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Cuban food production is up

January 15, 2010 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

President Raul Castro last year signaled increased food production as Cuba's top priority.

Iran: arrests continue as regime’s legitimacy crumbles

January 15, 2010 By Jane Green

Iran's regime is employing intimidation tactics and the Islamic Republic is facing a crisis of legitimacy.

Union leaders announce ‘big improvements’ in Senate’s health care tax plan

January 15, 2010 By John Wojcik

Leaders of America's major unions, coming out of intense negotiations with the president and congressional leaders, said late yesterday that they were close to winning big improvements for workers in the health care reform legislation nearing...

Guitars should be a means to liberation, not exploitation, says Rage’s Morello

January 15, 2010 By Blake Skylar

Tom Morello, guitarist of Rage Against the Machine and Street Sweeper Social Club, alongside musician Serj Tankian, of alternative metal band System of a Down, joined representitives of Korean guitar workers in a protest against Cort...

UN panel exonerates Guatemalan president in bizarre murder-suicide

January 14, 2010 By Emile Schepers

On Jan. 12, there was a bizarre twist in the investigation by a special UN panel of the death of a right-wing attorney last year. According to the UN sponsored International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala,...