Paraguay unveils archives from dictatorship

Human rights activists gained access Wednesday to a dictatorship-era military archive that appears to contain long-held secrets about Paraguay's persecution of opponents during Alfredo Stroessner's 1954-1989 rule.

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Brazil apologizes for persecution of poor farmers

The Brazilian government has apologized for the torture and abuse of 44 poor farmers under the military regime that ruled the country from 1964 to 1985 and announced reparations for the victims.

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There is nothing new anymore about the suggestion that over a span of about 30 odd years, the Pakistani military and its establishmentarian allies in the intelligence agencies, the politicised clergy, conservative political parties and the media have, in the name of Islam and pat …

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The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush has found himself on the receiving end of a shoe-throwing attack. Muntadar al-Zaidi was speaking about Iraqi war victims at a news conference in Paris, but managed to duck in time.

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PARIS: A protester who presented himself as an Iraqi journalist in exile hurled a shoe Tuesday at the colleague who one year ago found fame hurling his own footwear at then US president George W. Bush.

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Once upon a time, charity boxes of so-called Islamic welfare organisations were a ubiquitous sight at shops in our cities. These boxes were claimed to have been put there by the shopkeepers and Islamic welfare groups to raise money for the building of mosques and madressahs.

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RECENTLY I was fortunate enough to be a part of an excellent ten-minute news video prepared by the New York Times' reporter, Adam Ellick. Tastefully called 'Tuning out the Taliban,' the video has created the right buzz amongst young middle-class Pakistanis.

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Don't look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul.

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Congress' planned health care revolution will be bad enough without a government-run option. With it, Euro-style socialism becomes inevitable. It's time for a bipartisan way out of this disaster.

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Apparently, the White House effort to undermine conservative critics and attack the freedom of the press is generating a backlash on Capitol Hill - and the backlash is not coming just from Republicans, moderate Democrats are concerned as well.

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Greenfield concluded by painting FNC's popularity and success as its bane:

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Strange Bedfellows? Hamas, Al Qaeda, The Taliban and Rush Limbaughs Right Wing!

Well now it is clear where Rush and his followers stand. American Patriots!? I think not. Their beliefs are much more similar to those of the oppressive regimes they claim to rail against.

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Dr. Gaski (Assoc Prof Marketing at the University of Notre Dame) may be close to the mark.

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As outrage builds concerning the Department of Health and Human Services' gag order preventing private health insurance companies from communicating to their Medicare Advantage customers how pending legislation could impact them, a July 1997 letter from the Director of the HHS's  …

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Hang in there to watch the video... Ashton and Demi pledge to be "servants to Obama"? Who is he, exactly...our "Dear Leader"? Get out the armbands.

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[Manila, Philippines] On the 37th anniversary of the declaration of martial law, activists and victims of the brutality of military rule drew parallels between the Marcos dictatorship and the Arroyo regime.

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-- Chinese parents say they have been forced by local officials to give up children for adoption if they violated the country's restrictions on family size. Paging John Holdren...paging Obama's "science czar"...John Holdren...are you there?

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CARACAS, Venezuela -- Tens of thousands marched through Venezuela's capital on Saturday to protest what they call growing authoritarianism by President Hugo Chávez. Anti-Chávez protesters, many of them wearing white, filled the streets of Caracas, denouncing recent arrests of  …

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In the speech, Obama called young Americans to serve both at home and abroad, and said he would expand the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps and other volunteer opportunities. Broun, however, said Obama was referring to a national police force.

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The Death Spiral of the Islamic Republic IIIn the middle of the night, at 1:30 in the morning of Friday, August 14th, there was a large explosion at the monster petrochemical facility of the Iranian Pars Petrochemical Company in Bandar Assaluyeh.

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[Manila, Philippines] SETTING aside the ambivalence and mistrust that have characterized their relationship, members of the political Left honored on Saturday night the late President Corazon Aquino, saying she was a sincere leader who was one with the Filipino people in their f …

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If you were in this picture, would you feel lucky to be born in America?

This picture shows people who cannot afford health care. They are all herded together like cattle waiting for their turn in the Remote Area Medical (RAM), a free aid outfit that recently ran an eight-day clinic in a major well known city.

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[Manila, Philippines] Keeping politics out of the five days of mourning after her death last August 1st until her funeral last Wednesday seemed especially incongruous.

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MANILA — The mass outpouring of love and grief, admiration and support for former president Cory Aquino from people from all walks of life — from presidents of other countries to current and past government officials, businessmen, employees, students, vendors, workers, farme …

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[Manila, Philippines]She was, more than any other, the real miracle of 1986. The result of her actions, the peaceful end of a dictatorship and the return to Democracy, which is often cited as miraculous was not what was surprising.

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It's almost comical. Bush created a torture policy; Obama ended the torture policy. So, naturally, Limbaugh tells his audience that Obama supporters "voted for torture."

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