COCHABAMBA, Bolivia–Five years ago the issue of water privatization exploded here when massive public protests forced out a consortium of firms led by the California engineering giant, Bechtel. Within weeks of taking over the city’s public water company, Bechtel hiked…

Carl, 57, had struggled with bipolar disorder and severe depression for years and had threatened suicide before, friends and church officials said. “There were other incidents when he had gone off his medication,” cathedral spokesman John Charles said. As one…

Yushchenko does not fully control the protesters, who are organized primarily by the student activist group Pora. Pora of course, is a front for US and Europe controlled organizations, and if you believe what is happening in Ukraine is a…

Moscow says it plans to auction oil giant’s main unit despite U.S. court injunction. Clearly irritated at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s last-minute intervention in the Kremlin’s long-running tax war with the Russian company, officials in Moscow asserted that the ruling…

US police believe they have found alive a baby girl who was taken from her murdered mother’s womb. (The title of this post is from Swinburne)

Cuba on Friday put up two huge billboards in front of the U.S. mission with pictures of abused Iraqi prisoners, a swastika and the word “fascists” in bold red letters.  Oh dear, is “fascist” too strong a word? Let’s see,…

President Bush said on Thursday that addressing the long-term problems in Social Security would reassure the financial markets, offering a rationale to offset criticism that his plan to add personal investment accounts to the retirement system would require up to…