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Germany: Another step toward left unity

December 21, 2005

BERLIN — There was virtually untroubled joy in September, when the new “Left,” consisting of two cooperating parties, received 4.2 million votes, 8.7 percent of the total, enabling it to send the unprecedented number of 54...

Sailor, peace activists outraged by Pentagon spying

December 21, 2005

Navy sailor Pablo Paredes and San Diego peace activists said they were outraged to learn of the domestic spying by the Department of Defense. NBC News revealed the Pentagon spying last week. A rally in support...

NYC heads for a transit strike

December 20, 2005

On the evening of Dec. 15, just one hour before the contract expiration deadline, MTA board chairman and billionaire real estate developer Peter Kalikow arrived at the negotiations. Kalikow presented what he later characterized as a...

Chilean Communists hold election balance

December 17, 2005

After its central committee met on Dec. 14, the Communist Party of Chile (CPC) put forth a number of minimum demands to the plurality-winning candidate Michelle Bachelet as a condition for support. Bachelet, candidate of the...

U.S. Senate rejects reauthorization of Patriot Act; a huge defeat for Bush

December 17, 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Friday rejected attempts to reauthorize several provisions of the USA Patriot Act as infringing too much on Americans' privacy and liberty, dealing a huge defeat to the U.S. administration and...