Delegates at the World Social Forum issued 12 proposals to achieve a better world, while President Chávez of Venezuela promotes an alternative to FTAA.

While early reports indicate that 8 million people turned out to vote in the January 30 election in Iraq, other reports of election irregularities, signs of intimidation and fraud may mar the outcome.

At 9:30 am on Thursday 27 January 2005 a group of six gunmen broke into a factory in Baghdad and kidnapped Mr. Talib Khadim Al Tayee, President of the Iraqi Mechanics', Metalworkers' & Printworkers' Union.

The Bush administration has instructed Social Security Administration employees to promote the idea that Social Security is in a crisis and that private investment accounts are the solution.

We are the stories we tell ourselves. And the stories we tell our children. This living, collective narrative provides meaning and hope to a people.