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WORLD NOTES: January 17

January 9, 2009

Peru: Witchhunt builds Late last month Judge Omar Pimentel ruled that 13 labor and leftist political leaders would be confined to their homes during a 15-day investigation period. They included Renan Raffo Munoz, head of the...

Why do they hate Cuba?

January 8, 2009

The U.S. government assumes that regular rules don’t apply to Cuba. Take for example the arms shipments proceeding from Honduras to Florida. Neither the U.S. military nor a military contractor is involved. Instead, Sanco Global Arms...

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza

January 8, 2009

A sampling of reports indicate the shocking toll on civilians in Gaza: World Health Organization, Jan. 5: Two shells hit 15 meters from Al Awda hospital’s emergency room. A nurse sustained severe head injuries. Three mobile...

U.S. hidden role in Hamas rise to power

January 6, 2009

Reposted from AlterNet, www.alternet.org. The United States bears much of the blame for the ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip and nearby parts of Israel. Indeed, were it not for misguided Israeli and American policies, Hamas...

Israel: Over 150,000 protest Gaza military operation

January 6, 2009

Over 150,000 people demonstrated Jan. 3 in Israel against Operation Cast Lead: in the northern Arab town of Sakhnin and in Tel-Aviv. The demonstration in Sakhnin was, by far, the biggest such protest in Israel. According...