International – Page 179

Today in eco-history: World Health Day founded

April 7, 2014 By Special to People’s World

World Health Day is seen as an opportunity to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year.

Japan ordered to end whale hunt

April 4, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Currently, Japan's whaling program is killing about 1,000 whales a year under the guise of "scientific purposes."

Open letter urges Congress to get all the facts on Venezuela

April 3, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Celebrities, activists, academics and lawyers issued an open letter, Mar. 28, to Congress urging members to oppose any sanctions on Venezuela and to get all the facts on the situation there.

Iraq duty may have affected Fort Hood shooter

April 3, 2014 By Kelly Sinclair

His rampage ended during a stand-off with a military policewoman when Lopez took his own life.

U.S. secretly built “Cuban Twitter” to stir unrest

April 3, 2014 By Desmond Butler And Jack Gillum

The U.S. built a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba, built with secret shell companies and financed through foreign banks.