Steve Weissman says that Democrats should be worried about the influence a
Canadian mining mogul could have on the Clintons; Zimbabwe election
aftermath
results in raid on foreign journalists; Dan Froomkin covers how the press
has
been intimidated by the White House since 9/11; eighteen states file legal
petition to pressure EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars
and
trucks; Democrats blame Interior secretary for delay in addressing looming
extinction of polar bears due to climate change; Bush pu****ng hard for
NAFTA
model with Colombia; group claims GE subjects its Chinese employees to
mercury; Alice Walker writes about race and "womanism" in America today;
pre-emption used as tactic to prevent consumer's right to sue a
manufacturer;
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Steve Weissman | When the Clintons Mine Big Bucks
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308R.shtml
Steve Weissman writes for Truthout.org about the relation****p of Canadian
mining mogul Frank Giustra with the Clintons: "Giustra and his agenda
should
rank among the major issues in the Democratic primary. They do not, mostly
because the Obama campaign has so far failed to question the newfound
Clinton
riches, both in the family coffers and the William J. Clinton Foundation.
I
suspect the Illinois senator will raise the issue in the run-up to the
Pennsylvania primary on April 22."
Hotel Housing Foreign Re****ters Raided in Zimbabwe
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308S.shtml
CBS News/The Associated Press re****ts that top opposition offices have
been
raided, as well as hotels being used by foreign journalists in Harare,
with
the paramilitary police having taken away three or four re****ters. The
opposition claims it won the presidential race outright, but results of
the
election continue to be delayed.
Dan Froomkin | Intimidating the Press After 9/11
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/040308T.shtml
Dan Froomkin, The Wa****ngton Post, says: "The publication of a new book by
Eric Lichtblau, one of the two New York Times re****ters who in late 2005
broke
the story of the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program,
is
calling attention to how the White House successfully persuaded The Times
to
suppress its expose in the fall of 2004 - when it might have had a
profound
effect on President Bush's reelection hopes."
Massachusetts Leads Bid to Limit Greenhouse Emissions
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040308EA.shtml
Beth Daley and Stephanie Ebbert, The Boston Globe, write: "Eighteen
states,
led by Massachusetts, filed an unusual legal petition in federal court
yesterday to pressure the US Environmental Protection Agency to regulate
greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks - a move that could lead the
automobile industry to produce cleaner-burning cars."
Inaction on Polar Bear Criticized
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040308EB.shtml
Juliet Eilperin, The Wa****ngton Post, re****ts: "Senate Democrats yesterday
deplored the Bush administration's failure to meet a legal deadline for
determining whether global warming is pu****ng polar bears toward
extinction
and lashed their scheduled star witness - Interior Secretary Dirk
Kempthorne -
for declining to appear in his own defense."
Robert Kennedy Jr. Visits Chile to Protect Patagonia
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040308EC.shtml
Daniela Estrada re****ts for the Inter Press Service that "Robert Kennedy,
senior attorney for the US-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC),
is
in Chile to sup****t opponents of a plan for building five dams in the
southern
region of Patagonia."
Yifat Susskind | The US-Colombia Unfair Trade Agreement
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040308LA.shtml
Yifat Susskind writes for CommonDreams.org that the "Bush administration
is
pu****ng hard to pass another trade agreement based on the failed NAFTA
model,"
but with Colombia, a government that he says "is responsible for severe
human
rights violations."
Group Says GE Supplier in China Subjects Workers to Toxins
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040308LB.shtml
The Associated Press says, "A new re****t says a Chinese factory that makes
light bulbs for General Electric Co. subjects many of its employees to
64-hour
work weeks and toxic mercury used in the production process."
Alice Walker | An Open Letter to My Sisters Who Are Brave
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040308WA.shtml
Alice Walker writes for The Root: "We have come a long way, Sisters, and
we
are up to the challenges of our time. One of which is to build alliances
based
not on race, ethnicity, color, nationality, ***ual preference or gender,
but
on Truth."
Federal Agencies: Our Rules Pre-empt Injury Lawsuits
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/040308HA.shtml
Janet McConnaughey, The Associated Press: "If you think the prescription
drug
you took for headaches caused your heart attack, the Food and Drug
Administration says you can't sue the maker for injury if it met agency
standards."
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