RP stands tallest in war against poverty

" MANILA - If nothing else, Filipinos are standing tall and proud in the fight to end destitution. Topping even India and its billion population, the Philippines has earned the world record for the largest...

Houston - Galveston Update: President George Bush Pays a Visit

President George Bush has today paid a visit to Houston and then Galveston, where he walked around on foot in the disaster area and went on an aerial tour.  President Bush speaking in Houston urged people...

War is over - but WW2 Bombs continue to be found...

As a foreigner in Berlin, these articles never cease to amaze me.  By some estimates - British and American Bombers dropped over 2 million tons of bombs on Germany during WW2.  As the city of Berlin (and...

Protesters dispersed by police in Korea

South Korea has seen protests in response to a government decision to start allowing US beef imports again."Just a day ahead of South Korea's formal resumption of U.S. beef imports, some 20,000 protesters scuffled with riot squads early Monday and hauled police vehicles away...

UN prepares emergency response to expected volcanic eruption in Indonesia

"UN spokesperson Michele Montas told reporters on in New York on Thursday that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) was closely monitoring the situation after the Government recommended...

Stop the US war drive against Iran!

"By the Editorial Board 14 February 2007 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The World Socialist Web Site condemns the military and political provocations with which the Bush administration is laying the foundations for an attack on Iran. We...

Update on Jim Gray disappearance. Help still needed

Jim Gray took his sail boat and left alone to spread his mother remains in the San Francisco Bay Area a few days ago. He has not been seen or heard ever since. The Coast Guard started a search and came out empty handed, had to give up. Then a few friends and colleagues of...

Obama Takes Campaign Online

"At his first rally since announcing his presidential exploratory committee, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) appealed yesterday for support from the young people who had mobilized for the event online. The gathering of several thousand students at George Mason University in...

Thousands of Hezbollah supporters protest

"Thousands of protesters from Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian opposition allies descended on downtown Beirut Friday to force the resignation of Lebanon's Western-backed prime minister, who was holed up in his office ringed by hundreds of police and combat troops. The Shiite...

Bungalow Destroyed In Firework Blaze

"Firefighters believed that a firework may have been to blame for a blaze which destroyed a bungalow in Hertfordshire this Guy Fawkes Night on Sunday 5th November 2006. Six fire crews from Hertfordshire and Essex...

A Revolt Facebook Style

"A firestorm of dissent just swept college campuses across the country. Hundreds of thousands of students mobilized in an enormous, rip-roaring controversy that raised questions about privacy, the public's right to know and how we learn about the lives of others on the...

Immigration activists to go back on march

The marches represent the beginning of a new Hispanic/Latino social movement.

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