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Indians resisting the politics of hate

April 9, 2004 By Soni Thengamom

NEW DELHI – General elections to India’s lower house, the Lok Sabha, will be held in four phases in April and May.

International notes

April 2, 2004

Haiti: Lavalas describes repression In a March 25 press conference, spokespersons for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s party, Fanmi Lavalas (FL), cited the killing or kidnapping of many FL supporters, the Haitian press agency AHP reported. They said...

International notes

March 26, 2004

Colombia: Coke workers on hunger strike On March 15 Coca-Cola union workers in Colombia began a hunger strike in front of Coke bottling plants in several cities, including Barrancabermeja, Bogota, Cali, Cartagena, and Medellin. “If we...

International notes

March 19, 2004

Iraq: Journalists charge U.S. intimidation Following the recent detention of several journalists from South Korea by U.S. occupation forces in Baghdad, the International Federation of Journalists March 15 accused the U.S. occupation authorities of trying to...

Cuban 5 hearing raises hopes

March 19, 2004

Supporters and the defense team for the five Cuban political prisoners in the United States expressed guarded optimism after their appeals hearing in Miami on March 10. Although the panel of three judges that heard the...