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December 22, 2006Latvia: Occupying powers at odds over Afghanistan At a NATO leaders’ conference held in Riga, Latvia, in early December, French, German, Italian, and Spanish delegates rejected the Bush administration’s plan to open up the organization to...
Read moreCPUSA leaders return from China, Vietnam
December 22, 2006A Communist Party USA delegation to China and Vietnam returned to the United States on Dec. 12 with a wealth of political and cultural experiences they say they hope to share with the U.S. public in...
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December 22, 2006Five Cuban men — the “Cuban Five” — have been in U.S. jails for over eight years. They were seeking to expose organizers of terrorism against Cuba. The appeal process has not yet run its course....
Read moreWinds of change buffet U.S. Cuba policies
December 22, 2006The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced recently that film director Oliver Stone and four associates would pay a $6,322 fine for traveling to Cuba. Stone’s film crew had been in Cuba in...
Read moreJournalists, singers: Stop corp. media grab
December 22, 2006NASHVILLE, Tenn. — “We gather here with a goal — to protect this country’s democracy by ensuring that many independent, credible voices are heard on our nation’s airwaves and in the press,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch investigative...
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