Indians resisting the politics of hate
NEW DELHI – General elections to India’s lower house, the Lok Sabha, will be held in four phases in April and May.
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Haiti: Lavalas describes repression / Honduras: Company security kills activist / South Africa: Campaign for ANC victory / Turkey: Gov’t scuttles tire workers’ strike / Italy: General strike paralyzes country
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Colombia: Coke workers on hunger strike / Haiti: Demand jail for death squad leaders / Cuba: Orbis to create eye bank / Namibia: 14 years of independence / Australia: New law cuts basic labor rights
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Iraq: Journalists charge U.S. intimidation / Zimbabwe: Mercenaries with intriguing links / Cuba: Protest ban on doctors’ travel / Japan: ‘Spring Struggle’ the biggest ever / Venezuela: Gov’t launches big jobs program
Cuban 5 hearing raises hopes
Supporters and the defense team for the five Cuban political prisoners in the United States expressed guarded optimism after their appeals hearing in Miami on March 10.
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Palestine: Women suffer under Israeli occupation / Greece: Election results, U.S. military exercises / WFTU: Solidarity with working women / South Africa: Gov’t questions Haiti coup / China: First Chinese-Braille computer
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Sudan: Ceasefire extended / Korea: Joint march at Olympics / Colombia: Spraying called harmful, useless / United Nations: Global trade benefits are uneven / Marianas: Nuke survivors need help / India: 50 million go on strike
Canadian leader wavers on gay marriage
VANCOUVER – In a blow to equal rights, one of the first acts undertaken by Canada’s new Prime Minister (PM) Paul Martin has been to backslide on the previous government’s commitment to allow same-sex marriages.
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Spain: Dockers hurt during demonstrations / Bulgaria: Steelworkers face dangerous conditions / Nicaragua: Banana workers march / Iran: ICFTU protests killing of workers / Nepal: Children protest child labor
German parties in a crisis
BERLIN – Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany no longer leads his Social Democratic Party (SPD).
