Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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AFRICOM and the Libya War
March 28, 2011Many African nations, including especially South Africa, expressed qualms about AFRICOM.
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Near disaster at airport fitting tribute to Reagan’s legacy
March 25, 2011Do you remember Ronald Reagan and the air traffic controllers' strike of 1981? That was the year Reagan destroyedthe Professional Air Traffic Controllers' Organization.
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Portugal government falls after losing austerity vote
March 25, 2011Portuguese president José Socrates, of the Socialist Party, turned in his resignation on Wednesday after losing a crucial vote on government austerity.
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Communist Party of Egypt resumes open political activities
March 24, 2011The Communist Party of Egypt has once again become an important voice in the secular opposition.
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Aristide returns to Haiti, calls for inclusion of poor and disenfranchised
March 18, 2011Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide returned to Haiti this morning after a seven-year period of exile in South Africa.
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Rights groups ask U.S. to suspend deportations to Haiti
March 17, 2011Many are urging authorities to stop deportations until after the Haitian cholera epidemic has subsided.
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U.S.-Mexico relations still irritable
March 14, 2011U.S.-Mexico relations remain irritable after undiplomatic comments about Mexico by U.S. officials, and now because of a U.S. government program that ended up putting even more high powered weapons into the hands of drug cartels.
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Mexican Senate passes progressive immigration law
March 7, 2011On Feb. 24, the Mexican Senate by a vote of 86 to 0 passed a new comprehensive immigration law decriminalizing the presence of undocumented migrants in Mexico.
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