Babylon Club
Saturday, may 1oth
2pm till 2am
$10 for 14 acts
(559.495.0852)

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday!!! May 10th at the Babylon! From 2 till 2 Dust off your dancing shoes and other various foot apparel and pop, lock and drop on by the…

By Ramzy Baroud

The data provided in the US State Department's annual terrorism report for 2007 points to some interesting if puzzling conclusions. The much publicised document, made available 30 April via the State Department's website, makes no secret of the fact that Al-Qaeda is back, strong as ever. It also suggests that violence worldwide is nowhere near subsiding, despite President Bush's repeated assurances regarding the success of his "war on terror".

Will the report inspire serious reflection on the US's detrimental foreign policy and its role in the current situation?

Inter Press Service
By Ahmed Ali and Dahr Jamail*

BAQUBA, May 9 (IPS) - Water supply is drying out in what was once the agriculturally rich Diyala province north of Baghdad. Baquba, the capital city of Diyala, is now running out of water both for drinking and for irrigation.

Water supply has been hit by power failures. The central pumping station has been running short of electricity supply over the last two years.

Europeans get drunk 'to have sex'
Young adults in Europe deliberately binge on drink and drugs to improve their sex lives, research suggests.

The UK has one of the worst reputations for binge drinking and underage sex but there are striking similarities between countries, a study found.

A third of 16 to 35-year-old men and 23% of women questioned said they drank to increase their chance of sex.

The study - of 1,341 young people in nine countries including the UK - is published in BMC Public Health.

Babylon Club
Saturday, may 1oth
2pm till 2am
$10 for 14 acts
(559.495.0852)

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday!!! May 10th at the Babylon! From 2 till 2 Dust off your dancing shoes and other various foot apparel and pop, lock and drop on by the…

Texas-born Dahr Jamail was outraged that the US media were swallowing the Bush administration's line on Iraq and so, with just $2,000 and no previous journalistic experience, he set off to find out what was really happening in the country. He talks to Stephen Moss

The Guardian
Stephen Moss
Thursday May 8 2008

McCain, Obama and Clinton silent on Iraq exitLe Monde Diplomatique

May 2008 Issue

As soon as it was clear that the presidential primaries would be the news story of the year in the US, Iraq was dropped by the media. The occupation and the campaign for the presidential nominations were de-linked almost from the start. So we don’t know what the potential candidates would do in Iraq. But pulling troops out doesn’t seem to be an option for any of them.

By Dahr Jamail

By Ramzy Baroud

On February 12, 2008, Arab League information ministers issued a communique outlining 'tough' guidelines for Arab satellite channels. The new guidelines specifically prohibited the broadcasting of negative reporting of heads of state, religious or national figures.

Bottled Water's Days are Numbered, says leading Environmental Magazine

Bottled water is out, and tap water is in, says the May/June 2008 cover story of E – The Environmental Magazine (now posted at: www.emagazine.com). Call it reverse snob appeal. These days, it’s the tap water enthusiasts, concerned about the environment, who get to act self-righteous. Just like it has become cool to bring your own cloth bags to the grocery store and your own mug to the coffee shop, the reusable water bottle is the hip, new eco-accessory.

BY JOHN ROSS

MEXICO CITY (May 6th) - With her nightgown torn and bloody, her trademark blindfold askew, and stripped of her treasured scales, La Belle Dame of Justice was found staggering through the streets here last week after being repeatedly gang-raped somewhere between Oaxaca, Atenco, Chiapas, Guerrero, Ciudad Juarez, the National Human Rights Commission, and the Mexican Supreme Court.

1. MEXICAN JUSTICE - A EUPHEMISM