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Tag was last used: Sep 9, 2010
 
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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 9, 2010

  Obama in prophecy?

BY MICHAEL BURKE: In the last two weeks, United States President Barack Obama has been in the news a little more than usual. The withdrawal from the war in Iraq has been one reason. Media practitioners have also duly noted Obama's statement that Muslims have equal rights in the USA as...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 31, 2010

  Global youth unemployment reaches record levels

By Jordan Shilton: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has issued a report documenting the severe impact of the global economic crisis on employment prospects for the world’s youth. The report, “Global Employment Trends for Youth”, presents detailed statistics on the growing...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Aug 22, 2010

  The World Government (Part 2)

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) "ABC of drug-trafficking" "Opium is cultivated in diverse regions of the world: South America; the Golden Triangle of Laos, Burma and Thailand; Afghanistan, Pakistan and Central Asia, in a region known as the Golden Crescent. The...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 12, 2010

  Nelson Mandela is a traitor and an albatross?!

By Anthony L. Hall: Truth be told, there was always a disconnect between Winnie Mandela’s behavior and the Joan-of-Arc vestments she wore during the last throes of Apartheid rule in South Africa. In fact, her behavior always gave the impression that those vestments were covering up...... [view]

Posted By:  thrustersonfool
Posted On:  Feb 13, 2010

  A short 1996 story

It was a warm summer afternoon of 1996: the grass in our front yard was beginning to thin out or become light golden brown, but usually the it's the former. Being a child who has learned to use his imagination effectively, I can play for hours just by myself. I would really imagine and immerse...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 12, 2010

  Chill back in US-Cuba ties after initial Obama thaw

By Jeff Franks: HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) - A chill reminiscent of the Cold War is back in US-Cuban relations after hopes for warmer ties under US President Barack Obama dissipated amid familiar disputes over the US trade embargo, terrorism and spying. After a year of relative civility and...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 5, 2009

  How on Earth Can We Feed 8 Billion People?

By Lester R. Brown , TreeHugger . In April 2005, the World Food Programme and the Chinese government jointly announced that food aid shipments to China would stop at the end of the year. For a country where a generation ago hundreds of millions of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 1, 2009

  Justice in the United States

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) IF I was to affirm that chaos reigns in the United States they would say that I am exaggerating, that that country is a democracy where justice exists, as does respect for human rights and the division of powers, constructed on the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 23, 2009

  The Cuban Five: A starkly controversial case

By Deanna Cox: COHA Research Associate - During Barack Obama’s first three months in office, his administration took several tentative steps toward rehabilitating the US relationship with Cuba. Up to now such ties have been dominated by unremitting hostility towards the Castro Regime of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 25, 2009

  Pontius Pilate washed his hands

Reflections of Fidel SO great was the pressure against the U.S. blockade of Cuba that, on the day that Raúl categorically declared that our country would not enter the OAS, the secretary of that discredited institution began to prepare the ground for Cuba’s participation in a...... [view]

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