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Hugo’s Socialist Paradise ...

Has a murder (crime) problem: Homicides have soared from fewer than 6,000 in Chávez’s first year in office to 13,156 last year, according to official government statistics collected and...

Hugo’s Socialist Pardise ...

Has a murder (crime) problem: Homicides have soared from fewer than 6,000 in Chávez’s first year in office to 13,156 last year, according to official government statistics collected and...

Iraq Seeks Alterations to U.S. Security Pact

by Amy Kronenberger After reviewing the security pact negotiated between Iraq and the United States, which sets a time table for U.S. troops to leave Iraq by 2011, Iraqis ask for changes to the...

Iraq seeks alterations to US security pact

by Amy Kronenberger After reviewing the security pact negotiated between Iraq and the United States, which sets a time table for US troops to leave Iraq by 2011, Iraqis ask for changes to the...

McCain, Obama and Clinton Favorability

A little interesting movement in views of the candidates has taken place since the end of the primaries in June. All three candidates, McCain, Obama and Clinton, have seen rises in their favorable...

Zimbabwe's Mugabe Visits Rome

Zimbabwe?s President, Robert Mugabe, attended a United Nations? food Summit in Rome on Monday. The Zimbabwean Deputy Information Minister Bright Matonga said Mugabe was invited to attend the U.N....

But*which* militia?

This NYT article on Iraq today is a good example of why it's so frustrating to try to follow news on Iraq through corporate media. Michael Gordon, who does some really good stuff on Iraq and often...

Administration Claimed Immunity To 4th Amendment

mrogers writes "The EFF has uncovered a troubling footnote in a newly declassified Bush Administration memo, which asserts that 'our Office recently [in 2001] concluded that the Fourth Amendment had...

Evan Kohlmann Testifies As Abu-Jihaad Trial Begins

Today was the opening day in the trial of former U.S. Navy sailor, Hassan Abu-Jihaad, on charges of providing material support to terrorists by sending classified information on naval ships to Baber...

FACES OF DOWRY IN MITHILA DOWRY IN MITHILA REGION OF NEPAL

Faces of dowry in Mithila region of NepalJayanti JhaIn ancient time, Mithila, the centre of Hindu culture and civilization, with Janakpur as its capital was ruled by the philosopher king, Janak, some...