Venezuelan Foreign Minister Criticizes Bush Administration at the UN
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro sharply criticized Washington at the UN General Assembly yesterday for increasing threats against Iran and for its actions in the war on terrorism.
‘Capital Wars’ in Bolivia Reflect Morales Battle Plans and His Skills as a Tactician
A capital city symbolizes a nation and offers unique political and economic allures over anything one would find in other urban settlements.
New Japanese Prime Minister's Office Already Under Scrutiny for Campaign Finance Corruption
The September 30 issue of the Akahata Sunday edition reported that Prime Minister Fukuda Yasuo had submitted many altered receipts attached to his office’s funds reports.
Money for Children's Health Care, Not for War!
President Bush’s despicable veto of the extension and expansion of health care for children (SCHIP) must not be allowed to stand. Congress has the power to override that veto, and must do so.
Americans React With Anger to Bush's Children's Health Care Veto
Wednesday, October 3rd President Bush exercised just his fourth veto to block funding to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP), insisting on weakening the program to exclude hundreds of thousands of children from the popular health care program and to prevent another nearly 3 million children from being enrolled.
Britain: Brown Government Delays Withdrawal to Please Bush
Gordon Brown suggests that about 1,000 British troops who are bogged down in Basra could return home by Christmas – a familiar refrain from first world war commanders.
Five-year Plan for Iraq?
At the Democratic presidential candidates' debate on September 26, the three top-polling candidates declined to promise that they would remove U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of their first term in office.
Difficult to Access Needy People in Iraq's Diyala Province, say aid workers
The humanitarian situation in Diyala Province, eastern-central Iraq, is deteriorating because of continuing tension between armed factions and the difficulty of accessing internally displaced persons and the needy.
First Ever Strike by Security Officers
Security officers struck San Francisco buildings for three days, the first strike by guards in U.S. history.
Ill Will: Bush Vetoes Children’s Health Bill
Shunning the wishes of the majority of the public and snubbing members of his own party who support ensuring that millions of America’s children will have access to health care, President Bush today vetoed the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) renewal bill.
