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Cuban report to United Nations condemns U.S. blockade

November 8, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

"The best humanitarian aid Cuba could receive - the equivalent of billions of tons - would be to end the blockade."

Damascus rocked by more attacks

April 25, 2012 By Morning Star

Syrian rebels launched a series of attacks in Damascus on Tuesday, further undermining the shaky two-week-old UN-backed ceasefire.

Palestinian labor leader links struggle for statehood, worker rights

October 3, 2011 By Martine Hassoun And Shaher Sa’ed

An interview with Shaher Sa'ed, General Secretary of the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions, by Martine Hassoun.

World Environment Day: Pay attention before it’s too late

June 6, 2011 By Marc Brodine

If the environment continues to heat rapidly, permafrost will melt ever faster, releasing greenhouse gases to such an extent that it overwhelms any possible improvement by human action.

Libya and the law of unintended consequences

April 13, 2011 By Conn Hallinan

Coming to grips with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) intervention in the Libyan civil war is a little like wresting a grizzly bear: big, hairy, and likely to make you pretty uncomfortable no matter where...