Category: World News

Day-by-day: South Ossetia crisis

 Staff  August 10, 2008  3 Comments on Day-by-day: South Ossetia crisis

BBC News / 14:20 GMT, Sunday, 10 August 2008 A day-by-day look at how the conflict involving Russia and Georgia…

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Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis

 Staff  July 8, 2008  1 Comment on Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis

Internal World Bank study delivers blow to plant energy drive ALSO: See Update at end of this article by Aditya…

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Venezuela’s Chavez Asks Colombian Rebels To Seek Change Politically

 Staff  June 18, 2008  0 Comments on Venezuela’s Chavez Asks Colombian Rebels To Seek Change Politically

By Gary Ghirardi The world media story about Hugo Chávez’s recent proclamation on his weekly television show, that the Colombian…

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Anti-China protests made in USA, not Tibet

 Staff  April 21, 2008  1 Comment on Anti-China protests made in USA, not Tibet

By Gary Wilson / Published Apr 20, 2008 Most noteworthy about the protests in London, Paris and San Francisco that…

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Venezuela : Democracy, Socialism and Imperialism

 Staff  April 19, 2008  0 Comments on Venezuela : Democracy, Socialism and Imperialism

by Prof. James Petras /Global Research, April 17, 2008 Introduction Venezuela ‘s President Hugo Chavez remains the world’s leading secular,…

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The Hypocrisy and Danger of Anti-China Demonstrations

 Staff  April 14, 2008  3 Comments on The Hypocrisy and Danger of Anti-China Demonstrations

by Floyd Rudmin We hear that Tibetans suffer “demographic aggression” and “cultural genocide”. But we do not hear those terms…

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Olympic Torch Farce Mocks Democracy

 Michael Steinberg  April 14, 2008  3 Comments on Olympic Torch Farce Mocks Democracy

Last week’s Olympic Torch visit to San Francisco made a mockery of human and civil rights. When the Olympic Torch…

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Bush v. Chavez – An Update

 Staff  March 17, 2008  0 Comments on Bush v. Chavez – An Update

Introduction by Gary Ghirardi. Stephen Lendman is a contributing writer to the mediaLeft web site and his articles are published…

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Buddhist Monks Lead Protests – This Time In Tibet

 Staff  March 14, 2008  0 Comments on Buddhist Monks Lead Protests – This Time In Tibet

Tibetan Buddhist monks have been leading protests over the last couple of days, calling for independence for Tibet and protesting…

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