Iran: arrests continue as regime’s legitimacy crumbles
Iran's regime is employing intimidation tactics and the Islamic Republic is facing a crisis of legitimacy.
UN panel exonerates Guatemalan president in bizarre murder-suicide
On Jan. 12, there was a bizarre twist in the investigation by a special UN panel of the death of a right-wing attorney last year. According to the UN sponsored International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg actually tricked two of his nephews into getting a hit man to assassinate him.
Haitians hold onto life as help mounts
The task for millions today in Haiti is to try to stay alive until help arrives and to try to save those injured in the earthquake.
Resistance goes on as Honduras approaches turnover
On January 27, the de facto executive of Honduras, Roberto Micheletti of the Liberal Party, will turn over power to the National Party's Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo.
Left groups keep spirit of Rosa Luxemburg alive
BERLIN—Huge snow storms could not keep leftists from all over Germany and their guests from other countries away from the annual commemoration of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht.
Earthquake devastates already hard-hit Haiti
The largest earthquake in 200 years hit the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti on yesterday afternoon.
Chilean communists win seats for first time since Allende
Seven of eight million registered voters (88%) turned out for Chile's December general elections, and the results made news worldwide.
World Notes: Brazil, Cuba, Guadaloupe, Spain, Sudan, Thailand, Yemen
This week in World Notes: Brazil passes landmark climate legislation; Cuba rejects U.S. terror designation; Guadaloupe prepares for general strike; Spain's unemployment is highest in Europe; Sudan exports food, while country starves; Thailand's army deport Laotian Hmong; Yemen faces mass poverty, hunger
Recent attacks in Europe expose racist underbelly
Resurgent racism manifested by death threats and violence cropped up last month in Italy and Hungary.
Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies At 100
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Miep Gies, the office secretary who defied the Nazi occupiers to hide Anne Frank and her family for two years and saved the teenager'sdiary, has died, the Anne Frank Museum said Tuesday.
