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Spain´s most prominent Basque separatist politician Arnaldo Otegi, right, who had been accused of praising terrorism, is seen in the national court before been acquitted of all charges in Madrid, Wednesday, March 21, 2007. Otegi, who faces several

Basque separatist leader Otegi freed from jail -
Yahoo Daily News

30 minutes ago SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AFP) - Arnaldo Otegi, the former leader of Batasuna, the banned political wing of armed Basque separatist group ETA, was released from jail Saturday after spending just over a year behind bars....
photo: AP Photo/EFE/Sergio Barrenechea, Pool

Opinion Worldwide

Not finished with Katrina, not ready for Gustav
International Herald Tribune

not ready for Gustav Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, residents...

Our citizens, their law
The Guardian

It is time to assert the rights of British people to enjoy a fair trial, free from bogus...

A great many of us dream of living abroad - so why is Britain set to become even more crowded?
The Guardian

The only sure way to avoid the threatened population nightmare will be to emigrate in our...

Ron Paul followers gathering for own convention

Republican presidential hopeful, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks to reporters after appearing on NBC's "Meet The Press" in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2007. (js1)

The Press Democrat

More than 9,700 tickets had been sold for the Rally for the Republic, which seeks to bring together activists who are anti-war, anti-government regulation, anti-immigration, anti-taxes, anti-Federal Reserve, anti-outsourcing, pro-individual liberty,...
photo: AP / Gerald Herbert

Hurricane déjà vu

Houston Chronicle

In 2005 the eye of Hurricane Katrina seemed to spare the low-lying neighborhoods of New Orleans as it moved to the east into Mississippi. Relief was short-lived as the backhanded surge of water from the storm breached levees and created an urban...
photo: FEMA

Romney backers still hope he'll get a Cabinet position

The Boston Globe

Supporters of Mitt Romney, disappointed that John McCain bypassed him and chose Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate, consoled themselves yesterday with hopes that Romney could still emerge as a top choice for a Cabinet position if the...
photo: AP Photo / LM Otero

Poultry industry ensnared

Houston Chronicle

MILWAUKEE - It's a game of political chicken, and U.S. poultry producers are caught in the middle. Russia, the top market for U.S. chicken exports, will be banning imports from at least 19 plants on Monday. While U.S. producers say these bans won't...
photo: WN / marzena

Thai PM meets king over growing protests

Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, second from right, and his cabinet members from left, Finance Minister Surapong Suebwonglee, Education Minister Somchai Wongsawas and Commerce Minister Mingkwan Saengsuwan share a light moment during a group photograph at government house in Bangkok, Thailand Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008.

Canada Dot Com

BANGKOK - Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has briefed King Bhumibol Adulaydej on the anti-government protests spreading around the country, a government official said Saturday. The premier flew from Bangkok around midnight by private jet to the...
photo: AP Photo / Apichart Weerawong

Disneyfication of the Holocaust

Dawn

By Linda Grant After the Hungarian writer Imre Kertesz won the Nobel prize for literature in 2002, his little-known 1975 novel Fatelessness, about his own childhood deportation to Auschwitz and Buchenwald, was filmed, with a script by Kertesz...
photo: WN / marzena