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Facebook becomes world’s 4th largest website
August 7, 2009Social networking phenomenon Facebook continues its rapid rise and has already become the fourth largest website in the world, technology blog TechCrunch reported on Tuesday.
Read moreCuba: Fullest possible social inclusion for the disabled
August 7, 2009SANTIAGO DE CUBA (IPS) - Arnoldo Ramón Virgilio’s legs are of little use to him, but he has a way with words that more than makes up for any physical limitations. He’s one of the outpatients...
Read moreUribe seeks to halt growing isolation
August 7, 2009Original source: Isolated Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has embarked off on a south American tour to defend his unpopular plans to expand the US military's presence in his country. Mr Uribe's decision to allow the Pentagon...
Read moreMoms organize for end to nuclear weapons
August 6, 2009Mothers deepen conviction that world is moving towards abolition of nuclear weapons The following is a reprint from Akahata, translated and reprinted by Japan Press, . About 17,500 mothers assembled in Kyoto City last month to...
Read moreJapan peace movement: Moving toward a world without nuclear weapons
August 6, 2009Following is an article published on July 23 by the peace issues team of the Japanese Communist Party’s People’s Movement Commission regarding the 2009 World Conference against A and H Bombs, August 3-9 in Hiroshima and...
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