Honoring the fallen soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan

The Official List of U.S. War Dead in Iraq
Iraq Coalition Casualty Count

Free Camilo Mejia, War Resister

"This is an oil-driven war, and I don't think any soldier signs up to fight for oil, "Mejia stated.  "I did not sign up for the military to go halfway around the world to be an instrument of oppression." [more]

I am still president, says Aristide

OUSTED Hatian leader Jean Bertrand Aristide left Jamaica yesterday for exile in SouthAfrica, indicating that he still considers himself president,and promising to return to Haiti after a temporary stay in Africa. [more]

U.S. HANDOVER TO UN TROOPS: Leaving Haiti during another crisis

U.S. troops deployed to Haiti during a bloody revolt to oust President Jean -Bertrand Aristide three months ago will be leaving in the midst of another crisisas the nation tries to recover from deadly floods. [more]

Heavy rains threaten new flooding in Haiti, Dominican Republic

Three southern villages were in danger of new flooding Sunday as the death toll from floods nearly a week ago rose to more than 1,400 in Haiti and Dominican Republic, while officials said as many as 1,500 more could be missing in just one area of southern Hati . [more]

More Florida Voting Fiascos Possible, Groups Warn

Some five-dozen residents of the U.S. state of  Florida appeared in a hearing before Governor Jeb Bush in March to explain why they should be allowed toregain certain civil rights, including the right to vote. [more]

Lax controls over e-voting testing labs

ELECTION OFFICIALS RELY ON PRIVATE FIRMS
California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley had a simple question: Had a new electronic voting machine been approved by an independent testing lab? [more]

Electronic Voting is NOT Safe

This fall,as many as 20 percent of American voters will be able to cast their ballots on A.T.M.-style electronic voting machines. But to put it mildly,these machines -- where you simply touch a screen and a computer registers your vote -- have not inspired much confidence lately.[more]

Want your vote to count? Skip the polls, Vote by Absentee Ballot.

Being an absentee voter is easy and convenient.You just call, write or go to your local election board, request a ballot, fill it out and send it back.Absentee voters are a relatively small portion of the electorate,but they hit record levels four years ago and typically include military personnel, college students and  travelers. [more]

CNN asks Florida court for ineligible voters list

As Florida county election boards review a list of thousands of potentially  ineligible voters -- including some who may be felons--CNN is suing  the state, claiming the public and media should also be able to review  the list. [more]

Mosque raid shakes community

An Egyptian imam detained Thursday during a raid on his Northeast Philadelphia mosque had been "interrogated" last year and  cleared of terrorist suspicions by the FBI, his attorney said yesterday.[more]

Actions would speak louder than apology, Indian tribes

After  centuries of deal-breaking, land-taking and what many tribes consider genocide,some Washington politicians want the  government to offer  American Indians an apology. [more]

Ethnic cleansing blights Sudan

It is being called the world's worst humanitarian  crisis. Arab militia men  have driven an estimate one million black Sudanese villagers from their homesand there have been massacres on an unknown scale. [more]

Cuba Base Sent Its Interrogators to Iraqi Prison

Interrogation  experts from the American detention  camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were
sent  to Iraq last fall and played a major role in training American military intelligence teams
at Abu  Ghraib prison there, senior military officials said Friday. [more]

Texas A&M regents approve race factor

 Starting  with the entering class of 2006, an applicant's race or ethnicity will  join the list of factors considered or admission to the Texas A&M University System Health Science Center. [more]