What Really Happened In Singur On December 1?
WHAT happened at Singur on December 1? According to the description offered in a section of the TV and newspapers, democracy was supposedly raped that day at Singur, and ‘tigers’ personified in the police launched a barbarous attack on some innocent and harmless ‘sheep’.
Protesters Heckle Wolfowitz at World Bank Lecture in Atlanta
Paul Wolfowitz was interrupted four times by a total of five protesters tonight during his invited Leo and Berry Eizenstat Memorial lecture on the World Bank at the Ahavath Achim Synagogue. The title of his speech was “Why Africa Matters to Americans.”
Venezuelan Elections Fair, say Observers
'We saw how people voted. It was very transparent,' stated John Rummel who traveled to Venezuela as part of a delegation of election observers to witness the voting process in that country’s December 3rd presidential elections.
Healing Power of a Rainforest
Experts say that just a four-square mile area of rainforest may contain as many as 1,500 different types of flowering plants and 750 species of trees, all which have evolved specialized survival mechanisms over the millennia.
Hudna or Not: Palestinian Rights Must Be Preserved
Palestinian groups have recently suggested a ceasefire, in exchange for a cessation of Israeli violence. Ehud Olmert responded with a conciliatory speech, cleverly timed with President Bush’s arrival to Jordan on November 29 for a two-day conference with top Iraqi officials.
U.S. Imperialism and the New Scramble for Africa
The Bush administration, faced by a serious setback in Iraq, is seeking to bring together an international police force under its leadership. This is being done under the guise that they will be NATO or UN forces and not American-controlled.
Venezuela: PCV triplicó su votación en contienda electoral presidencial (335 mil, 177 votos)
El Partido Comunista de Venezuela (PCV) triplicó el volumen de sus votos en las elecciones presidenciales de este domingo 3 de diciembre con respecto a los sufragios obtenidos en los comicios legislativos.
