World
Biden in Iraq to press ‘work needed to get our troops back
July 4, 2009Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq yesterday for meetings with Iraqi leaders and U.S. commanders. His visit comes just after most U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq’s cities and towns June 30, step one in a...
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Honduras coup protesters on day 6
July 4, 2009Tegucigalpa, Jul 3 (Prensa Latina) The Popular Resistance Front of Honduras continues demonstrating for the sixth consecutive day against the military coup and for the return of President Manuel Zelaya. 'We will fearlessly continue until the...
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Israel ‘committed war crimes in Gaza’
July 4, 2009Original source: Amnesty has accused the Israeli military of 'reckless conduct, disregard for civilian lives and a consistent failure to distinguish between military targets and civilians.' In the first in-depth report by a rights group on...
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WORLDNOTES: Canada, Russia, Iraq, Japan, Latin America and Cuba
July 3, 2009Canada: Trade pact approved The Canadian Senate approved a Canada-Peru Free Trade Agreement June 17 as Canada’s first bilateral trade agreement ratified since 2002. Critics contrasted that action with the government’s reluctance to approve a Canada-Colombia...
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China, not Cheney, is now big player in Iraq’s oil
July 3, 2009Attention Dick Cheney: Anyone who thought that by invading Iraq the U.S. would get a lock on Iraq's oil has another think coming. Yesterday, Iraq’s cabinet approved a deal with the China National Petroleum Corporation and...
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