International
New green world waits in the wings
December 22, 2008Mid-December brought developments at global, national, state and local levels in the race to reverse global warming and grow the economy. California’s Air Resources Board, Dec. 11, unanimously passed a first-ever comprehensive blueprint to reach the...
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Iraqi CP opens new office in Sadr City
December 20, 2008This is pretty impressive, and probably will not get reported in The New York Times or other commercial media. Iraqi Letter reports: A new office for the Iraqi Communist Party was opened in Al-Thawra City (Sadr...
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Japan’s Communist Party grows during economic crisis
December 20, 2008Japanese Communist Party Chair (JCP) Shii Kazuo on December 14th appeared on TV Asahi's 'Sunday Project' program that aired live. In the interview, he answered questions as to why the JCP is attracting attention now and...
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Iraq, Blackwater and shoes
December 17, 2008More than a year after Blackwater USA security guards sprayed a busy Baghdad intersection with bullets, killing 17 Iraqi civilians and wounding others, the U.S. Justice Department finally filed criminal charges against the gunmen on Dec....
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Cuba celebrates UN Human Rights Day 60th anniversary
December 17, 2008If scant Internet postings and newspaper coverage indicate anything, the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Dec. 10 — designated each year as Human Rights Day — passed almost unnoticed in the...
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