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Governing party candidate excluded in Haiti runoff elections

February 7, 2011 By Emile Schepers

Under intense international pressure, Haiti's election board has announced that it is excluding Jude Celestin, candidate of President Rene Preval's INTE Party, from runoff presidential elections scheduled for March 20.

Why so little reporting on Spokane bomb threat?

February 7, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

There is a well-documented history of the corporate media playing down domestic terrorism threats “that don’t involve Arab or Muslim” alleged conspirators.

Egyptian workers form independent union coalition

February 4, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Egyptian workers, suppressed by a government-sponsored and government-run labor federation, have broken away to form their own independent unions and federation and join the popular protests against President Hosni Mubarak's dictatorial rule.

Groups protest GOP censorship at Smithsonian

February 2, 2011 By Joe Sims

Angry protesters called for the resignation of the Smithsonian Institution's secretary G. Wayne Clough who, under pressure from Republican lawmakers and Catholic conservatives, took down a video exhibition by a gay artist who died of AIDS.

Germany: Scandals for the Baron and a vote for more war

February 2, 2011 By Victor Grossman

A series of scandals scratched the shining image of the scion of conservative Bavarian circles. But the Bundestag once again defied German majority opinion and voted to continue the use of troops in Afghanistan.