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15th Ibero-American Summit supports Cuba

October 21, 2005

Nineteen Latin American nations, plus Spain, Portugal and Andorra, sent high-level representatives to Salamanca, Spain, Oct. 14-15. The occasion was the 15th Ibero-American Summit. Cuba figured significantly in the proceedings. Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque, head...

Millions More Movement draws thousands to D.C.

October 21, 2005

Hurricane Katrina thrust racial disparities onto the nation’s political agenda and top civil rights leaders, fueled by outrage over the disaster, headed to Washington Oct. 15. The occasion was the 10th anniversary of Nation of Islam...

British playwright and war critic awarded Nobel Prize

October 21, 2005

In announcing the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature, Horace Engdahl, chairman of the Swedish Academy, said that British playwright Harold Pinter was an artist “who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces...

Good Night, and Good Luck a must see

October 21, 2005

With “Good Night, and Good Luck,” George Clooney proves once and for all he’s more than just a pretty face. With this film, his second as director, he shows himself to be smart, courageous, politically savvy...

Robert Owens money problem

October 21, 2005

New Lanark is one of the big tourist attractions in the south of Scotland. Designated a world heritage site by the UN, it is an almost perfectly preserved model industrial village run by Robert Owen 200...