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U.S. Iran Hawks In Congress In Some Disarray

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Hopes by Iran hawks here to get the U.S. Congress to wield the threat of a U.S. military attack on the Islamic Republic on the eve of next week's critical negotiations on Tehran's nuclear programme appear to have fallen unexpectedly short.

Over Objections, U.S. Lifts Myanmar Investment Ban

Thursday, May 17, 2012

In a highly anticipated confirmation, the United States on Thursday announced that it would be significantly rolling back bilateral economic restrictions that have been in place on Myanmar (Burma) for a decade and a half.

Cuban Activists Defend Sexual Rights As Human Rights

Thursday, May 17, 2012

The Fifth Cuban Day Against Homophobia focused on recognising and including sexual rights as human rights, a cause increasingly advocated by activists demanding respect for sexual diversity in this Caribbean island nation.

Hopes To Heal Economy Through Devaluation, Which Has Hit Poor Hard

Thursday, May 17, 2012

As Malawi’s poor struggle to afford food and other staple items since the 48 percent devaluation of the local currency against the dollar, economic commentators are optimistic that the move will provide an opportunity to boost the country’s export market.

Breaking The Silence On Racism In Cuba

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Gloria Rolando has been revealing hidden chapters of Cuban history since the 2010 premiere of the first part of her documentary series '1912: Breaking the Silence,' about the virtually unknown story about the only legal political party to promote racial equality in this country.

Activists Brace For Long War Against Nuclear Power

Thursday, May 17, 2012

For the past two decades Masao Ishiji (59), has been fighting tooth and nail to ban the operation of four nuclear reactors that dot the western coastline of Oi in the Fukui prefecture facing the Japan Sea.

Protection For Salvadoran Migrants En Route To U.S.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

A law to protect Salvadoran migrants, who are frequently victims of attacks and abuses on their way to the United States, is nearing entry into force after having been approved over a year ago. All that remains is for a body made up of civil society organisations to be created to implement it.

Nato's Twin Crises

Thursday, May 17, 2012

It's not an easy time for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Murder Of Prominent Honduran Journalist 'sends A Terrible Message'

Thursday, May 17, 2012

A few short hours after Honduran President Porfirio Lobo said he had seen evidence that Alfredo Villatoro, a radio reporter kidnapped May 9, was alive, the journalist’s body was found in a residential neighbourhood on the south side of the capital.

Honouring Heroes' From Centuries Past

Thursday, May 17, 2012

'Get Up, Stand Up, Stand up for your right', a line from the song, Get up, Stand up by Bob Marley and also a phrase UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon uses at the end of his speech, which was displayed via video message to a concert audience last Tuesday at the 2012 Annual Gala Concert in support of a Permanent Memorial to the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave trade.

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