China's Communist Party elects new leaders
On Thursday November 16, the 18th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) ended in Beijing with the election of a new team of party leaders.
India’s shopkeepers go on strike over “Walmart decision”
Storeowners across India shut down their shops to protest the government's decision to allow foreign companies like Walmart access to the nation's retail market.
Italy's heritage for sale
Some 350 historic buildings in the capital and historic towns across the country are to be sold off.
Today in history: Nelson Mandela's birthday
Mandela was elected South Africa's first black president in 1994 after spending 27 years in prison for his fight against racist apartheid, and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his work towards world peace
Marcha Patriotica takes shape in Colombia
Marchers, 100,000 of them, filled the Plaza Bolivar in the Colombian capital, Bogotá.
Portugal imposes "rule of lead," left wing charges
Portugal has become the first European country to approve the European Union's fiscal compact, known to critics as the "permanent austerity" treaty.
Iraqi Communist Party attacked
The attack on the Communist newspaper office occurred just before the eve of the Iraqi Communist Party's 78th anniversary.
Cuba's Communist Party holds national conference
While the Congress concentrated on recommendations applying to Cuba's economy, the conference dealt mostly with Party functioning.
Hungary's government lurches further to the right
Hungarian right-wing nationalism has its roots in the period between the two world wars.
