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  • Indonesia Prepares to Sign Peace Agreements w/ Aceh Rebels
    August 10, 2005 | Headline
    And finally the Indonesian government is expected to sign a peace agreement on Monday with the Aceh rebels known as the GAM. The Indonesian military has killed thousands in Aceh province over the past …
  • Report: U.S. Routinely Sends Arms to Undemocratic Nations
    May 27, 2005 | Story
    A new report from the World Policy Institute has found that the U.S. is routinely funneling military aid and arms to undemocratic nations. In 2003 more than half of the top 25 recipients of U.S. arms …
  • Naomi Klein On The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
    April 20, 2005 | Story
    "If the reconstruction industry is stunningly inept at rebuilding, that may be because rebuilding is not its primary purpose," writes Naomi Klein in the cover story of this week's Nation. "If …
  • Up to 2,000 Die In Indonesian Earthquake
    March 29, 2005 | Headline
    As many as 2,000 people have died in Indonesia after a massive earthquake hit the region Monday. The quake occurred near the epicenter of December's earthquake that triggered the devastating tsunami …
  • Bush Names Iraq War Architect Paul Wolfowitz to Head World Bank
    March 17, 2005 | Story
    President Bush named Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz to become the new president of the World Bank. Woflowitz is one of the chief hawks within the Bush administration and was a leading …
  • Tsunami Death Toll Soars to 288,000
    January 25, 2005 | Headline
    The death toll from last month's tsunami in the Indian Ocean has soared to 288,000. On Monday the Indonesia health minister announced that 220,000 people in Indonesia are now believed to be dead or …
  • With Tsunami Death Toll in Indonesia Possibly Rising Over 200,000, Military Crackdown In Aceh Continues
    January 14, 2005 | Story
    The government has imposed restrictions on the movement of aid workers and journalists. Aid workers have been told to inform the government of their travel plans or face expulsion and to take army …
  • Indonesia Restricts Aid Workers in Aceh
    January 11, 2005 | Headline
    The Indonesian military announced yesterday that it would officially begin restricting relief workers from reaching remoter parts of the tsunami-hit province of Aceh. The army said aid workers would …
  • Indonesia Flies al Qaeda-Linked Groups into Aceh
    January 10, 2005 | Story
    As Jakarta seeks U.S. military aid on the grounds of fighting terrorism, the Indonesian military is now bringing al Qaeda-linked groups into Aceh, ostensibly to help with tsunami relief. [includes …
  • U.S. Helicopter Crashes in Iraq
    January 10, 2005 | Headline
    A US helicopter with 10 people on board has crashed in a rice paddy as it was trying to land at the Banda Aceh airport while on a tsunami relief operation, injuring at least two US soldiers. The US …