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Caregivers demand voice in patient care
December 10, 2004Some 7,000 nurses, food service staff, housekeepers, clerks, lab technicians and other health care workers at 13 northern California Sutter hospitals returned to their jobs Dec. 6 after the company had locked them out for four...
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International notes
December 10, 2004Chile: Pinochet faces new probe The Court of Appeal Dec. 2 stripped former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet of legal immunity in connection with the 1974 murder of Gen. Carlos Prats, who preceded him as army chief....
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Ibero-American summit: Cuba is not alone
December 10, 2004Many of the resolutions passed at the 14th Ibero-American summit ending Nov. 26 in San Jose, Costa Rica, were of special significance for Cuba. The fact that positions introduced or backed by the Cuban delegation gained...
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New law aims to destabilize North Korea
December 10, 2004President Bush recently signed the “North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004” (NKHRA), which earmarks over $23 million dollars a year for what many see as interference in the internal affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic...
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Texas gov. halts womans execution
December 10, 2004HOUSTON — On Dec. 1 Texas Gov. Rick Perry agreed with a rare recommendation from his state parole board that he intervene and stop a Harris County woman from being executed by lethal injection. With only...
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