Opinion
Zimbabwe awaits final election outcome
April 11, 2008After waiting more than a week for official results of the March 29 presidential elections, Zimbabweans still do not know whether Robert Mugabe, the only leader most have ever known, will step aside or face his...
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Blogging from India #7 Meet the Communist governor of West Bengal
April 9, 2008COIMBATORE, India — West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya is a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and attended the party's 19th Congress here in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Blogging from India #6 Cotton mills of Tirupur
April 8, 2008TIRUPUR, India — Just a few miles from Coimbatore is the heart of the textile and garment industry in India, the city of Tirupur. The city has gone from the heartbeat of the industry for the...
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Blogging from India
April 5, 2008HYDERABAD, India — As I arrived at the Begumpet airport here, part of a two-person delegation of the Communist Party USA, we were greeted by a delegation of bank workers and members of their union.
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Chicago students march against gun violence
April 2, 2008News and analysis Turning grief and shock to anger and action, hundreds of Chicago high school students, teachers, administrators, parents and elected officials rallied here April 1 against the crisis of gun violence plaguing the city....
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