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Today in history: A joke from the USSR for April Fools’ Day
April 1, 2015I heard the following joke in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, then part of the USSR, as was Moldavia.
Read moreBlockupy movement blossoms in Frankfurt
March 31, 2015Blockupy gathered disparate groups into a solid force, not only on the question of Greece but against the highway robbery tactics of the powerful private German banks.
Read moreFascists at the gate in Greece
March 30, 2015Golden Dawn - with its Holocaust denial, its swastikas, and Hitler salutes - makes it look like it inhabits the fringe, but it has roots that make it dangerous.
Read moreWhy is U.S. media silent on Colombia’s child rape report?
March 27, 2015U.S. military soldiers and contractors sexually abused at least 54 children in Colombia between 2003 and 2007 and the rapists were never punished.
Read moreMixed results in Salvador vote: Big win for FMLN in capital
March 26, 2015Those familiar with the process attribute delays to the complexity of the ballots and a new system of voting and weighing votes.
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