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Okinawa’s administrator of land for U.S. military use decides to refuse to renew lease agreement
March 28, 2009(Akahata is published by the Communist Party of Japan) The organization administering land for U.S. military use in the Igei District of Kin Town, Okinawa, on March 22 unanimously decided not to renew the land-lease agreement...
Read moreConverting water into a commodity is the dominant trend
March 28, 2009(l'Humanite) Translated by Anatoli Ricardo Petrella, Secretary General of the International Committee for the Global Water Contract, condemns transnational business groups trying to grab the vital asset. Q: What do you think of the United Nations’...
Read moreWORLDNOTES: India, Iraq, Southern Africa, Turkey, Haiti, Cuba
March 27, 2009India: New left electoral coalition formed Before general elections starting April 16, nine left parties met March 15 to shape a coalition to oppose both the centrist alliance headed by the Congress Party, in power since...
Read moreNorthern Ireland unites to prevent return of The Troubles
March 27, 2009BELFAST, N. Ireland — Several thousand Catholics and Protestants united in a silent protest here after last month’s killing of two soldiers and a policeman two days later. Two other soldiers and two pizza delivery men...
Read moreVisa campaign launched for Cuban Five families
March 27, 2009Prisoners need to see their families. The United Nations Human Rights Commission urges a minimum standard that prisoners be allowed “regular” communication with family “by correspondence and by receiving visits.” The International Free the Five Committee...
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