Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Cuba on Saturday night from Caracas. He was met at the airport by Cuban President Raul Chavez. He will immediately begin a second round of radiotherapy in his battle to defeat cancer.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez returns to Cuba on Saturday to begin a second round of radiotherapy in his battle to defeat cancer. He had tumors removed in June 2011 and February 2012.
Read MoreOver 50,000 people gathered at Beit Hanoun in the north of the Gaza Strip yesterday for the Global March to Jerusalem. With the exception of a hundred or so people the enormous crowd was peaceful and well-behaved, but determined to make their point on Palestinian Land Day. (12 photos)
Read MoreOver a month after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot dead in Sanford, Florida, his gunman George Zimmerman remains a free man despite growing questions over Zimmerman’s claim that he acted in self-defense.
Read MoreAn agreement aimed at facilitating trade between El Salvador and Cuba was approved Thursday by the legislature of that Central American nation. The accord involves reducing tarrifs on 433 Salvadoran products and 618 Cuban ones.
Read MoreAs the Trayvon Martin case draws national attention, we look at another fatal shooting of an African-American male that has received far less scrutiny. Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., a 68-year-old African-American Marine veteran, was fatally shot in November by White Plains, NY, police who responded to a false alarm.
Read MoreVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez left Havana on Wednesday night bound for Caracas after receiving his fifth session of radiotherapy after having arrived on March 24. He said he felt fine and was in full recovery.
Read MoreAs the United States Congress asks if full-body scanners are “Effective Security or Security Theater?” we examine safety concerns at the heart of a lawsuit that seeks a freeze on the use body scanners pending an independent review.
Read MoreIn 1990, a pipe bomb went off under the seat of legendary Earth First! activist Judi Bari as she drove to a demonstration to stop timber companies from clear-cutting old-growth redwood trees. Bari was almost killed.
Read MoreThe Park Slope Food Coop, one of the oldest and largest in the United States, is set to vote Tuesday on whether to hold a referendum on boycotting goods from Israel to protest the Israeli government’s policies toward Palestinians.
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