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Fear of the German left affects defense policy
February 12, 2008What a difference a party on the left can have! US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, at the annual International Security Conference in Munich stepped up pressure on Germany to send more troops to Afghanistan and...
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Belarus to host 17th World Festival of Youth and Students
February 9, 2008The General Council of the World Federation of Democratic Youth decided last weekend that Belarus would host the World Festival of Youth and Students in 2009. The goal of these festivals is to promote peace, international...
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Co-ops transform Venezuela
February 8, 2008For over a decade, an abandoned refilling station owned by Venezuelan oil company PDVSA in western Caracas was a place of death. Community residents said it was a place where women were raped, murdered bodies dumped...
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Letters – Feb. 9, 2008
February 8, 2008Disappointed on ‘Juno’ Reading the review of “Juno” (PWW 1/26-2/1) I was disappointed to see a couple major issues not addressed. This movie seems to prove that “well-received and cute” have little to do with the...
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Seeking justice after Suharto
February 8, 2008Indonesia’s former dictator General Suharto died in bed last month and not in jail, escaping justice for his numerous crimes in Indonesia and East Timor, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) charged. One of...
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