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William Engdahl Curiously and quietly the United States is being outflanked in its now-obvious strategy of controlling major oil and energy sources of the Persian Gulf, Central Asia's Caspian Basin, Africa and beyond. The US's global energy

Nicole Colson, Chicago Force-feeding of prisoners on hunger strike at the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is being used as a form of torture, says a lawyer for several detainees. According to the Center for Constitutional Rights, Julia

Jim McIlroy &Coral Wynter, Caracas The United States government has infiltrated special forces troops into Venezuela along the frontier with Colombia, as part of its destablisation plans against President Hugo Chavez, according to US writer and

Eva Cheng Just after midnight on August 18, five grassroots organisers of the Communist Party of India Marxist-Leninist (Liberation), retired after yet another busy day in the party's Paliganj local office, near Patna, the capital city of the

On May 3, Bolivian President Evo Morales issued the following statement in response to a declaration by Bolivia's key business federations attacking his government's policies. Yesterday, Bolivians were able to read in the newspapers a declaration

On October 26, Venezuelan ambassador Fermin Toro Jimenez told the UN Security Council that his country has begun processing an extradition request for Reverend Pat Robertson from the US. Robertson has publicly called for the assassination of

Doug Lorimer An "emergency" meeting of the UN's Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, was convened on February 2 to consider a resolution sponsored by the EU-3 (Britain, France and Germany) to ask IAEA director-general Mohammed ElBaradei

On August 7, New National Party leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk announced that he would be joining the African National Congress and encouraged other NNP members to do likewise. Although the NNP will still exist — the ANC allowing dual membership

Stuart Munckton The second round of the Peruvian presidential election was dominated by a ceaseless campaign, backed by the corporate media and the United States, of scaremongering about a supposed plot by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to

Stuart Munckton The Venezuelan government has reacted to fresh allegations, originating from inside the US. According to an October 11 Venezuelanalysis.com article, the Miami-based Inter-American Press Association accused the left-wing government

On January 24, more than 1 million people demonstrated outside the US Interest Section in Havana against US aggression. Days earlier, a screen was installed on the USISH building to display continuous provocative messages. The following is abridged

PALESTINE: Israeli soldiers fire on ambulance On August 10, Palestinian Medical Relief Society ambulance staff, including five doctors and two nurses, were attacked while they distributed first aid kits to homeless residents of Rafah. According to