International
Cuban Adjustment Act remains off the table
June 2, 2009The Obama administration recently proposed resuming semi-annual talks on Cuban migration to the United States. The State Department referred to “commitment to safe, legal and orderly migration” and to President Obama’s desire “to support the Cuban...
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Steelworkers walk out in France
May 30, 2009Steelworkers from the Fos-sur-Mer Arcelor Mittal plant demonstrate in Marseille, southern France, May 26. This was the fourth strike in recent months by French workers angry with the Sarkozy government’s handling of the economic crisis and...
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Woman gets jail for ‘American Idol’ stalking
May 30, 2009Xinhuanet -- An Australian woman who stalked 'American Idol' contestant Diana DeGarmo over the internet was sentenced to 26 months in prison Friday. Tanya Maree Quattrocchi, 23, from Melbourne hacked into the MySpace account of 2004...
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US hides sexual abuse in Abu Ghraib
May 30, 2009Washington, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The Pentagon sought to publish pictures on torture applied by the CIA in the prison of Abu Ghraib during the administration of George W. Bush, but President Barack Obama revoked its...
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Palestinians honor Holocaust victims
May 30, 2009RAMALLAH, May 29 (IPS) - On a cool and overcast day, a procession of grim-faced people filed silently past pictures of heaps of skeletons piled high, of emaciated survivors with blank stares corralled behind barbed wire,...
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