International
Israel ‘committed war crimes in Gaza’
July 4, 2009Original source: Amnesty has accused the Israeli military of 'reckless conduct, disregard for civilian lives and a consistent failure to distinguish between military targets and civilians.' In the first in-depth report by a rights group on...
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Workers Uniting condemns military coup in Honduras
July 3, 2009Urges suspension of all military aid PITTSBURGH and LONDON, July 1 -- Workers Uniting, the international union comprised of the North American-based United Steelworkers and UK-based Unite the Union and representing 3.5 million workers, stands in...
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China, not Cheney, is now big player in Iraq’s oil
July 3, 2009Attention Dick Cheney: Anyone who thought that by invading Iraq the U.S. would get a lock on Iraq's oil has another think coming. Yesterday, Iraq’s cabinet approved a deal with the China National Petroleum Corporation and...
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Nicaraguan Alexis Arguello, world boxing legend, dies at 57
July 3, 2009Alexis Arguello, 57, a three-time world champion boxer and national sports legend from Nicaragua, died July 1. Arguello was elected mayor of the country’s capital city of Managua last year from the current governing Sandinista Party....
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A grasshopper a day …
July 3, 2009A woman eats a fried grasshopper Monday in Hague, the Netherlands, June 29, 2009. Gerda Verburg, Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands presented Monday the Cabinet Note on Sustainable Food. It is...
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