Amidst election setbacks, Italian left urges unity
The votes in the Italian regional elections reflected a strong sense of political frustration in Italy.
In a rare show of unity, Indian unions demonstrate together
Nine major trade union federations of India demonstrated together last month on five essential issues that affect a vast majority of Indian people.
Palestinians and Israelis call for nonviolent people power to end occupation
A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian Communist leaders last month highlighted a new approach that is gaining favor among Palestinians as the path to achieving a state of their own alongside Israel.
FARC releases prisoners as prelude to exchange
Colombia guerrillas unilaterally release prisoners as a step towards political solutions to the 40-year civil conflict.
Ciudad Juárez: voyage to the end of globalization
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico -- The dream of industrial globalization has turned into a nightmare.
Satan, child abuse and the pope: an Irish view
To say that the revelations concerning child abuse in the Catholic Church has rocked it to its very foundations would be an understatement.
Iraq elections: a tale of big money and ugly politics
Many Iraqis hoped the March elections would advance a united national consensus to build a sovereign democratic Iraq, free of foreign occupation, but it appears that struggle has a ways to go.
El Salvador honors Archbishop Oscar Romero
For the first time in El Salvador, the government publicly commemorated Archbishop Oscar Romero.
Cuba, ALBA send aid directly to Haiti
Cuba plays an outsized role in Haitian health services -- before, and certainly after, the devastating earthquake.
World Notes: Brazil, Egypt, Belarus and more
Brazil may allow new U.S. base, Sudan elections set to fail, Egypt's El Baradei speaks out, Afghanistan ups cannibas production, executions return to Belarus and Cuba hosts conference for Chernobyl's children.
