do a more recent story. but here is what ap said on monday. Also, check chiapas.indymedia.org for the strait shit.

Monday, February 26 7:32 PM SGT

Rebel leader presses on toward Mexican capital in rights campaign

JUCHITAN, Mexico, Feb 26 (AFP) -

Zapatista rebel group leader "Subcomandante Marcos" continued his trek across Mexico Monday, accompanied by an entourage

of some two dozen aides de camp and hundreds of well-wishers supporting his agenda of greater rights for the country's

Sounds hot! Philip can screw his fear of protest reporting!

Police fired water cannons to force back groups of farmers who hurled stones, firecrackers and snowballs at barbed-wire

barricades set up on the streets leading to the bunker-like Council of Ministers building.

Monday, February 26 8:41 PM SGT

Farmers, police clash ahead of EU ministers' meeting

BRUSSELS, Feb 26 (AFP) -

Maybe include a mention of the use of tazers in american jails (reportedly resulting in at least one death and permanent physical damage.

AP Top News

US Said To Export Torture Weapons

by PAULINE JELINEK
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Dozens of U.S. companies sell weapons and other
equipment used overseas for torture, Amnesty International said Monday,
calling for a ban on the sales.

This would deserve a comment on what would happen if one of the more liberal judges stepped down and bush appointed a new justice.

AP Top News

Justices Won't Hear Abortion Doctors

by ANNE GEARAN
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it will not hear
South Carolina abortion providers' complaint that they are subject to
unconstitutional and medically pointless regulations.