• Unlikely Coalition May Block Iraq War Supplemental
• Israel's First Kibbutz to be Privatized
• Serbia's War Crimes Prosecutions
• Kenya's Food Crisis May Mean Starvation
• Wind Energy Producer Tax Initiatives

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• Situation in Beirut Escalates
• Fresh Attacks on Gaza
• Siege on Sadr City Continues
• 300 Peruvians Face Criminal Charges After a Successful Referendum Effort Against a Mining Company
• Argentine Farmers on Strike Again

Although the House continues to move on the latest Iraq War supplemental, it could be blocked by an unlikely coalition of conservative blue dogs Democrats and liberal Democrats. As FSRN's Karen Miller reports from Capital Hill, the two groups oppose the measure for very different reasons.

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When the state of Israel was created 60 years ago, its founders were socialists as well as Zionists, and one of the most famous experiments was the kibbutz: a commune, usually a collective farm where no one owned property or earned money, and everyone worked for the good of the group. Yet many Kibbutzim have abandoned communal ideals and moved towards individualism, some are even being privatized – like the very first Kibbutz, Degania. Irris Makler traveled there and spoke to the daughter of one of the founders about this new reality.

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It's been a decade since the end of the ethnic conflicts that raged across the former Yugoslavia, which claimed the lives of thousands of people. Since that time, war crime tribunals and courts have been operating with varying success. FSRN's Amy Miller brings us this story on the state of the war crimes prosecutions within Serbia.

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A bill to extend tax credits for wind energy production is currently wrangled in a political debate. Industry experts say investment in the young industry will be damaged, unless Congress extends the tax credit soon. FSRN Correspondent Matt Laslo reports from Washington.

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• Clinton Vows to Stick it Out
• Burma's Need for Aid Must Transcend Political Rhetoric
• Violence in Beirut over Lebanon's Internal Crisis
• Conflict Threatens Peace in the Caucus Region
• Demonstrations Against the Acquittal of Three Officers Found Innocent in Sean Bell Case
• IVAW's Warrior Writers

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• $195 Billion War Supplemental to Head to the Floor of Congress
• San Diego Mayor Calls For Investigation into Blackwater Base Permit
• Colombia Extradites Former Paramilitary Leader to US
• Former Political Prisoner Assassinated in El Salvador