World
In a first, Haiti attends Latin American ALBA meeting
February 8, 2012The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America held its eleventh meeting Caracas, Venezuela, to decide on a joint economic program.
Read moreEgypt blocks National Endowment for Democracy
February 8, 2012Egypt's military government announced recently that 43 people face prosecution on charges of using foreign money to influence Egyptian politics.
Read moreBritain’s Morning Star feels no joy on queen’s anniversary
February 8, 2012Defenders of the status quo assert that the monarchy is largely symbolic or even little more than a tourist attraction, but its residual powers are real, extensive and undemocratic.
Read moreTalk of military intervention in Syria recalls Iraq debacle
February 7, 2012The talk of covert action, "no fly zones," and military involvement via proxies has ratcheted up following the Russian and Chinese veto of a UN Security Council resolution.
Read moreDickens “more relevant than ever” in Britain
February 7, 2012On the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens's birth, his biographer Claire Tomalin warned that the great novelist's depiction of injustice in society was still "amazingly relevant."
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