World
Uribe seeks to halt growing isolation
August 7, 2009Original source: Isolated Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has embarked off on a south American tour to defend his unpopular plans to expand the US military's presence in his country. Mr Uribe's decision to allow the Pentagon...
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The big lie about Canada’s health care system
August 6, 2009COMMENTARY Recently Canadian Shona Holmes, 45, has become the poster woman for privately administered health care in the US. She has appeared in TV advertising, media interviews and Republican Party press conferences urging Americans to reject...
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Obama and Latin America: Will policy go beyond small changes?
August 6, 2009The Obama administration has reached, but has not yet taken advantage of, a “teachable moment” (to use one of Obama’s own favorite phrases) in U.S. relations with Latin America. On the positive side, it pointedly refrained...
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Reasons for an economic bright spot in China
August 5, 2009Translated by Nikita Shah (l'Humanite) At the height of the international crisis, the Canton trade fair [1], the traditional barometer of Chinese foreign trade, has this year reflected China’s important new economic trends. For the first...
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Ex-Union Carbide boss wanted by Indian court
August 5, 2009Original source: An Indian court has issued a new arrest warrant for the man who ran Union Carbide at the time of the horrific 1984 factory gas leak in Bhopal. On Friday, in response to a...
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