World
Just the tip of the iceberg
December 21, 2007With the just completed Bali conference, the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize to Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, special reports in many newspapers and magazines, demonstrations in 50 countries on global...
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African nations show unity at Lisbon summit
December 21, 2007News Analysis African leaders displayed an exceptional degree of unity at the European-African summit held in Lisbon, Portugal, on Dec. 8-9. The trade issues, which prompted the first meeting of its kind in seven years, were...
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Chiquita in the dock for murder
December 21, 2007For lawyer Terry Collingwood, capital punishment has its place, especially if it means “the death of a truly evil corporation.” The reference was to Ohio-based Chiquita Corp., which last March pleaded guilty to making 100 payments...
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On the Bali conference and building a new society
December 20, 2007Havana, Dec. 17, 2007 The news about the Bali conference confirms the importance of the international agreements and the necessity of taking them very seriously. On that small island of Indonesia, there was a meeting of...
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ANC meet: South Africa at crossroads
December 19, 2007POLOKWANE, South Africa — Progress was a central theme of South African President Thabo Mbeki’s address to the 52nd National Conference of the African National Congress, which opened here Dec. 16, in the capital of South...
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