International
Peace, health care and Cuba
June 17, 2009Dr. Bernard Lown’s work, both political and medical, has been dedicated to peace. He developed the cardiac defibrillator to restart arrested hearts and invented cardio-version to fix cardiac rhythm disturbances. To help prevent nuclear war ―...
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GM crops should not just be dismissed, nor just accepted
June 17, 2009CAPE TOWN, Jun 16 (IPS) - After a protracted court battle of seven years, a small South African environmental organisation won a major legal victory against the multinational agri-chemical and seed giant Monsanto. In a judgment...
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Communists call on state for back-up
June 17, 2009Original source: India's largest communist party has urged New Delhi to rush paramilitary forces to a district in West Bengal that has been overrun by Maoist guerillas. The Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M), which...
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Iran’s Tudeh Party warns of ploy to suppress peoples movement
June 17, 2009Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s call for a review of last Friday’s voting “is only a tactical retreat for a new offensive” against the widening mass movement for reform, Iran’s Tudeh Party warns. In a June 15...
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Good? Bad? Netanyahu speech draws mixed reactions
June 17, 2009Was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s much-reported speech Sunday a step forward or just more of the same? The reactions have been mixed.
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