Afghanistan
Labor marches for peace in San Francisco
March 22, 2010Thousands of demonstrators marched from Civic Center Plaza through downtown San Francisco March 20, as part of protests throughout the country calling for an end to the war in Afghanistan and withdrawal of all U.S. forces...
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Useless war: Afghanistan needs peace to develop
March 17, 2010In a potentially important development, exiled members of the former People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan are returning to the country to re-found the organization.
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World Notes: Europe, Afghanistan, S. Korea, Cuba
March 11, 2010Europe's attack on working class; Afghan police problems; anti-woman discrimination in S. Korea; Cuban health shakeup.
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Bustle in the Bundestag
March 3, 2010A stormy session in Germany's Parliament shows the growing unpopularity of the Afghanistan war, and the current German government.
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U.S. troops target Marjah, then on to Kandahar
March 1, 2010Military action in Marjah and Kandahar may alienate the "hearts and minds" of the Afghan people.
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