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The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.7 million last year, and the median household income declined by 1.1 percent, the Census Bureau reported today. The worsening economic conditions fell heaviest on Midwesterners and nonwhites.

It was the second straight year of adverse changes in both poverty and income, the first two-year downturn since the early 1990's.

The father of a soldier killed in Iraq accused President George Bush yesterday of being responsible for his son's death.
Fernando Suarez, whose 20-year-old son, Jesus, was one of the first fatalities, said: "My son died because Bush lied."

Mr Suarez, from Escondido, California, speaking at a press conference to publicise tomorrow's anti-war demonstrations in eight US cities, said that about 1,300 parents of troops stationed in Iraq were involved in a movement against the oc cupation. "It is time for these troops to come home," said Mr Suarez. "Neither my wife nor my family want more children to die in this illegal war. We are no less patriotic for wanting peace. Bush wants $87bn [£52m] for this war, but what does he give us for our schools?" he asked.

It has a mailing list that Karl Rove, the man credited with making George Bush presidential, would kill for. It has a power to mobilise greater than top-up fees, the Countryside Alliance or even the poll tax. And it will be there today at the barricaded entrance to Downing Street, reminding its occupant how disliked he has become.
If the prime minster is there, he will see himself depicted as the ace of spades in a new political pack of cards - Clare Short is the joker - along with his name, misspelled to read: B Liar.

In two years the Stop the War Coalition has been the fastest growing political movement in Britain. It has spawned 500 affiliated groups. There is Dover and Deal Stop the War, and Salisbury Stop the War. Almost every national trade union is affiliated. It is also Britain's most diverse movement. From schoolchild to pensioner, Muslim to Jew, religious to secular, communist to conservative, from shire to inner city, this single issue campaign has a demographic reach political campaigners could only lust after.

Anti-war activists who visited Iraq before the US invasion have discovered that they could face up to 12 years in prison and $1m in fines.
Although travel firms now tout adventure tours to a country that is a temporary home to 150,000 US troops, scores of American protesters have been warned they risk fines or imprisonment for violating a prewar travel ban.

During the past few weeks a retired schoolteacher in her 60s and a number of other activists have received warnings from the US treasury that they could face punishment for travelling to Iraq.

"When I came back from Iraq I had a letter from the treasury threatening up to 12 years in prison and up to $1m [£620,000] in fines," said Faith Fippinger, 62...

Ms Fippinger said a treasury official had told her last week that if she agreed to pay, the fine would be reduced to $10,000.