LETTERS
Cuba’s response to flu Fly ash Investigate human rights abuses in Gaza May Day Stories
WORLDNOTES - Germany, Ethiopia, Australia, Ecuador, United Arab Emirates, Cuba
Germany: Nuclear withdrawal a campaign issue Ethiopia: Arrests pose quandary for U.S. Australia: Controversy over refugee rights Ecuador: President Correa wins Cuba: Foreign ministers hear from Raul Castro
WORLD NOTES: Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, Russia, West Bank, Cuba
Nigeria: Transnat’l plunder leaves loose ends Sri Lanka: Noted author charges genocide Venezuela: Pacts on oil and more Russia: Workers hit the streets West Bank: Intimidation mounts Cuba: Support reform of UN Security Council
Iron Man exposes U.S. arms race
If moviegoers get past the “Hollywoodisms” and the other distractions, they will learn something about the military industrial complex in the new film “Iron Man.”
Letters - May 17, 2008
More on food security Tibet Prisoner’s thank you Stop ‘Runner Initiative’ School cuts Working families deserve better
Worldnotes - May 17, 2008
Nicaragua: Emergency food summit India: Food protests planned Turkey: May Day police violence Somalia: U.S. and Ethiopia blamed Cuba: Cuban Five remembered
Letters - May 10, 2008
McCain is the enemy New Deal for people, not Wall Street Prison spending stats McCain, wrong again
Worldnotes - May 10, 2008
UN: World hunger is top priority Afghanistan: U.S. troops tortured prisoners Chile: Strike riles copper giant Morocco: Factory fire kills workers Japan: Court rejects military role in Iraq
LETTERS
Explaining true cost of the war Terrorizing communities High stakes in Abu-Jamal case Re: Forget the meat! Reader request
EDITORIAL: Scoundrel time
Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee May 15 that he, as well as then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller and other senior Justice Department officials, threatened to resign en masse in 2004 to protest the National Security Agency’s domestic spying program which they viewed as illegal and unconstitutional.
