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Right wing suffers election setback in Japan
August 10, 2007Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ultra-right Liberal Democratic Party suffered a devastating loss in the elections to Japan’s House of Councilors July 29, becoming a minority party in the process. The shift was stunning. The LDP...
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Sudanese rebels, minus a few, unite for talks
August 10, 2007WASHINGTON (IPS) — Leaders of Darfur’s fractious rebel groups have settled on a common negotiating position following a four-day round of talks in Tanzania, United Nations and African Union mediators announced Aug. 6. The rebels hope...
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Kucinich stands up for child citizens
August 10, 2007Last week, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) became the first 2008 presidential candidate to co-sponsor a bill that protects U.S.-born children from being forcibly separated from their parents who face deportation. The Child Citizen Protection Act, HR...
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Auto giants have the money, workers say
August 10, 2007BELVIDERE, Ill. — As the United Auto Workers and the Big Three car companies hammer out a new contract, Tom Daniels is one of many thousands of workers who realize that the drive to cut wages...
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Justice, finally, in police beating case
August 10, 2007MILWAUKEE — Three white former city police officers were convicted July 27 on federal charges of beating to near death a biracial man, Frank Jude Jr. A fourth suspended officer, Ryan Packard, was acquitted. The beating...
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