Monthly Archive: April 2008

April 16, 2008

Congress Passes Jubilee Act to Relieve Poor Countries’ Debt Supreme Court Upholds Lethal Injection; Considers Expanding Death Penalty for Crimes Other Than Murder Fuel Crisis Forces Gaza University to Cancel Classes Discrimination Faced by...

April 15, 2008

Resisting the War Tax Maoists Win Landslide Victory in Nepal Croatian Citizen’s Plans for NATO Referendum Fails Communities of Color in New York Worry about the Air They are Breathing Bicyclists Push for Change...

April 14, 2008

On the Campaign Trail What the US-Colombia Free Trade Deal Could Mean for Small Farmers Uncertainty for Hebron Orphanage Residents Oppose Utah Water Diversion Army Dissenter Promoted to Staff Sergeant Mumia Commentary: Symbols versus...

April 11, 2008

Haiti Returns to Relative Calm After Food Riots – Yet No Solution in Sight Berlusconi Likely to Win Third Term as Italy’s Prime Minister Organizing Against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Mass...

April 10, 2008

Mukasey Answers Senators San Francisco Re-Routes Olympic Torch Relay Route Chile’s Constitutional Court to Ban Emergency Contraception in Public Health System Questionable Deaths and Allegations of Torture in Pennsylvania’s Prisons US Government Re-Targets The...

April 9, 2008

Survivors of Rape by US Contractors in Iraq Share Their Stories on Capital Hill Petraeus and Crocker Continue Defending War in Iraq Million Iraqi March Cancelled Talks Collapse as Tension Returns to Kenya Violence...

April 8, 2008

Bolivia’s Wealthy Move Towards Autonomy and Threaten Land Reform Efforts Petraeus, Crocker Testify on Iraq The Guardian’s Jonathan Steele Says Petraeus’ Testimony Not Surprising Sadrist Prepare to March in Najaf Labor and Electoral Crisis...

April 7, 2008

Colombia Free Trade Agreement Stirs Trouble for Clinton’s Campaign Bush-Putin Talks Reach No Agreement Pentagon Renews Blackwater Contract in Iraq Call for Nationwide Strike in Egypt Turns Bloody as Police Clash with Workers Pro-Tibet...

April 4, 2008

Poor May Pay the Price for Kenyan Government Restructure Democratic Senators Want Legislation to Create Clear Timetable for Iraq Chevron May Have to Pay Record Breaking Damages in Ecuador Palestinians Protest Against Bi’lin Wall...

April 3, 2008

Federal Regulators Defend Multi Billion Dollar Bailout NATO Summit in Bucharest Swat Valley’s Children Affected by Fighting Mass Graves Found in Kashmir African Refugees Attacked by Egyptian Forces Download Audio HEADLINES Delay in Announcement...