On AlterNet: eastern europe

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Watch Out: The World Bank Is Quietly Funding a Massive Corporate Water Grab

Scott Thill, AlterNet. November 2, 2010.

Even though water privatization has been a massive failure around the world, the World Bank just quietly gave $139 million to its latest corporate buddy.

Note to Conservatives: Iran Is Not Eastern Europe -- It's Iran

Hilzoy, Washington Monthly AlterNet: World. June 17, 2009.

Conservatives are drawing parallels between Eastern Europe under Soviet occupation, and current events in Iran. The comparison is absurd.

The Financial Crisis Pushes Europe to the Brink of Disaster

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. March 12, 2009.

What is happening there will make things worse for us here.

"Modern Gypsy Hunts"; Europe Offers no Place for the Roma

Claudia Ciobanu, IPS News. May 29, 2008.

The Roma are a community that is believed to have migrated to Europe from India since the 14th century.