http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/ News from the non-aligned countries and progressive movements Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:45:57 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7745 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7745 In a speech at the Sydney Opera House to mark his award of Australia's human rights prize, the Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger describes the "unique features" Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:36:27 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7744 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7744 The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a UN-sponsored report which says Israel committed war crimes during last winter?s military assault on the Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:28:15 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7743 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7743 ...while Pakistan's government may have been saying the things that the White House wants to hear, the country's media and public have often been openly Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:02:48 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7742 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7742 UN health experts are helping the Philippines contain an outbreak of a deadly disease in the wake of massive storms that claimed more than 1,000 lives Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:01:20 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7741 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7741 October 29, marks the 80th anniversary of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the event which most historians point to as the beginning of the Great Depression. On Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:37:32 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7740 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7740 Dozens of people were wounded on Sunday in clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in and around the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, a flashpoint Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:32:00 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7739 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7739 US President Barack Obama has declared swine flu to be a national emergency.The proclamation allows authorities to bypass bureaucratic procedures that would Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:40:08 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7738 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7738 Through nearly 5,000 different actions planned in 170 countries for Saturday, climate change activists will try to raise public awareness on the need for a new Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:35:02 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7737 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7737 Official figures released in Britain show the economy has contracted for a sixth successive quarter, making the country's current recession the longest since Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:34:32 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7736 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7736 Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has announced that presidential and parliamentary elections will be held on 24 January. His office said in a statement that Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:23:58 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7735 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7735 Leftist Latin American leaders agreed here on the creation of a regional currency, the Sucre, aimed at scaling back the use of the US dollar. Nine countries of Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:33:37 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7734 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7734 A mass popular concentration at Cochabamba's Felix Carriles Stadium will close the 7th Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:28:39 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7733 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7733 Israel has threatened to withdraw an offer of territorial concessions in the West Bank if a controversial report accusing it of war crimes in Gaza is adopted Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:27:48 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7732 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7732 The US government closed its 2009 fiscal year with a record 1.417 trillion dollar budget deficit as it poured resources to contain a serious financial crisis Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:01:20 GMT Dave Muller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7731 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/southnews/message/7731 U.S.: Veteran Army Officer Urges Afghan Troop Drawdown By Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (IPS) - A veteran Army officer who has served in both the