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Fact of the Week

**Fact of the Week**
The Bush administration believes that Iraq might be involved in the manufacture of anthrax sent through the American mails, and its representatives are steadfast in their position regarding the proposed verification protocol of the Biological Weapons Convention. The American position, of course, is that the verification protocol is so flawed that the United States not only rejects it but will not negotiate to change it. Source: ACRONYM Institute

Working-Class Heroes: The true heroes of New York were apparent even before 11 September (Joshua Freeman, The Nation).
Indebted America: indebted Americans are struggling as the United States bails out the aerospace industry (Seth Sandronsky, Common Dreams News Service).
Farewell to Democracy in Pakistan: The West is more worried about an Islamic Pakistan than Pakistanis are themselves (Robert Fisk, The Independent).
Honesty is the Best Policy: The allies need to be honest about their military strategy, and to pursue justice, not war (London Observer).
Many Faces of Gender Inequality: Gender inquality around the world has several aspects and severe consequences (Amartya Sen, Frontline [Delhi]).
Boston Group Sues to Allow Generic Cipro: Bayer paid three generic drug manufacturers to keep generic ciprofloxacin off the American market (Liz Kowalczyk, Boston Globe).
House Stimulus Plan: This is Unity?: For Republicans, tax breaks for corporations are much more important than almost anything (Matthew Miller, Tribune Media Services).
Farewell Tuvalu: One of the world's smallest countries is starting to pay the ultimate price for global warming (Andrew Simms, The Guardian).

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