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WORLD NOTES: Dec. 15

South Africa: Mine owners’ profits ‘dripping in blood,’ say strikers Over 270,000 members of South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers engaged in a one-day strike Dec. 4 that closed down the world’s largest gold and platinum...

Crisis mounts in Bolivia

Meeting in the southwestern city of Oruro on Dec. 8-9, Bolivia’s Constituent Assembly approved “99.8 percent” of a new constitution by a two-thirds majority. The full text of the constitution, including some hitherto unresolved land reform...

Shades of Green: Dec. 15

NATIONAL CLIPS: Dec. 15

COLUMBIA, S.C.: Obama, Winfrey draw thousands into politics PITTSBURGH: Abandon torture, say 49 retired military officers

After fatal accidents, unions put spotlight on port safety

OAKLAND, Calif. — After the second fatal accident at the Port of Oakland in 10 weeks, port workers and their union are raising urgent concerns about safety at the nation’s fourth largest port. Edward Hall, 47,...