International
Repression mounts in Colombia
June 16, 2009The militaristic Colombian government, servant of moneyed interests at home and abroad and tight with paramilitaries and narco-traffickers, is lashing out at shadows, represented as dangers to the state. President Alvaro Uribe is seeking a third...
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The evidence that Shell tried to bury
June 16, 2009(morningstaronline.co.uk) The Morning Star can reveal today the evidence that Shell tried to hide with last week's $15.5 million out-of-court settlement over its activities in Nigeria. The oil giant paid the money to Nigerian campaigners to...
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OPINION: Electoral coup d’etat in Iran
June 16, 2009The people of Iran woke up Saturday morning to find not only that the election had been stolen from the popular opposition candidate, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, but that any means of protesting against the electoral fraud and...
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Call to end Zimbabwe international sanctions
June 14, 2009Original source: Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has appealed for an end to sanctions and more international investment in South Africa. Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Africa summit in Cape Town, Mr Mutambara...
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Tehran protests as govt. declares Ahmadinejad the winner
June 14, 2009Iran’s government this morning declared Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the definitive winner of yesterday’s hotly contested presidential election, sparking wide protests and charges the government had suppressed votes and manipulated the results. As late as last night, the...
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