by Phyllis Bennis
President Barack Obama said directly that he would be announcing “a way forward in Iraq that leaves Iraq to its people and responsibly ends this war.” As far as it goes, that sounds good. This is an indication that President Obama is largely keeping to his campaign promises, and that’s a hopeful sign, reflecting the power of the anti-war consensus in this country.
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Daily Archives: April 2, 2009
Tsvangirai meets Motlanthe over Zim economy
Mail and Guardian
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA Feb 20 2009
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is to meet on Friday with South African President Kgalema Motlanthe to discuss a R10-billion aid package to revive Zimbabwe’s shattered economy, Business Day reported.
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The Good Life
Click on the link below for a three minute video done by the same group that did “The Story of Stuff”.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=McvCJley78A
Nearly everyone agrees that this economic crisis was set off by a simple human foible — greed. From the bankers to the borrowers, people just couldn’t seem to get enough of what they thought would bring them The Good Life.
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Defiant Mugabe’s birthday banquet
Zimbabwe’s president demands cattle and money from his starving people to pay for a surreal party
Alex Duval Smith, Africa Correspondent
Robert Mugabe marked his 85th birthday yesterday with a sumptuous banquet in Harare at the start of a week of parties which observers say is a further sign of the Zimbabwean president’s defiance in the face of growing criticism of his regime.
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NICARAGUA: Universal Primary Education Still Far Off
By José Adán Silva
MANAGUA, Apr 1 (IPS) – Damaris Aguilar had to pull her daughter out of school this year. “My oldest child is already in fifth grade; now we’re waiting for the situation to improve so that she can go on learning,” says the 34-year-old Nicaraguan mother of two.
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Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation 