News – Page 4704 – People's World

Visas requested for families of the Cuban Five

March 24, 2009

Original source: On April 10, family members of the Cuban Five imprisoned in the United States have an appointment in the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, Cuba, to request their visas. This will be the tenth...

World Notes: India, Iraq, Turkey, Haiti and Cuba

March 24, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

India: New left electoral coalition is formed Iraq: Marshland crisis continues Southern Africa: Trade talks contentious Haiti: Aristide party fights for election participation Cuba: Bonds tightened with Central America

GUINEA-BISSAU: Teachers strike over non-pay

March 24, 2009 By Special to People’s World

BISSAU (IRIN) -- Intermittent teacher strikes that have disrupted the school year since October 2008 are on again as most of the country’s teachers went on strike on 19 March over salary arrears, according to the...

Tucker Carlson’s jerk store

March 24, 2009 By Jamison Foser

In the Seinfeld episode 'The Comeback,' George Costanza is embarrassed by his inability to think of a response to a co-worker who made fun of his overconsumption of shrimp cocktail by saying, 'Hey George, the ocean...

An American outrage: Bernie, AIG, and us

March 24, 2009 By Walter Brasch And Rosemary Brasch

There have now been more than 4,000 deaths and 30,000 casualties of American military in the war in Iraq. More than 100,000 Iraqis and others, most of them civilian, have also been killed in what is...