International – Page 571

As Iraq death toll rises, so do war profits

December 19, 2003 By Tim Wheeler

WASHINGTON – As the roster of dead and wounded in Iraq grows longer, George W. Bush is pleading that the people of this country stay the course despite admissions by his administration that the occupation has...

Imperialism behind coup in Georgia Imperialism behind coup in Georgia

December 19, 2003 By Greg Godwin

Since the invasion and occupation of Iraq, it has become fashionable to characterize U.S. foreign policy as imperialist. Apologists have shamelessly embraced the description, while critics are appalled at what they see as a departure from...

Cubans denied family visits

December 19, 2003

Olga Salanueva and Adriana Pérez won’t be able to see their husbands this holiday season. For the third time, the U.S. government refused to issue visas for Salanueva and Pérez to visit their husbands.

Big losses for India’s Congress Party

December 19, 2003 By M.K.N Moorthy

NEW DELHI – Provincial elections held recently in three states – Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chattisgarh – went heavily in favor of right-wing, Hindu nationalist forces and their political arm, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Renewed calls to bring troops home

December 19, 2003

WASHINGTON – George W. Bush has been strutting like a rooster since the capture of Saddam Hussein but several Democratic presidential candidates renewed calls to bring the United Nations into Iraq and bring our troops home....