Cuba offers ray of light in cancer battle
Cancer may have met its match, and the potential breakthrough may have far-reaching political ramifications, as well.
76-mile desert walk protests border rules
Over 200 people protested U.S. immigration policies at the Tucson Sector Headquarters of the Border Patrol on June 6 at the end of the 76-mile Migrant Trail Walk. click here for Spanish text
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Venezuela: Economy is growing / Cuba: Worldwide campaign to free the “Five” / United Kingdom: Postal workers reject ultra-right leaflets / India: Trade unions present demands / Sudan: Gov’t & rebels sign new pact
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Haiti: Marines arrest woman leader on Mother’s Day / China: Massive treatment program for HIV/AIDS / Iraq: WFTU condemns torture / Chad/Sudan: Militias ‘out of control’ / Greece: Former military officers speak for peace
Indian voters oust right wing
NEW DELHI – Indian voters threw the right-wing, Hindu nationalist forces out of power in the recent national elections. A surprise rebellion of workers, farmers, women, youth, academics, poor, religious and national minorities took place against the policies of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee.
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Uzbekistan: U.S. base worries neighbors / Sudan: Peace closer in south, west continues to suffer / Gaza: Israel builds new fence / Haiti: Caricom asks OAS investigation / Cambodia: Hotels fire hundreds
Lawyer for Cuban 5 seeks world support
BERLIN – In a whirlwind visit, U.S. civil rights lawyer Leonard Weinglass spoke to several audiences here about the case of the Cuban Five.
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Palestine: IDF bars unionists from Workers Memorial Day / Canada: Hate crime law protects gays / Botswana: May Day highlights workers’ plight / Italy: Protest proposed airline layoffs
Cinco de Mayo its not just history
Opinion The celebration of Cinco de Mayo, commemorating the May 5, 1862, victory of the Mexican people’s army over French intervention in the battle of Puebla, has much significance for the U.S. people this election year.
