"Compaore will be completing his second term in November... and will be violating the constitution if he stays on," said Benewende Sankara, the leader of the opposition Union for Renewal party, who is planning to stand in the presidential poll himself. "...after 18 years of his rule Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries on the planet even though there's no war and politically things are stable"

Cuban Parliament Chairman Ricardo Alarcon urged for the immediate release of five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters serving unfair 15 year and life sentences for thwarting anti-Cuba terrorist actions by infiltrating Cuban American extremist groups.

The AFL-CIO came up with the Solidarity Charters after locals of disaffiliated unions contacted the national AFL-CIO over the weeks since its convention and expressed a desire to remain in the AFL-CIO at the local level.

The Communist Party reaffirmed its call for Blair and US president George Bush to face charges of 'state terrorism' at an international tribunal, and for the withdrawal of British and US occupation troops by the end of the year.

The cost of health services in South Africa will increase sharply in the next few years as a result of HIV/AIDS, researchers have found...Rising HIV-prevalence rates in South Africa would aggravate the situation - the rate for pregnant women attending antenatal clinics grew from 27.9 percent in 2003 to 29.5 percent in 2004.

Terrorism, human rights violations and the need to create new forms of democracy capable of granting all power to the people were issues discussed today during the workshops and conferences of the 16th World Festival of Students and Youth, with the participation of more than 15,000 delegates from 144 countries.

In the current climate of anti-immigrant, Latino-bashing, border patroling, right-wing chic, let this message ring across the land: don't mess with Felipe Alou. Don't mess with the 70 year-old Giants manager, who has stared down the U.S. Marines, the Jim Crow south, and Major League Baseball...

“The NLRB gives employers the green light to invade our privacy and chip away at our most basic rights in the workplace,” says David Bonior, chairman of American Rights at Work.

The start of the academic year for schools and universities in Iraq could be delayed by widespread insecurity, especially if a surge in terrorist attacks derails or delays the constitutional drafting process, according to local government officials.

Malam Mane, the electoral commission's head, confirmed provisional results that Vieira had garnered 52 percent of the vote in the 24 July poll, with Malam Bacai Sanha, the candidate of the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) trailing in second with 48 percent.

Can there still be any question that President Bush is a coward? Is there still any question that not only is Bush a coward, but that he doesn't give two shakes about the thousands of men and women he has sent off to die, be mutilated, or be psychologically traumatized?

Today, August 9, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals located in southern Florida reversed a trial court ruling against “the Cuban five” and ordered a new trial with a mandated change of venue for the five Cuban agents arrested in 1998 for conspiring to commit espionage...

If the United Nations is to remain devoted to the ideals upon which it was founded—human rights, international peace, and equality—it must undergo radical and far reaching democratizing reforms. If the UN does not undergo significant changes, it risks the fate of [becoming] a tool of American imperialism and neoliberalism.

"We have lost an icon of Cuban culture", said Cuban renowned musician Chucho Valdes on the death of son and bolero singer and composer Ibrahim Ferrer.

America contributes more funding to international AIDS prevention and treatment programs than any other country...it’s important that the funds be spent based on widely recognized medical science and public health policy...the Bush administration instead has clearly based these recent policy changes on conservative ideology. And that’s deadly.

"It is a requirement to ensure that the withdrawal will take place in a civilized manner so that we can show the world we deserve our freedom and independence," [Abbas] told lawmakers in a speech broadcast live on Palestinian TV.

The statement issued by the IRA today should be welcomed by all those who are genuinely interested in seeing the full implementation of the Belfast Agreement. It is clear from the statement that the Republican Movement is now committed to struggle for its goals by political means.

I think that the Festival is held at a country in the hemisphere with many things at stake. Rather than preserving something there is a lot to create and Venezuela now stands as symbol of the many things we need to conquer, stressed President Fidel Castro.

At yesterday’s press conference on the steps of (NY)City Hall,[Reps] Gregory Meeks and Edolphus Towns were pilloried, and it’s clear they won’t see a dime of labor money for their coming re-election campaigns or have any union troops working on their behalf.

After discussing the issue of women in the Iraqi draft constitution which has been recently put forward for national dialogue, a group of Iraqi women that represents Iraqi societal spectrum, agreed on the need for guaranteeing women rights in the constitution...