World
All out for five-day push to free Cuban 5
May 29, 2013The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 has been organizing events in Washington D.C. and around the country to up pressure to "Free the Five" with the next one coming up starting Friday,...
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Venezuela to pay pensions to full-time mothers
May 28, 2013The Chavistas' new labor law gives "recognition to non-salaried work traditionally done by women," part of the struggle towards economic redistribution.
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South Africa: Guptagate and the class nature of corruption
May 28, 2013The so-called Guptagate scandal that has gripped South Africa over the past month has further exposed the scale of corruption dogging the ruling ANC. President Zuma was reportedly incandescent with rage.
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Court throws out Guatemala genocide verdict
May 24, 2013The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on May 20 threw out the guilty verdict of General Efrain Rios-Montt on technical grounds, plunging the whole country into a state of new insecurity.
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Israelis rally for peace protester
May 23, 2013Dozens of supporters of Israeli conscientious objector Natan Blanc demonstrated outside military headquarters on Tuesday.
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