March

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Renowned Cancer Research Expert in Cuba for Marathon of Hope

Havana, March 13 (acn) The President and scientific director of Canada’s Terry Fox cancer research center, is in Havana to attend the 10th Marathon of Hope scheduled for March 15.

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Movie Review: Redacted

Following in the wake of the US invasion of Iraq, there have been some notable critical films - Robert Redford's Lions for Lambs, Paul Haggis's In The Valley of Elah and Nick Broomfield's Battle for Haditha.

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Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Turning Point Has Arrived

Once again the pro-US media aided by sources in the prime minister's office and the ministry of external affairs are busy fabricating another 'successful' step forward in the Indo-US nuclear deal.

DC Passes Historic Paid Sick Leave Legislation

t could have been an episode of ER or House: a popular patient battles against all the odds, survives a near-death experience, triumphs in the end but still faces challenges in the next episode.

Reporters without Borders Furious with UNESCO

Attached to the most clandestine US reactionary policies, the French organization ‘Reporters without Borders’ (RSF) announced with a great fanfare its “Online Free Expression Day,” that was supposedly supported by UNESCO.

A New World is Emerging

Discussions have been going on inside NATO about intervention in Latin America and in every other corner of the world, even without a UN mandate. This discussion has come about because the conservative and imperialist political forces in Europe and the United States are faced with the sweeping changes that have taken place in many countries in the recent period.

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Progressive Culture in 2007: A Look at the Oscars and Grammys

When the head of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Neil Portnoy, applauded the Writers’ Union for its successful labor contract negotiations during the February 10th showing of the 50th Grammy Awards, millions of viewers saw a side of the industry rarely put forward.

Fallon's Greatest Secret Accomplishment

After nearly a half century of service Admiral William J. Fallon resigned Tuesday from his post as top U.S. military commander for the Middle East because of growing publicity of his differences of opinion over Bush Administration policy on Iran.

Alternatives to Economic Crisis

Last week's data on unemployment is the latest confirmation that the economy is going south. Nothing that the federal government or Federal Reserve Bank has done so far has contained a widening and spreading economic recession.

Japan: Communist Lawmaker Questions Canon, Inc.'s Unfair Labor Practices

At the House of Representatives Budget Committee meeting on February 8, the JCP chair demanded that Canon President Mitarai Fujio be summoned to answer questions at the committee meeting about the company’s inappropriate practice of replacing full-time employees with temporary workers.

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