August

The Voting Rights Act and Supreme Court Nominee John G. Roberts

Considering what the Voting Rights Act of 1965 accomplished, it's disturbing to learn that President Bushís nominee to the
Supreme Court, Judge John G. Roberts, opposed it in 1981 while serving as an assistant to Attorney General William French Smith in the Reagan administration.

Danny Glover Supports New Telesur

'Certainly the television station itself is not a tool that would be used to demonize the North,' said Glover. 'It is a tool to be used to celebrate the extraordinary diversity of this hemisphere.'

SUDAN: Interview with UN Special Representative Jan Pronk

Peace has to be negotiated. It is a political solution to a conflict[Darfur]. Negotiations started in August last year, following the ceasefire agreement. These went up and down [and were] very difficult - four rounds with hardly any progress. The fifth round, which took place in June in Abuja, Nigeria, was much more successful.

Japanese History Textbooks: Can Japan be proud of lacking reflection on the war of aggression?

The New History Textbook justifies Japan's colonialism and war of aggression. It depicts Japan's colonial rule of Korea and Taiwan as an act that contributed to their development. Its description of the Japanese war of aggression against China and Southeast Asian countries is simply a carbon copy of what the imperial Japanese government claimed at the time.

Dr. Fidel Castro: Commemorating assault on 'Moncada' and 'Carlos Manuel de Cespedes' garrisons

'For more than four years, Mr. George W. Bush and his cronies did not cease for one minute from adopting cruel, hate-filled measures to destabilize and pound on Cuba and to try to do away with its independence and its people’s right to a truly human and fair political system.'

Halliburton Secretly Doing Business with Key Member of Iran’s Nuclear Team

Scandal-plagued Halliburton, the oil services company once headed by Vice President Dick was secretly working with one of Iran’s top nuclear program officials on natural gas related projects and, allegedly, selling the officials' oil development company key components for a nuclear reactor, according to Halliburton sources with intimate knowledge into both companies’ business dealings.

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