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Kefaya, y’all! (Enough!)

February 7, 2011

Even in Dallas on the day before the Superbowl, demonstrators stood up in solidarity with the democracy movement in Egypt.

Obama renominates his pick for labor board

February 7, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Showing he won't take the Senate GOP "no's" for an answer, President Barack Obama on Jan. 26 renominated former top union attorney Craig Becker as a member of the National Labor Relations Board.

Nepal elects new prime minister

February 4, 2011 By R.K. Sharma

The new prime minister of Nepal, Jhalanath Khanal, a Communist, is expected to revive Nepal's stalled peace process.

UN chief calls for balanced and sustainable development

February 4, 2011

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described the world's economic model based on insatiable consumption of resources as "a global suicide pact."

Oldest Cuban celebrates her 126th birthday

February 4, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

The oldest peson in Cuba, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez celebrated her 126th birthday with relatives and friends and attributes her health to the pure air of the countryside, a diet rich in meat and...