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Cuba, Russia sign promising oil agreement

November 5, 2009 By Arthur Shaw

Cuba and Russia signed an agreement Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, to allow Russian state oil company Zarubezhneft to explore for and produce oil in Cuba in their first post-Soviet oil pact.

World Notes: Bulgaria, Romania, Africa, Israel, Nicaragua, China, Cuba

November 2, 2009 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Stars and Stripes, the U.S. Army weekly, reported last month that two new U.S. military bases are under construction in Bulgaria and Romania at costs respectively of $60 and $50 million.

French and U.S. labor fight plant closing in France

November 2, 2009 By Scott Marshall

American union members joined workers from the French union federationto demonstrate against Molex Inc in Lisle, Ill. Video included.

How the Pentagon forcibly removed Diego Garcia islanders and gassed their dogs

October 31, 2009 By Sherwood Ross

In order to convert the sleepy Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia into a military base, the U.S. forcibly transported its 2,000 Chagossian inhabitants into exile.

UN General Assembly denounces U.S. blockade of Cuba

October 30, 2009 By Emile Schepers

For the 18th consecutive year, the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted to condemn the economic blockade that the United States has maintained against socialist Cuba.