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January 27, 2006

Palestine: Despite obstacles, heavy turnout Despite severe restrictions imposed by the Israeli Occupation Forces, Palestinians voted in record numbers in Jan. 25 elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Tension was high in east Jerusalem where Israeli...

Worlds minorities often targets of war on terror

January 27, 2006

UNITED NATIONS — Ethnic and religious minorities accounted for more than 75 percent of those targeted in war worldwide last year, according a report released Jan. 19. The Bush administration’s “war on terror,” says the report,...

Morales takes office in Bolivia

January 27, 2006

Bolivia’s president-elect Evo Morales Aima, left, vice-president Alvaro Garcia Linera, center, and economist Carlos Villegas show an analysis their transition team performed inside governmental institutions of the departing government. Morales, the farmers’ leader and head of...

Iraqi unions launch united struggle

January 27, 2006 By Susan Webb

Iraq’s labor movement has formed a united permanent coordinating committee to “make its positions known” to the Iraqi government, and to challenge the dictates of international financial institutions like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Cuba to play in World Baseball Classic

January 27, 2006

After receiving pressure from Major League Baseball, the players’ association and the baseball commissioner’s office, the U.S. Treasury Department said Jan. 20 it would grant a license to the Cuban national baseball team, allowing its participation...