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At Bush-Calderon-Harper summit Security, prosperity for whom?
May 10, 2008NewsAnalysis Last month’s summit in New Orleans brought together President Bush, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, all right wingers, for the fourth meeting of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of the...
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Blogging from India #9 People’s Theater goes right to the workers of Delhi
April 15, 2008DELHI, India — Some evenings you will see a small jeep driving around this city full of a half dozen amateur actors and actresses dedicated to the education and rights of the working class.
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Zimbabwe awaits final election outcome
April 11, 2008After waiting more than a week for official results of the March 29 presidential elections, Zimbabweans still do not know whether Robert Mugabe, the only leader most have ever known, will step aside or face his...
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Blogging from India #7 Meet the Communist governor of West Bengal
April 9, 2008COIMBATORE, India — West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya is a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and attended the party's 19th Congress here in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Blogging from India #6 Cotton mills of Tirupur
April 8, 2008TIRUPUR, India — Just a few miles from Coimbatore is the heart of the textile and garment industry in India, the city of Tirupur. The city has gone from the heartbeat of the industry for the...
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