World
Converting water into a commodity is the dominant trend
March 28, 2009(l'Humanite) Translated by Anatoli Ricardo Petrella, Secretary General of the International Committee for the Global Water Contract, condemns transnational business groups trying to grab the vital asset. Q: What do you think of the United Nations’...
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WORLDNOTES: India, Iraq, Southern Africa, Turkey, Haiti, Cuba
March 27, 2009India: New left electoral coalition formed Before general elections starting April 16, nine left parties met March 15 to shape a coalition to oppose both the centrist alliance headed by the Congress Party, in power since...
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Northern Ireland unites to prevent return of The Troubles
March 27, 2009BELFAST, N. Ireland — Several thousand Catholics and Protestants united in a silent protest here after last month’s killing of two soldiers and a policeman two days later. Two other soldiers and two pizza delivery men...
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Visa campaign launched for Cuban Five families
March 27, 2009Prisoners need to see their families. The United Nations Human Rights Commission urges a minimum standard that prisoners be allowed “regular” communication with family “by correspondence and by receiving visits.” The International Free the Five Committee...
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No more troops to Afghanistan
March 27, 2009Afghanistan is increasingly in the spotlight, as the time approaches for the Obama administration to make public the results of its comprehensive review of strategic policy there. Interviewed March 22 on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” President Obama...
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