Archive for January 2nd, 2009

Raul Castro says hopes too high for Obama (Reuters)

Written by on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 in Latest News.

The number 50 is seen on the Cuban Transport Ministry building in Havana January 2, 2009. Cuba celebrated on Thursday the 50th anniversary of a 1959 revolution whose leader Fidel Castro transformed the island into a communist state that has survived despite decades of opposition from the United States and the collapse of its Cold War benefactors. (Enrique De La Osa/Reuters)Reuters – U.S. President-elect Barack Obama appears to be an honest and sincere man, but his election has awakened “excessive hopes” that the United States will change, Cuban President Raul Castro said in a television interview broadcast on Friday.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Hundreds have protested in Chicago for and against Israel’s air offensive targeting Hamas. Similar protests have been held across the world since Israel launched the bombing campaign last Saturday.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Chicagoans protest Gaza assault

Written by on Friday, January 2nd, 2009 in Latest News.

Hundreds have protested in Chicago for and against Israel’s air offensive targeting Hamas. Similar protests have been held across the world since Israel launched the bombing campaign last Saturday.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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