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World notes: Jan. 26

January 25, 2008

Belgium: European Roma suffer persecution Elly de Groen-Kouwenhoven, member of the European Parliament (EP), charged Jan. 16 that the European Commission has failed the Roma people by failing to implement anti-discrimination measures passed in April 2005....

Cuba holds elections, jumps to third in world for number of women elected

January 22, 2008

Cuba’s election season ended on a rainy Jan. 20 when 8.1 million citizens, age 16 or over — 95 percent of those eligible to vote — chose 614 delegates to the National Assembly and 1,201 delegates...

Venezuela’s Chavez reviews vote results, plans for readvancement

January 20, 2008

Responding to his government’s unexpected defeat in the Dec. 2 referendum vote on constitutional reform, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, said Jan. 6 on his regular “Alo Presidente” television program, “This will be the year of the...

New hope blooms for Colombia prisoner exchange

January 20, 2008

The gratitude two liberated Colombian hostages displayed as they set foot on Venezuelan soil raised hopes that the long sought-goal of humanitarian prisoner exchange in Colombia might gain new life. Clara Rojas, a 44-year-old lawyer, former...

Cleveland workers protest toxic imports

January 18, 2008

CLEVELAND - Forty protesters, some wearing “Hazmat” suits, picketed the federal building here Jan. 16 in support of legislation to protect consumers from toxic imports. Initiated by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA), the action, calling...