Belarus target of latest democracy campaign
A recent scuffle outside of the All Belarusian People’s Congress in which presidential candidate Alexander Kozulin was arrested and suffered minor injuries has drawn international attention, with much of the media saying Kozulin is a “pro-democracy advocate” who has suffered at the hands of a “dictatorship.”
Drive to rename Chicago street for Fred Hampton
CHICAGO — Moon’s Sandwich Shop is a low-key diner where residents of this Westside neighborhood can go to eat breakfast, any time of day. Most of the workers and customers are African American.
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Calif. gov fighting uphill battle
Despite Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s efforts to reinvent himself as a moderate, California’s voters are only slightly more inclined to re-elect him than they were on the eve of his historic drubbing in the November 2005 special election, according to a Field Poll released last week.
Workers in the spotlight at 2005 Toronto International Film Festival
Several films at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival addressed workers and the workplace.
MovieREVIEW: A treasured journey to the Sierra Madre
In his directorial debut, Tommy Lee Jones releases double dynamite in “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,” in which he also stars. It’s a deeply layered and wickedly funny fantasy fable about justice and redemption.
Haitians cry foul on election tally
In the wake of an extended vote count after Haiti’s Feb. 7 election, tens of thousands of supporters of presidential candidate Rene Preval took to the streets in Port-au-Prince and other major cities, accusing the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) of rigging the elections and demanding that Preval be recognized as president.
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Lawmakers assail Bushs domestic spying
WASHINGTON — At the funeral of Coretta Scott King, Feb. 7, former President Jimmy Carter sounded a pointed warning for today by recalling the dark days of government spying on the King family in the 1960s.
