World
Send greetings to the Cuban Five
December 23, 2008We take the occasion of the beginning of a new year to urge readers to write to the Cuban Five. Antonio, Fernando, Gerardo, Rene and Ramon have been in U.S. federal prisons for ten years. They...
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WORLDNOTES December 20, 2008
December 22, 2008Morocco: EU aid promotes trade, military power Parliament recently doubled 2009 defense spending to 16 percent of state expenses, at the same time the EU is increasing financial assistance to 190 million euros.
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Iraqi CP opens new office in Sadr City
December 20, 2008This is pretty impressive, and probably will not get reported in The New York Times or other commercial media. Iraqi Letter reports: A new office for the Iraqi Communist Party was opened in Al-Thawra City (Sadr...
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Japan’s Communist Party grows during economic crisis
December 20, 2008Japanese Communist Party Chair (JCP) Shii Kazuo on December 14th appeared on TV Asahi's 'Sunday Project' program that aired live. In the interview, he answered questions as to why the JCP is attracting attention now and...
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Cuba celebrates UN Human Rights Day 60th anniversary
December 17, 2008If scant Internet postings and newspaper coverage indicate anything, the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Dec. 10 — designated each year as Human Rights Day — passed almost unnoticed in the...
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