Peace

Koreas take steps to reduce tensions

Though the Korean nuclear issue is far from resolved, a number of developments point to a lessening of tension on the peninsula. North-South military talks closed on May 11 with an agreement by both sides to...

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Estonian govt desecrates anti-fascist history

On April 27, the Estonian government removed a monument honoring the 270,000 Red Army soldiers who gave their lives in the fight against Nazism in Estonia from a central square in Tallinn, the country’s capital, and...

Killings of Afghan civilians denounced

In the wake of repeated incidents in which over 130 Afghan civilians have been killed this year during U.S. and NATO military operations, opposition to the Western troop presence is escalating in Afghanistan, and concern is...

New initiatives launched vs. nuclear arms

BERKELEY, Calif. — Never mind that finals were in progress, or that a sharp, chill breeze fluttered their handmade banner as they greeted passers-by on a main campus walkway, May 11. The little group of hunger...