International
Vietnam urges U.S. to act on Agent Orange clean up
September 13, 2009US funding promised to help clean up an airport contaminated by the wartime herbicide Agent Orange has not been disbursed fast enough, said a Vietnam official Sep. 8.
Read moreAmnesty International protests Cuba blockade
September 13, 2009Critics of U.S. bullying of Cuba often focus on issues at the periphery of the central manifestation of U.S. aggression. In recent years issues such as the Cuban Five, new travel ban rules and Bush plans...
Read moreSex-education effort raises storm clouds
September 13, 2009An attempt to help educators around the world develop sex-education programmes as a way to reduce unwanted pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young people has become bogged down in controversy.
Read moreHondurans call for Constituent Assembly
September 13, 2009The calling for a constituent assembly to change Honduras is one of the resistance'' main tasks, leaders of the movement told Prensa Latina.
Read moreAbbas urges unity against land grabs
September 13, 2009Tel Aviv announced on Monday that it has officially approved the construction of 366 new flats for Israeli settlers in illegal West Bank colonies.And Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said that he intends to approve about...
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