Russia Backs South Ossetian People
President Dmitri Medvedev said Russia will respect whatever status the autonomous South Ossetia and Abkhazia Republics may choose and guarantee its global acceptance.
Vote Fraud 2008: See the Movie
Most Americans understand that the 2000 presidential election was decided by five Republican Supreme Court Justices rather than voters. Many are suspicious that something fishy happened in Ohio in 2004 under the auspices of former Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.
Tens of Thousands of Kenyans Facing Acute Food Shortage
Tens of thousands of people are facing food scarcity in the areas of Baringo and East Pokot in Kenya's north Rift, a humanitarian official said.
In Recall Vote, Morales’ Populist Agenda Clashes With Santa Cruz-led Eurocrats
On Sunday, August 10, Bolivia held a national referendum to measure the people’s confidence in President Evo Morales as well as the political viability of eight of the county’s nine prefects (departmental governors).
Georgia on My Mind: Imperial Rivalry Fuels Tussle over South Ossetia
The Georgian military invasion of South Ossetia, a de facto autonomous region with its own government since the early 1990s, followed by the swift Russian counter-attack which drove out the Georgian forces, has provoked a lot of talk in the media but little clarity.
US House Apologizes for Slavery, Georgia Remains Reticent
The U.S. House of Representatives voted July 29, 2008, to approve a non-binding resolution that represents a formal government apology to African Americans for the practice of slavery and the Jim Crow laws that fostered defacto segregation.
An Antisocial Social Democrat and One More Pothole
A former top leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has been saved from expulsion and possible disgrace and Germany’s oldest party, founded in 1863, has huffed and puffed its way out of one more pothole.
Must See TV: An Homage to Foyle’s War
One of the most remarkable television series released, in the British tradition, in five numbered series had its last episodes broadcast last month on PBS stations. Little has been written about this series, Foyle’s War, a well-acted powerfully written and directed, and beautifully photographed historical series.
Venezuela Pledges Strengthened Alliance with Bolivia
The Venezuelan government congratulated Bolivian President Evo Morales for a successful national referendum Sunday in which Morales’s presidency was ratified by a record 63.1 percent of the vote.
Mexicans Say No to Oil Privatization
More than 90 percent of the voters in the seven Mexican states that participated on Sunday in the second stage of the referendum on oil in Mexico, rejected privatization of PEMEX, the country's publicly-owned oil company.
