World
South India voters reject BJP
May 21, 2013Indian voters rejected the reactionary Hindu-nationalist party, known as the BJP, in a recent state election. The huge loss spells trouble for the ultra-right party in the 2014 national elections.
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Is the world of advertising swallowing Russia?
May 17, 2013Moscow seems engulfed by the modern world of advertising; the signs, ads and billboards sometimes remind me of Times Square.
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Americans ride to free the Cuban Five
May 15, 2013On Sunday, May 5, two Americans rode their bikes in a 40-mile ride that passed through over 20 different towns in the area of Lake Como, Italy.
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Cuban Five’s Rene Gonzalez freed, push continues
May 13, 2013Rene Gonzalez, one of the "Cuban Five" who have been imprisoned in the United States since 1998, is now free and back in Cuba.
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Ex-Guatemalan dictator found guilty of genocide
May 13, 2013A three-judge panel headed by Judge Jazmin Barrios sentenced him to 80 years in prison.
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