International
UN backs Puerto Ricos right to self determination
June 14, 2008The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization unanimously approved a resolution June 9 calling on the United States to allow the Puerto Rican people to exercise their right to self-determination and independence. The UN panel called...
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Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects need a miracle
June 14, 2008Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia told reporters this month he does not think an Israeli-Palestinian agreement can be reached this year “unless there is a miracle.”
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Worldnotes – June 14, 2008
June 14, 2008Germany: The Left Party sets course “The wind of history is in our sails,” Oscar Lafontaine proclaimed as 500 delegates of the Left Party, Germany’s third largest political party which evolved from the Socialist Unity Party...
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Court gives mixed decision on Cuban Five
June 14, 2008Declares no “top secret” info gathered, but upholds convictions In the complicated case of five Cuban men arrested on various charges of conspiracy almost 10 years ago, an appeals court upheld their convictions June 4, while...
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Israeli-Palestinian peace prospects need a miracle
June 12, 2008Palestinian negotiator Ahmed Qureia told reporters this month he does not think an Israeli-Palestinian agreement can be reached this year “unless there is a miracle.”
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