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...ndez de Kirchner, Bolivia's Evo Morales and the grand old man of social revolution, Raúl Castro. (Stone profiled Raúl's brother in a similarly indulgent 2003 poli-doc, Commandante.) The only missing socialist leader is Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua - a regime whose electoral council outlawed the two main opposition groups from participating in the 2008 election and barred outside observers from monitoring the vote, which was widely criticized as rigged...
...town [Aug. 17]. A quick glance at MichiganDaily.com would have revealed that the Daily does cover Ann Arbor politics and business along with its extensive coverage of the University of Michigan. We were, in fact, the only publication in the city to officially endorse candidates in recent city-council elections. The Daily may not be a new online operation promising to solve journalism's financial woes, but it has been a consistent and credible source of news in Ann Arbor for more than 119 years. Gary Graca, ANN ARBOR, MICH...
...that depends for survival largely on remittances from citizens who work abroad, from relatives and friends in the United States. El Salvador's local economy has been hit particularly hard in recent months due to the global economic downturn and slumping U.S. economy, says Larry Birns, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, creating "a society unable to fulfill expectations of a large portion of the population." Says Birns, "El Salvador simply can't afford a full-scale war on crime and gangs." And so the Maras will continue to grow and export themselves...
...Ammar is a knowledgeable and mighty person and is competent for leading the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council." - Humam Hamoudi, SIIC lawmaker in the Iraqi Foreign Affairs Committee. (UPI, Sept...
...While in exile, al-Hakim's uncle and father formed the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (formerly the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq) during the Iran-Iraq War. Al-Hakim's father returned to Iraq in April 2003, a year after the U.S. invasion, and the SIIC quickly rose to prominence there...