After 42 years, crimes of Chile coup perpetrators continue to surface
Chile's murderers and terrorists are belatedly being made accountable. How about our own?
Canadian unions cheer as voters toss out right-wing Prime Minister Harper
In his decade in power, Harper, whom voters decisively tossed out, made a target of Canadian unions.
Turkey's election turmoil will have global impact
As Turkey gears up for one of the most important elections in its recent history, the country appears to be coming apart at the seams.
Today in history: Half a million Communists massacred in Indonesia
Fifty years ago, the massacre of more than 500,000 people in an anti-communist purge led to the elimination of the Indonesian Communist Party as a political force.
Today in history: Nazi war crimes indictments read at Nuremberg
The trials formally opened in Nuremberg, Germany, on November 20, half a year after Germany surrendered.
Anti-austerity struggle: Is the tide turning in Europe?
If mass unity, transcending national borders, can indeed be built, great things can happen in Europe.
Bombing in Turkey triggers nationwide anger
Bomb blasts hit a non-violent demonstration calling for a peaceful solution of the conflict between the Turkish government and Kurdish nationalist organizations.
In Berlin 250,000 march against unfair trade
It was a day to remember, a date for the record books: It marked a surprising development in German politics!
Burkina Faso coup reversed, general arrested
The coup in the West African country has evidently been reversed by the opposition of sections of the army loyal to the interim government.
Elections throw future of Portugal’s right wing government in doubt
The question of whether Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho will stay on, and on what basis, is the subject of intense negotiations.
