Striking workers at Seattle ACORN walked the picket line for a second day, after head organizer Doug Bloch refused to grant employees union recognition.

here's a first draft

On Tuesday, Columbian President Andres Pastrana met with President Bush to discuss Plan Columbia, the $1.3 billion US aid package which is intended to facilitate the Columbian government’s war on drugs. Critics claim Plan Columbia focuses excessively on military support and not enough on the social and economic needs of rural Columbians currently dependant on the drug trade.

this should be edited, i'm not sure about includeing both stories as one

the words from the MAN, philip that is

Only run with the ACORN strike in Seattle if the strike has broader implications, perhaps for ACORN as a whole, not exclusively Seattle.

Yes, to Trent student occupation. (Arthur is on it.)

Yes, to US State Department criticizing other countries, Malaysia included, while at the same time US companies exporting equipment used in torture.

Yes, on Millennium patent and possible link to Bristol Meyers. (Jade on that I think.)

the words from the MAN, philip that is

Only run with the ACORN strike in Seattle if the strike has broader implications, perhaps for ACORN as a whole, not exclusively Seattle.

Yes, to Trent student occupation. (Arthur is on it.)

Yes, to US State Department criticizing other countries, Malaysia included, while at the same time US companies exporting equipment used in torture.

Yes, on Millennium patent and possible link to Bristol Meyers. (Jade on that I think.)

another possible short story

Subway Sues Cafe Over Healthy Food

By LISA M. COLLINS, Associated Press Writer

GROSSE POINTE, Mich.--Subway is serious about its lowfat, low-calorie sandwiches. So serious that it's suing the landlord of one of its stores for letting a vegan cafe open three doors away in a strip mall.

Owners of Atom's Juice Cafe -which doesn't sell meat or dairy products -say that lawsuit and another suit filed against it by the mall owner are nothing more than an attempt to run them out of business.

UNIFCEF airlift *rought draft*

In the sudan, an operation to airlift more than 2,500 demobilized child soliders

out of a combat zone is almost complete.

In an operation that began last friday, children are being moved by plane

to be rehabilitated and have their families found.

The former soldiers, who range in age from 8 to 18, were demobilized from

military camps run by the rebel Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army based

on a personal commitment made by an SPLA commander in October 2000.

for more go to: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/World/Mozambique/

(AP) - Forecast rains and the planned release of water from a burgeoning dam have prompted fears of further flooding this week in Mozambique, where dozens have died in floods this year. Authorities have evacuated 16,000 people from regions hit by floods and have begun forcibly removing residents who have refused to leave areas at risk

Trent Story- *rough draft*

At Trent Univesity in Peterborough Ontario, eight students

have been baricaded inside of the Vice Presidents office

suite for more than 24 hours. Students entered the offices

at 8:30 monday morning, with demands which included no

renewal of contracts with coporations advertizing on

the Trent Campus without a student refrendum on

advertizing and the creation an offical policy

which makes all corporate and private relationships

with university subject to review by the student

stories which have been mentioned

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 VT farmers bucking the USDA and claiming the Feds have used faulty science in an attempt to take their sheep imported from Belgium away... lots of grassroots support for them in VT (ongoing)