another possible story

UNICEF airlifts over 2,500 demobilized child soldiers out of Sudan combat zone

27 February – In the largest effort of its kind ever undertaken in southern Sudan, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced today that it had airlifted more than 2,500 child combatants out of conflict zones and into safe areas where a rehabilitation and family tracing process can begin.

could this go with the US sales of torture weapons

Tuesday February 27, 2:34 PM

US sees "significant problems" over human rights in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 (AFP) -

The Malaysian government's human rights record is poor in several areas, the US State Department says in a report which describes ex-deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim as a political prisoner.

(Seattle)-Workers At Seattle ACORN went on strike this morning, after nearly all of the employees asked management for union recognition with the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and head organizer Doug Bloch refused to recognize the union.

SEATTLE ACORN WORKERS STRIKE!

Field Organizers Organize with IWW, Public Interest Workers IU 670,
Seattle WA, USA

Media Please Contact: 206-227-4525

1) Press Release
2) How you can help
3) Post first-day-strike update
4) Article by striking worker
5) IWW Contact Info

these were aird in the headlines on tuesday (today)

bornea violence

iraq, sanctions and weapons inspections

powell in syria about importation of iraqi oil

mexico, cancoon, nafta, protesters, zapatistas

insurance lobby got new law about distribution of medical

info delayed

child citizenship act

bill introduced to demand cleaner coal burning, and

drilling in the arctic national wildlife refuge

this is what was covered on today's Live Wire

Stories:

American Airlines Pilots fined for a "sick out"

Bush and Pastrana meet today to discuss Plan Columbia

reparations for African Americans

Headlines:

Indonesia military to go to Borneo; hundreds dead and thousands flee

Iraq says no to new weapons inspectors; meeting with UN's Annan; critique of sanctions; Powell ending trip to Middle East; call to Syria to stop exporting Iraqi oil

these stories were already aired, on Monday

there were on live wire Moday:

Powell in Middle East,

zapatista caravan,

earthquake in el salvador

arctic national oil (wildlife) and oil spills in Alaska

bush met with state officials about medicade

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,