Month April 2005

China moving pieces on the chessboard

CPC, KMT reportedly to end hostilities The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Kuomintang (KMT) Party, whose leader Lian Chan has just arrived in Beijing today in a historial visit, are reportedly to end decades of hostilities at a…

Chavez and oil

Telephone callers at Venezuela’s oil ministry are getting the low-down on the country’s oil strategy direct from President Hugo Chavez. “What is the reason for the imperialist aggression against our country? Venezuela is the world’s top oil reserve and the…

Schwarzenegger praises ‘Minuteman’ campaign

Schwarzenegger says group’s patrols against illegal immigrants have been effective. One critic calls remarks ‘nothing short of base racism.’ Rather than attempt to revive his collapsing governorship, Arnold instead, attacks the powerless.