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.
Iraqi Communist Party condemns the criminal attack on shrine in Samaraa
Statement of the Iraqi Communist Party In yet another evil and criminal attempt by the enemies of Iraq, the enemies of national unity, a gang of criminals carried out a bomb attack on the shrines of Imams Ali Al-Hadi and Hassan Al-Askari, in Samaraa.
Barbara Bush a no-show at tea party
HOUSTON — On Feb. 6, President’s Day, some 200 supporters joined peace activist Cindy Sheehan in front of St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, claimed by Barbara Bush and former President George H. W. Bush as their home church.
The Cuban Adjustment Act still dangerous after 40 years
In the Florida Keys on Jan. 5, the Coast Guard removed 15 Cubans from an unused bridge unconnected to land, sending them back to Cuba four days later. Right-wing Cuban Americans are up in arms. Once more the special role played by undocumented Cuban immigrants in the history of U.S.-Cuba relations is on display.
Mobile homes sit empty, hurricane survivors still homeless
At least 10,770 empty FEMA house trailers were parked in Hope, Ark., while 16,500 families made homeless by hurricanes in the Gulf Coast were evicted from their hotel rooms in the last few weeks.
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.
