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Z PEACE D LONDON: TENS of thousands turned out on the Stop the War Coalition demonstration on March 18 to mark the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. The size of this march along with the thousands who protested at the visit of Condoleezza Rice (below) shows that there is still plenty of life in the anti-war movement, and a strong opposition to any offensive against Iran. Not one more drop Fein and the British security services was shot dead at his home in Ireland.

The IRA has denied responsibility and Donaldson's family have discouraged politicians from playing politics with his death. At a recent conference, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern have called for devolution to begin on May 15 in the North of Ireland. If Sinn Fein and the DUP fail to elect an executive or form a multi-party government, they have threatened to withdraw salaries for all members. Washington, DC Recent allegations have surfaced as a part of the testimony of Vice President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff, 'Scooter' Libby, that President Bush was the person responsible for leaking FBI agent Valerie Plame's name to the media as a result of her husband's outspoken comments on Iraq.

Many see this as a further blow to Bush whose approval ratings are at an all time low and who, in the past month has seen the resignation of his chief of staff Andrew Card, the sentencing of lobbyist Jack Abramoff to six years in prison, and the announcement by Senate majority leader Tom Delay that he will be resigning from Congress in the next few months. The governments of Argentina and Uruguay have WSF in Karachi