International
Peace U.S.A. and the Obama election
July 24, 2009Judith LeBlanc is the national organizing co-ordinator of United for Peace and Justice, the largest US national peace coalition, and a national vice-president of the Communist Party, USA. She is in Australia at the invitation of...
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Big turnout expected in hotly contested Iraqi Kurdistan vote
July 24, 2009Special elections that began Thursday morning in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region are considered the hottest since the first Kurdish parliamentary elections in 1992.
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Letter from New Orleans: Friendshipment winds its way to Cuba
July 23, 2009The 20th Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba is making its way to the U.S.-Mexico border, picking up humanitarian aid along the way and educating the public about why the U.S. should normalize relations with Cuba. But the...
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Missing iPhone led to employee’s suicide
July 23, 2009A 25-year-old employee of a leading Taiwanese electronics manufacturer allegedly committed suicide after he was blamed for the disappearance of a sample iPhone mobile phone. Sun Danyong was suspected of stealing a model of the popular...
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Police catch underwear thief
July 23, 2009German police uncovered over 1,000 pairs of underpants and more than 100 pairs of swimming trunks after catching a thief nabbing another three pairs for his collection.
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