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Mmegi Online :: Mugabe proves sceptics right
"Sceptics were right about the brouhaha that surrounded the Southern African Development Community (SADC)-crafted Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe. From the start it was certain that the arrangement was destined for failure."
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As we write, the arrangement is in tatters. Mugabe is still behaving as if nothing has changed. MDC's supporters, including a designated minister, Roy Bennett, are still languishing in jail over trumped up charges. Human rights activists are still incarcerated in prisons across Zimbabwe.
Arroyo's new baseline is a sellout to China--CPP::Philippine Revolution Web Central
""This is nothing but a sellout to China in exchange for the largesse that Gloria and Mike Arroyo have been receiving from corrupt Chinese bureaucrats and big compradors," said the CPP. "Since Gloria Arroyo began entering into numerous anomalous deals wit
Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Stimulus Ostriches
"Of all the strange things that have happened this winter, perhaps the strangest has been the emergence of large-scale Republican Party opposition to the Obama administration's effort to keep American unemployment from jumping to 10% or higher."
Food writer's online guide to building an H-bomb...the 'evidence' that put this man in Guantanamo | Mail Online
"A British ‘resident’ held at Guantanamo Bay was identified as a terrorist after confessing he had visited a ‘joke’ website on how to build a nuclear weapon, it was revealed last night.
Binyam Mohamed, a former UK asylum seeker, admitted to having read t
The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: But they like beating demons in the US
""How many Americans know that Jindal boasted of participating in an exorcism that purged the spirit of Satan from a college girlfriend?..."
Pakistan braced for street protests after Sharif bar- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times
"Pakistan braced Thursday for a new wave of street protests in a showdown with President Asif Ali Zardari after a court barred the country's main opposition leader from running for office. "
ei: The perils of blogging in Egypt
"According to Gamal Eid, Executive Director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, the recent arrests of bloggers is an attempt by Mubarak's regime "To silence the voices that criticize the [Egyptian] government's performance and send a messa
DIE LINKE: Linke Kräfte gegen extreme Rechte in Europa bündeln
"National President and member of the Saxony parliament, calls for open and cross-party opposition to the Nazis: "Taking on Europe's extreme right will be better if the EU has a humanitarian refugee policy, and fields a trade and economic policy.
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Far Eastern Economic Review | Why America Can't Save Asia
"The U.S. Congress has finally passed a much anticipated stimulus bill for $787 billion. While desperately needed, it is unlikely to lift America or Asia out of the rapidly deteriorating economic crisis anytime soon. Government efforts at this stage are s
Ex-MI5 chief: We're in a police state / Morning Star
"CIVIL rights campaigners welcomed on Tuesday former counter-intellingence chief Dame Stella Rimington's surprise attack on government attempts to create a "police state." "
A Day of Dissent in Russia « NearAbroad
"On Saturday, Russians took to the streets to protest the government’s response to the country’s deteriorating economic situation. Dubbed a “Day of Dissent,” these protests are a troubling sign for the Kremlin."
An Unfinished Past | Critical Asian Studies
"This article examines the struggle for land tenancy reform and the assassination of Farmers' Federation of Thailand (FFT) leaders in northern Thailand during the period of democratic politics between 14 October 1973 and 6 October 1976 as unresolved, ambi
CorpWatch : Book Release: "Halliburton's Army: How A Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized The Way America Makes War"
"In "HALLIBURTON’S ARMY: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War" (Nation Books; February 9, 2009; $26.95), muckraking journalist Pratap Chatterjee conducts a highly detailed investigation into Halliburton and its f
ZNet - Lieberman's Racism
"In other parts of the world a man like Lieberman - "a very dangerous and sophisticated politician who has won his support through race hatred" - would be shunned, he fulminated. In Israel he was given a top job."
Bangarappa quits SP, to join Congress-India-The Times of India
"Samajwadi Party MP and former Karnataka Chief Minister S Bangarappa on Thursday resigned from Lok Sabha as well as the party and announced his plans to join the Congress.
He said that he decided to quit SP and join the Congress as he felt that BJP's win
Geithner Sets Out Sweeping Overhaul to Bank Bailout - NYTimes.com
"The White House plan to rescue the nation’s financial system, announced on Tuesday by Timothy F. Geithner, the Treasury secretary, is far bigger than anyone predicted and envisions a far greater government role in markets and banks than at any time since
Bayan -- Groups to hold counterpoint to government 'job summit' on Monday
"The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan together with Ibon Foundation and RESIST! will convene a 2-day forum entitled “Global Financial and Economic Crisis: Exposing Capitalism, Looking for Alternatives” on Monday. The gathering will be a sharp cou
FT.com / World / Liberal voice amongst Iran's clerics
Grand Ayatollah Yusef Sanei studied under Ayatollah Khomeini in the decades before-and misses his former mentor. He tells the Finnancial Times he thinks the ground is being laid for talks with America."
The Daily Star - Politics - Gaza truce could be agreed in 'next few days' - Cairo
Fuck Mubarak.
"Egypt is hopeful that a Gaza truce accord between Israel and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas can be reached in the next few days, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said Sunday. "There are positive signs that in the next few
LENIN'S TOMB: Those Iraqi elections
"The SIIC, for a long time America's closest allies in Iraq, has easily been the most dangerous and sectarian force in Iraq, and their defeat has long been overdue. Their hopes of running a 9-governate mini-state called the 'South of Baghdad Region' have
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