World

Russian Communists make big gains in elections

December 6, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Results of Russia's Dec. 4 parliamentary elections have upended the United Russia party's dominance of the government. They foreshadow new challenges to current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin

Latin American, Caribbean unity group forms in Caracas

December 5, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Cuban President Raul Castro told reporters that, "For the first time in history we will have an organization of Our America."

Latin Americans support UN in condemning violence against women

December 2, 2011 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Every year governments and human rights groups are supposed to be campaigning for increasing resources and public awareness aimed at ending violence against women.

UK: 2 million strike to save their pensions

December 1, 2011 By Paddy McGuffin

Tory attempts to belittle public-sector industrial action rang pathetically hollow.

UN summit talks global warming

November 30, 2011 By Blake Skylar

2011 is, so far, the world's tenth warmest year on record, despite the warming being masked by cooling La Nina conditions.