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‘Underlying conditions’ for Honduras coup?
July 1, 2009The generals, oligarchs and corrupt politicians who perpetrated Sunday’s coup d’état against Honduran president Manuel Zelaya are beginning to sweat as militant demonstrations and strikes continue in the capital of Tegucigalpa and elsewhere, as stories of...
Read moreAt White House Pride event, Obama vows to advance LGBT equality
July 1, 2009In an unprecedented White House gathering of gay and lesbian leaders and activists on Monday, President Obama strongly affirmed his commitment to enacting equality legislation and overturning discriminatory laws and policies.
Read moreApologizing for the rich aint what it used to be!
July 1, 2009In the good old days one of the most enviable of jobs was that of a commentator or writer whose responsibility it was to explain to us in the mass audience why rich people are so...
Read moreShanghai construction disaster leads to arrests
July 1, 2009Original source: Shanghai authorities have announced that they are holding nine people in an investigation into why a nearly completed block of flats collapsed, killing one worker. The incident on Saturday was an embarrassment for Shanghai's...
Read moreQueer parade defies anachronistic Indian law
July 1, 2009NEW DELHI, Jun 30 (IPS) - 'Not all females are women,' reads a poster emblazoned in red. 'I am the pink sheep of my family!' is the message on another, while a third, very cheekily proclaims,...
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