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Class conflict surfaces at climate summit

December 14, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Half way into the 15th UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen on December 7-18, 100,000 demonstrators from 500 different organizations were in the streets protesting.

Terrorist activities surface as anti-terrorists are sentenced

December 12, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Critics of the resentencing this month of three of the Cuban Five prisoners in U.S. jails focused once more on U. S. "double standards."

World Notes: Russia, Nepal, Israel, Uganda, Venezuela, Cuba

December 11, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Nepal: World's highest cabinet meeting sends message on global warming.

Former guerilla wins Uruguayan presidency

December 11, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

In a runoff election on Nov. 29, José Mujica won the presidency by a 52 to 43 percent margin over former president Luis Alberto Lacalle of the right wing National Party.

Two Cuban Five prisoners are resentenced

December 10, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

A federal judge in Miami has reduced the jail time of two more of a group of five Cubans who were given draconian sentences in a controversial and highly politicized 2001 trial.