Blackwater's Killing Incident Stirs Anger, Uproar
The Sept. 16 shooting incident involving the private security firm Blackwater USA has stirred anger in Iraq and an uproar in the United States.
Fear Among Iraqi Refugees as Cholera Crosses Border
Despite the efforts of the Iraqi government and the World Health Organization (WHO) to contain a recent cholera outbreak, the disease has already spread to half of the country and has also crossed the border into Iran.
The Bush Administration’s Takeover Bid Against Africa
Not content with beefing up its economic assets across the continent, the US is about to set up a military command on African soil.
HUD Secretary Owns Stake in AHA Leading HOPE VI Developer
In an apparent conflict of interest, Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Alphonso Jackson, owns a stake in Atlanta-based company Columbia Residential, which landed major HOPE VI redevelopment grants with the Atlanta Housing Authority.
Indian Left Says, Do not Proceed with Nuclear Deal
Prakash Karat stressed that the central committee has authorized the Polit Bureau to 'take appropriate measures' to ensure that the stand taken up unanimously on the proposed India-US nuclear accord by the central committee was implemented.
George W. Bush Was Saved from the Horrors of Vietnam
While the number of victims among U.S. soldiers condemned by George W. Bush to die in Iraq continues to rise, the truth of the circumstances in which the president himself avoided being sent to the war on Vietnam, like thousands of young men of his generation, are still censored.
