World Notes: India, France, Paraguay, Palestine
In India, women's representation gets major boost, France's Sarkozy loses in regional elections, Paraguay apologizes for repression, death squads, Israel grabs more Palestinian land with iron fist.
The beauty and the beast of the Olympics
The Olympics should be about the beauty of sports and competition without the beast of corporate profits.
Greek workers fight back
The Greek workers and people refuse to bear the burden of financial corporate greed and its consequences.
Miep Gies, who helped hide Anne Frank, dies At 100
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Miep Gies, the office secretary who defied the Nazi occupiers to hide Anne Frank and her family for two years and saved the teenager'sdiary, has died, the Anne Frank Museum said Tuesday.
World Notes: Kenya, Thailand, Egypt, France, Colombia, Cuba
Kenya: The Dandora waste disposal site serves Nairobi's four million people.
World Notes: Australia, Kenya, Dominican Republic, France, Iraq, Jordan, Cuba
Iraq, Jordan: Water shortages weigh heavily Southern Iraq is so short of drinking water, according to Azzaman News, that the government has prevailed upon Iran to supply fresh water via tanker ships.
