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  • September 2008

    • Ethel Was Innocent: Witness

      New York Times  |  Sep 12, 08 3:16 AM CDT

      Ethel Was Innocent: Witness

      (Newser) - A co-defendant of Julius and Ethel  Rosenberg has admitted for the first time that he was a Soviet spy—and that she was innocent. Morton Sobell, 91, passed military secrets to the Communists in World War II when the nations were still allies, he told the New York Times . Sobell, who served 18 years for espionage, said Julius did pass secrets but Ethel, executed with her husband in 1953, was guilty of nothing more than being Mrs. Rosenberg. More »

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      Cold War  • Soviet Union  • espionage  • Communists  • atomic bomb

  • July 2008

    • Judge Orders Rosenberg Evidence Kept Secret

      Reuters  |  Jul 23, 08 4:41 AM CDT

      Judge Orders Rosenberg Evidence Kept Secret

      (Newser) - Evidence that could clear the name of Ethel Rosenberg must stay under wraps to protect grand jury secrecy, a judge ruled yesterday. Ethel and husband Julius were executed in 1953 for passing atomic secrets to the Soviets. Her brother David Greenglass, who testified against her, has since said he lied about Ethel's role to protect his own wife from prosecution. But he has requested that his grand jury testimony not be made public. More »

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      nuclear weapons  • Cold War  • Soviet Union  • espionage  • Communists  • atomic bomb

  • June 2008

    • Ailing Fidel Appears on TV

      Associated Press  |  Jun 18, 08 5:58 AM CDT

      Ailing Fidel Appears on TV

      (Newser) - An animated Fidel Castro appeared on state-run Cuban TV yesterday, in the first such broadcast of the ailing revolutionary since January. Castro, standing in some parts of the video, was seen chatting in a garden with his brother Raul, the current Cuban president, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the AP reports. The trio discussed the global food and oil crises and  the effect of Midwest floods, Chavez told reporters. More »

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      politics  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Communism  • Cuban Revolution  • Communists

  • May 2008

    • Colombian Rebels Confirm Leader's Death

      Associated Press  |  May 25, 08 6:23 PM CDT

      Colombian Rebels Confirm Leader's Death

      (Newser) - A top Colombian rebel confirmed the death of FARC chief Manuel Marulanda in a TV interview today. Marulanda died of a heart attack 2 months ago, at age 78, "in the arms of his companion," he said. With "Sureshot" gone, new rebel leader Alfonso Cano may struggle to keep the Marxist group going, the AP reports. More »

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      obituary  • Colombia  • FARC  • heart attack  • Alvaro Uribe  • Communists  • Manuel Marulanda  • drug trade  • rebel fighters

    • Commies See Red Over Indiana Jones Film

      Times (UK)  |  May 24, 08 12:52 PM CDT

      Commies See Red Over Indiana Jones Film

      (Newser) - Indy's new Cold War adventure has infuriated St. Petersburg's Communist Party, the London Times reports. The angry apparatchiks say Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 's depiction of ruthless KGB spies who send terrorists to the US is pure propaganda intended to “slander Soviet Communists” and poison young Russians against  them. More »

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      Russia  • Soviet Union  • Indiana Jones  • Communist Party  • Cate Blanchett  • Harrison Ford  • St. Petersburg  • Communists

  • March 2008

    • Gorbachev Admits He's Christian

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 19, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Gorbachev Admits He's Christian

      (Newser) - Nearly 20 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union's atheist empire, Mikhail Gorbachev has admitted he is a Christian, reports the Daily Telegraph . On a visit to Italy the last president of the Communist state prayed at the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi, and later told priests the saint had played a fundamental role in his life. "St. Francis is, for me, the alter Christus, the other Christ," said Gorbachev. More »

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      religion  • Italy  • Christianity  • Ronald Reagan  • Soviet Union  • Mikhail Gorbachev  • Communists

  • February 2008

    • Fidel Looking Forward to 'Vacation'

      Associated Press  |  Feb 22, 08 2:48 PM CST

      Fidel Looking Forward to 'Vacation'

      (Newser) - Fidel can't wait to retire. The soon-to-be-former dictator published a new newspaper column today, telling Cuba he was relieved to be rid of his exhausting presidential duties. “The night before, I slept better than ever,” Castro wrote. But he couldn’t give up his newspaper gig because, “I didn't have the right to keep silent for so long.” More »

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      Election 2008  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Raul Castro  • Communists  • Havana

  • December 2007

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