International
WORLD NOTES: July 12
July 11, 2008Egypt: ‘Emergency’ rule goes on Parliament voted June 30 to extend emergency rule, in place since 1981, for two more years. In 2006, President Hosni Mubarak’s government promised that after two years of discussion new antiterrorism...
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Honoring Nelson Mandela at 90
July 11, 2008Statesmen, royalty and major world figures in business, sports and entertainment celebrated the life of South African anti-apartheid and national liberation leader Nelson Mandela during a Hyde Park concert in London, June 27. The event honored...
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Unions say free trade pact would stoke Colombia strife
July 11, 2008Teamsters Union president James Hoffa and Jorge Gamboa, president of the National Petroleum Workers Union of Colombia, warn that ratifying the U.S.-Colombia “free trade” agreement would continue the long civil war that results in hostage-taking there....
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EDITORIAL: Ending the war for oil
July 11, 2008In 2002, this newspaper issued a bumper sticker that read, “No War for Oil.” Events show how “on target” we were. Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq, U.S. oil company representatives were installed as “advisers” in...
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Questions about the India-U.S. nuclear deal
July 11, 2008The drama is rising over a proposed U.S.-India nuclear pact. India’s left-wing parties, which hold 60 seats in Parliament, are united in opposition to the deal and have managed to thwart it for months. But they...
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