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United States adds bases in South America
April 26, 2012Until recently, the United States has operated 22 U.S. military bases in Latin America, 800 worldwide. Now there are two more, one in Chile and another in Argentina.
Read moreDamascus rocked by more attacks
April 25, 2012Syrian rebels launched a series of attacks in Damascus on Tuesday, further undermining the shaky two-week-old UN-backed ceasefire.
Read moreBilly Bragg and Maxine Peake: Jarama Valley/Brigadista
April 25, 2012Jarama Valley, the song inspired by one of the key battles of the Spanish civil war, gets another lease of life on a new CD marking the 75th anniversary of the conflict.
Read moreGermany aggrieved about Günter Grass
April 24, 2012Günter Grass, a Nobel Literature Prize winner, causes anger and excitement with his poem "What Must Be Said". And the subject matter is war and peace.
Read moreBritain’s crimes of empire revealed
April 19, 2012The government belatedly released secret files dating back to British colonial rule in Kenya, Malaya and elsewhere that were once claimed to have been lost.
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