DENVER - August 28 - Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) led a non-violent march of 8,000 allies, including members of Rage Against the Machine, to the front entrance of the Pepsi Center. There they delivered a letter containing their three points of unity to the Obama campaign's veteran staff. IVAW's three points of unity are:

1. Immediate withdrawal of all occupying forces from Iraq
2. Full benefits and healthcare for returning veterans
3. Reparations to the Iraqi people

IVAW is calling on Senator Obama to allow an IVAW representative to read the letter to the delegates.

DENVER - August 26 -
When: 3:15 pm Tuesday, August 26
Where: Denver Police Department, W. 13th Ave & Cherokee St.

DENVER - August 26 - A member of the women's peace group, CODEPINK, was arrested near 12 p.m. today, moments before the beginning of a demonstrator's march here during the Democratic National Convention.

Alicia Forrest, 24, of Los Angeles, had witnessed the arrest of an unidentified man in the street near the Denver Civic Center Park when she and others nearby asked police why the man was being arrested. Police then arrested Forrest and transported her to the warehouse processing center in Denver, according to city officials.

GAZA CITY - August 26 - The SS Free Gaza and SS Liberty will leave Gaza for Cyprus on Thursday morning at 9:00 am. Several Palestinian students who have been denied exit visas by Israel will travel to Cyprus on the boats. One Palestinian professor will finally be able to go back to teaching in Europe and one young, Palestinian woman will finally be reunited with her husband.

WASHINGTON - August 25 - Professor, former political prisoner and political economist Minqi Li states there is a consensus in China's ruling elite and party leadership that the country should move ahead in terms of capitalist development, neo-liberalism, and globalization, as well as international development without challenging American hegemony.

DENVER - August 25 - Members of Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), a national organization of military families opposed to the war in Iraq, will be in Denver, CO this week during the Democratic National Convention to bring party leaders the message that they want the next President to bring all U.S. troops home from Iraq quickly and safely and give them the care they need when they return.

The organization will bring the same message to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN next week.

Members available for interview include:

WASHINGTON - August 22 - Reuters reports today: "International activists departed from Cyprus by boat on Friday in an attempt to run an Israeli sea blockade on 1.4 million Palestinians in Gaza. The 44 activists sailed from the port of Larnaca in two wooden boats ... Hailing from 14 countries, they said they expected to reach the shores of Gaza, patrolled by the Israeli navy, on Saturday."

A recent article in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz was headlined "Israel may use force to halt boat trying to break Gaza siege."