"Rebels Return to 'Cleared' Areas"

Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor

FALLUJAH — In Fallujah, US forces are going through 50,000 houses one by one. But
Iraqi insurgents are coming back.

The embers in the house were still hot from
the fire of battle when Cpl. Joshua Richard went in to view the remains
of the insurgents who killed a fellow US marine.

At the base of the stairs — the same dark place where Lance Cpl. Blake
Magaoay of Pearl City, Hawaii, had fallen in a burst of rifle fire —
Corporal Richard harangued the burnt Iraqi corpse."You got what you
wanted, didn't you?" he sneered, referring to the Marine casualties.

Housing Developers Burn Down NYC Community Center

Bronx, NY December 2, 2004 — Thirty residents of Casa Del Sol, a
community center in the South Bronx, are homeless after a fire
partially destroyed their building and sent 16 firefighters to the
hospital. Residents blame ACORN, a development group, for allowing the
fire to burn five hours after police evicted the building's residents.

"The circumstances are incredibly suspicious," says former Casa Del
Sol resident Joleene Martin. "The fire happened under their watch. I
blame them for either negligence or malice. Either way, it's their
fault."

Oread Daily writes:

"A Spine for Senator Specter, More BS From Bush"
Oread Daily

Yesterday, on the morning before World AIDS Day, AIDS activists from ACT UP Philadelphia delivered a giant spine to the home of Senator Arlen Specter to demand that he find the integrity and strength to stand up to the Bush Administration’s attacks on AIDS prevention programs as well as funding cuts against the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

“Arlen Specter talks a great talk about global AIDS, but last week he caved in to pressure from the Bush Administration and cut funding for the Global AIDS Fund,” said ACT UP’s Jose DeMarco. “This cowardly cut happened during the Global Fund’s Board meeting in Tanzania, where African heads of state and people with AIDS from all over the world were insisting that a new round of grants for life-saving programs be launched.”

"Kerry Team Seeks to Join Fight to Get Ohio County to Recount"

Brian Faler, Washington Post

Sen. John F. Kerry's presidential campaign asked an Ohio judge yesterday to allow it to join a legal fight there over whether election officials in one county may sit out the state's impending recount.

A pair of third-party presidential candidates, who said that reports of problems at the polls on Election Day are not being addressed, are forcing the Buckeye State to recount its entire presidential vote. But David A. Yost, a lawyer for Delaware County, just outside Columbus, won a temporary restraining order last week blocking any recount there. He told the Columbus Dispatch that a second count would be a poor use of county resources. President Bush won the mostly Republican area handily, unofficial results show.