International – Page 280

Workers strike to support occupation

July 25, 2009

Original source: South Korean trade unions have kicked off a general strike in support of striking workers who have occupied a Pyeongtaek car factory for over two months. The 700,000-strong Korean Confederation of Trade Unions reported...

Peace U.S.A. and the Obama election

July 24, 2009

Judith LeBlanc is the national organizing co-ordinator of United for Peace and Justice, the largest US national peace coalition, and a national vice-president of the Communist Party, USA. She is in Australia at the invitation of...

Big turnout expected in hotly contested Iraqi Kurdistan vote

July 24, 2009 By Susan Webb

Special elections that began Thursday morning in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region are considered the hottest since the first Kurdish parliamentary elections in 1992.

Letter from New Orleans: Friendshipment winds its way to Cuba

July 23, 2009

The 20th Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba is making its way to the U.S.-Mexico border, picking up humanitarian aid along the way and educating the public about why the U.S. should normalize relations with Cuba. But the...

Missing iPhone led to employee’s suicide

July 23, 2009

A 25-year-old employee of a leading Taiwanese electronics manufacturer allegedly committed suicide after he was blamed for the disappearance of a sample iPhone mobile phone. Sun Danyong was suspected of stealing a model of the popular...