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A dangerous dispute in the South China Sea

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
What began as minor incident involving a warning by a Philippine ship to a Chinese fishing boat has escalated into a diplomatic row that risks military conflict.

Crulic—The Path to Beyond from Romania: The tragic fate of a decent, humble human being

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
The second film by Romanian filmmaker Anca Damian, Crulic—The Path to Beyond, was another noteworthy documentary (or semi-documentary) featured at the 2012 San Francisco film festival.

European economic crisis, military tensions overshadow G8 summit

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
Heads of state gathered yesterday to kick off a two-day G8 summit at Camp David, to be followed by a NATO summit starting tonight in Chicago.

UK prime minister warns of euro zone break-up

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
UK Prime Minister David Cameron used a speech to business leaders in Manchester to set out his government’s prescription for the euro zone on the eve of the G8 summit.

G8 and NATO summits take place without Putin

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
The last minute decision of Russian president Vladimir Putin to not attend this week’s G8 summit is an unmistakable sign of deteriorating relations between Moscow and NATO.

Mass layoffs hit Hewlett-Packard, US Postal Service

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest maker of personal computers and server systems, plans to cut as many at 30,000 jobs next week.

Quebec law criminalizing student strike threatens basic rights of all

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
Quebec’s Liberal government has rammed through emergency legislation that criminalizes the fourteen-week long Quebec student strike and places chilling restrictions on the right to demonstrate over any issue.

Greece: The program of Syriza

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
Syriza’s goal is not the socialist transformation of society, but creating better conditions for the upper middle class and sections of the Greek bourgeoisie.

Facebook IPO falls flat

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
Facebook, the social networking platform, made its initial public offering on Friday in the largest technology IPO in US history. High sell volume after the opening prompted the offering's underwriters to buy up stocks to shore up the price.

Spain’s regional governments impose further cuts

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
A new round of cuts has been imposed by the regional governments in Andalusia, Asturias and Catalonia this week in order to reduce their deficit to the target of 1.5 percent of GDP set by the Spain’s Popular Party government.

Thomson scandal exposes decay of Australian “labour movement”

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
The affair has provided a glimpse into the fetid world of high-paid Labor and union careerists scrambling for positions and power, divorced from and utterly contemptuous of the working class.

Hondurans demand US withdrawal over civilian deaths

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
The killing of at least four Honduran civilians, including two pregnant women, in an attack by a US helicopter triggered angry protests in Honduras’s remote northeastern Mosquito Coast area.

Massive security preparations for NATO summit in Chicago

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
In the run-up to next week’s NATO summit, parts of Chicago have been virtually locked down, with police storming the apartments of anti-war activists.

SEP presidential candidate Jerry White speaks on Obama’s attack on auto workers

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
In this video, Socialist Equality Party presidential candidate Jerry White visits the site of the General Motors Pontiac East Assembly Plant, which was closed in September 2009.

Toronto Star’s Heather Mallick endorses “murderer” Obama

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 28 sec ago
In a May 14 column in the Toronto Star, liberal writer Heather Mallick explains that given a choice between Republican contender Mitt Romney and drone strike “murderer” Barrack Obama, she would definitely choose the latter.

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

World Socialist Web Site - 36 min 29 sec ago
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Three killed in Italy earthquake

BBC Headline News - 51 min 16 sec ago
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake in northern Italy kills at least three people and causes thousands of others to flee into the streets.

Green earthquake alert (magnitude 6M and depth 10km) in Japan 20/05/2012 07:19 UTC, No people within 100km.

Global Disaster Watch - 57 min 15 sec ago
On 5/20/2012 7:19:55 AM, an earthquake occurred in Japan potentially affecting No people within 100km. The earthquake had magnitude 6M and depth 10km.

Three die in Italy quake

Fairfax World News - 1 hour 3 min ago
A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy today, causing at least three deaths and collapsing rural factories and ancient bell towers in towns.

Phone hack police chief to retire

BBC Headline News - 1 hour 20 min ago
The senior Scotland Yard officer in charge of three linked phone-hacking investigations will retire later this year, the Met Police confirms.

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