World
Netanyahu out of step with Obama
May 19, 2009JERUSALEM, (IPS) - A day before he enters what some Middle East analysts are calling not the Oval office but the lion's den, Benjamin Netanyahu, re-incarnated as Israel's leader, is determined not to be easy meat...
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Tamil Tigers surrender
May 19, 2009Colombo, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Sri Lanka''s Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on Sunday have admitted their defeat after almost three decades of long and bloody conflict that killed almost 80,000 people. In a statement...
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Alarcon: Cuba respects sexual diversity
May 19, 2009Havana, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Cuban National Assembly (Parliament), Ricardo Alarcon, said the essence of Socialism is the inclusion rather than exclusion of people for their sexual orientation or religion. Alarcon spoke...
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Cuba celebrates gay rights
May 19, 2009Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter led thousands of citizens in a street dance in central Havana on Saturday to promote gay rights. Cuban Sex Education Center director Mariela Castro kicked off a programme of events promoting...
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Congress wins big in India
May 18, 2009In what was called a spectacular win, the Indian National Congress and its allies stormed back to power in parliament May 16. Pundits had predicted a much closer election than actually emerged as the country’s voters...
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