China hoped 2008 would be a yearlong celebration, a time to bask in the spotlight of the upcoming Beijing Olympics. Instead, the Year of the Rat has also brought a wave of troubles - both natural and man-made - that are putting a heavy strain on the communist leadership.
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COLOMBO, Oct 11 (IPS) - It might have the script a Tamil blockbuster movie. When Vinayagamoorthi Muralitharan, eastern commander of the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), turned renegade in 2004 he could not have...
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a Luo Marxist, and former Kenyan Barack Obama are cousins.In an interview with Reuters in January, Odinga said Barack called him twice in one day to express his concern over the violent...
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Sentencing hearing set for Oct. 24 By JOHN DIEDRICH jdiedrich@journalsentinel.com A federal judge late Friday denied former Milwaukee Ald. Michael McGee’s request to delay his sentencing hearing, set for Oct. 24. Michael McGee,...