Around the World (Feb 21, 2008)

[Kamal_Farran]

CUBA:
Vultures hovering over Cuba after Fidel Castro steps down
http://www.marxist.com/cuba/cuba-after-fidel-castro.htm

IRAN:
February 16 pickets in solidarity with Iranian students
http://www.marxist.com/iran/pickets-solidarity-iranian-students.htm

PAKISTAN:
Coalition - no solution!
http://www.marxist.com/pakistan/coalition-no-solution.htm
PPP confirms blatant fraud in elections
http://www.ppp.org.pk/elections/17-2-2008.html
http://www.ppp.org.pk/elections/17a-2-2008.html
Pakistani vote-rigging raised in Belgian press
http://www.marxist.com/pakistan/vote-rigging-raised-belgian-press.htm

RUSSIA:
Cut Red Tape That Stifles NGOs
New Legislation Obstructs Independent Work by Civil Society
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/02/19/russia18101.htm

EXPECTED TODAY:
Total lunar eclipse - North and South America, Europe, Africa, and Western Asia.
http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/2008-02-21/
Official launch of International Year of Languages on International Mother Language Day at UNESCO
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=36172&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

[Samerron]

US missile hits 'toxic satellite'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7254540.stm

for photos: http://www.defenselink.mil/PhotoEssays/PhotoEssaySS.aspx?ID=592

[Kamal_Farran]

US missile hits 'toxic satellite'

Once again the American heroes saved the Earth... It's so touching!

[Samerron]

They are just cleaning their own mess ...

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