International
Iraqi CP opens new office in Sadr City
December 20, 2008This is pretty impressive, and probably will not get reported in The New York Times or other commercial media. Iraqi Letter reports: A new office for the Iraqi Communist Party was opened in Al-Thawra City (Sadr...
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Japan’s Communist Party grows during economic crisis
December 20, 2008Japanese Communist Party Chair (JCP) Shii Kazuo on December 14th appeared on TV Asahi's 'Sunday Project' program that aired live. In the interview, he answered questions as to why the JCP is attracting attention now and...
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Iraq, Blackwater and shoes
December 17, 2008More than a year after Blackwater USA security guards sprayed a busy Baghdad intersection with bullets, killing 17 Iraqi civilians and wounding others, the U.S. Justice Department finally filed criminal charges against the gunmen on Dec....
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Cuba celebrates UN Human Rights Day 60th anniversary
December 17, 2008If scant Internet postings and newspaper coverage indicate anything, the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Dec. 10 — designated each year as Human Rights Day — passed almost unnoticed in the...
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Ultra-right pushes Canada into political crisis
December 17, 2008Canada has been thrown into a period of intense political volatility as the three opposition parties in Parliament have rejected the governing ultra-right Conservative Party’s “mini-budget” response to September’s economic meltdown, and announced the formation of...
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