International – Page 510

The Beautiful Game

July 14, 2006

The 2006 World Cup has ended. Italy is world champion, France is second and Germany is third. No other world sporting event is truly an international tournament like soccer’s World Cup. The World Cup tournament began...

Washingtons long war against Cuba

July 14, 2006

Following up on a May 2004 report, the “U.S. Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba” issued an update that appeared on the State Department web site on June 20, but was not unveiled publicly until...

Demand rises for recount in Mexico

July 14, 2006

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Federal Electoral Institute has declared Felipe Calderon of the National Action Party (PAN) winner of the July 2 presidential election by the narrowest of margins. However, evidence is mounting that the election...

Bush retreat fails to silence demand: Close Guantanamo!

July 13, 2006

WASHINGTON — Fighters for justice and peace greeted a Pentagon memo asserting that 1,000 or more detainees at secret U.S. military prisons around the world are protected by the Geneva Conventions. They called for the closing...

Mumbai Blasts: Foil Heinous Aim of Terrorists

July 13, 2006

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement: The series of bomb blasts on the suburban railways in Mumbai is a vicious terrorist attack. The death toll has touched...