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Colombian general convicted in paramilitary massacre
BOGOTA, Feb 13 (AFP) -
Colombia for the first time sent an army general to jail for failing to prevent a paramilitary massacre, as government officials and leftist rebels prepared to return to the negotiating table.

Retired general Jaime Uscategui was sentenced to 40 months behind bars late Monday for failing to prevent the July 14, 1997, massacre of at least 22 people in central Meta department by right-wing paramilitary commandos.

Iraqis blast "criminal" Bush after 15 injured in air raid

Iraqis blast "criminal" Bush after 15 injured in air raid

NAHRAN OMAR, Iraq, Feb 12 (AFP) -

US President George W. "Bush, the son, is more of a criminal than his father," an angry farmer protested Monday, a day after 15 civilians were injured in a US and British air raid on southern Iraq.

The younger Bush is "much more criminal," charged Muslim Enad, who had children in his family among the injured.

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A truck driver's strike ended yesterday, five days after Hong Kong's cargo corporations tried to impose fees on the drivers.

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Violence in the streets of Dhaka (Daaaaka, a deep emphatic "d" and "a"), Bangledesh, over religious freedom of speech have resulted in 4 deaths and dozens of injuries. The ruling party, the Awani League, supported the ruling by the High Court to ban fatwas (the second "a" is not deep, almost "fatwehs"), which are religious rulings for Muslims. The violence was between Awani supporters and opposition supporters.

Battling ELF

Teen Convicted in Eco-Terror Attack

Battling ELF

Teen Convicted in Eco-Terror Attack

By Oliver Yates Libaw

Feb. 12 — Prosecutors have recorded their first conviction in a case linked to the Earth Liberation Front, an eco-terror group that claims credit for more than 100 acts of destruction in the last five years and $37 million worth of damage.

Prosecutors on New York's Long Island confirmed that a 17-year-old Suffolk County high school student pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a series of arson fires.

The D.C. Democracy Seven, arrested

for protesting Congressional oppression of the

District of Columbia last summer, will begin their

second trial on the afternoon of Monday, February 12,

2001. On Thursday, February 8, a pre-trial rally

outside the D.C. Superior Court building attracted

over 75 citizens and supporters.

[Press release forwarded by the D.C. Statehood Green

Party. Five members of the D.C. Democracy 7 are

active members of the party.]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 12, 2001

The D.C. Democracy Seven, arrested

for protesting Congressional oppression of the

District of Columbia last summer, will begin their

second trial on the afternoon of Monday, February 12,

2001. On Thursday, February 8, a pre-trial rally

outside the D.C. Superior Court building attracted

over 75 citizens and supporters.

[Press release forwarded by the D.C. Statehood Green

Party. Five members of the D.C. Democracy 7 are

active members of the party.]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 12, 2001

The D.C. Democracy Seven, arrested

for protesting Congressional oppression of the

District of Columbia last summer, will begin their

second trial on the afternoon of Monday, February 12,

2001. On Thursday, February 8, a pre-trial rally

outside the D.C. Superior Court building attracted

over 75 citizens and supporters.

[Press release forwarded by the D.C. Statehood Green

Party. Five members of the D.C. Democracy 7 are

active members of the party.]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

February 12, 2001

Consumers Want Engineered Food Labeled

Shoppers Express 'Outrage' That Product Choices Aren't Clear, FDA Reports

Consumers Want Engineered Food Labeled
Shoppers Express 'Outrage' That Product Choices Aren't Clear, FDA Reports

by Marc Kaufman

Consumers want mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods and feel "outrage" when they learn how many supermarket products already are produced through biotechnology, according to a Food and Drug Administration report.

Two Palestinians killed, seven injured as tide of violence rises

Two Palestinians killed, seven injured as tide of violence rises

GAZA CITY, Feb 13 (AFP) -

Two Palestinians were killed Tuesday and seven others wounded as Israeli-Palestinian violence continued an upward climb since Israeli right-wing leader Ariel Sharon was elected prime minister a week ago.