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Karl Marx was a revolutionary economist. His communist manifesto was followed by dozens of countries during its peak popularity. Today only a handful remain.

Since 1975, the Lao PDR is a single-party socialist republic, largely inspired by Vietnam, replacing the former constitutional monarchy.

When the World Baseball Classic starts in March of 2009, all eyes will be on Team Cuba for a player to defect to Major League Baseball

Police state and axis of evil member, the DPRK, has once again used the American Memorial Day holiday to defy the world and successfully test a small nuclear device.

An examination of the process by which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted and adopted by the United Nations.

Born in Portsmouth, England, the work of the Victorian writer Charles Dickens is still relevant, as the number of film and stage adaptations of his work testifiy.

This unique restaurant specializing in wine and grilled entrees is set into a romantically decorated cave.

The Manchurian Candidate is a Cold War thriller and intense political satire with sinister plot twists starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury.

China's car makers have the production might to become serious world players. But their products are already tainted with safety and quality control issues.

Cuban President Raul Castro has a daughter with a heart for social justice. Now head of the National Centre for Sex Education in Cuba, Mariela fights for minorities.

Only a small number of countries use shooting as a way of carrying out capital punishment.

The Berlin Blockade was the first major crisis of the Cold War, setting up the stage for the decades of tension that were to follow.

The Bill of Rights limits the Federal Government in regulating citizen conduct. The First Amendment restricts Federal action in the areas of religion, speech, press and a

A brief look at some events and people to impact history in a major way on this date, December 1.

The 2010 World Cup is creating jobs, infrastructure, transportation systems, and a place on the international stage that Africa desperately needs.

After independence many African leaders embraced socialism as a political ideology and identity. What has become of this concept in the 21st century?

As African nationalists intensified their guerrilla campaigns against the white minority government of Ian Smith, John Vorster also increased his support for Smith.

Cambodia's new generation of urban career women are also the unexpected new victims in the increasingly global scourge of eating disorders, say local experts.

Dancehall reggae has come under fire in recent years with charges that many of its artists pen lyrics that are violent, sexually explicit and homophobic.

President Robert Mugabe has shown a remarkable ability to handle opposition to his government at all levels. What are his strategies?

At the end of the Cold War North Korea's future looked bleak. The secretive regime, though nominally self-sufficient, was in reality heavily reliant on the Soviet Union.

The world's most reclusive country, is once again defying the international community - reaffirming its isolationist policies and amplifying the nuclear threat.

Designed in the Soviet Union the SKS rifle was produced in no less than 8 countries in several variants over the past sixty years.

It is important to identify the types of welfare states in the European Union in order to understand the similarities and differences between them.

The outcome of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle was shaped by the forces of the Cold War. It involved the US, Britain, China, Russia, UN, OAU, and Commenwealth.

Backpacking for cheap is something that nearly every backpacker wishes for, and by holidaying to Slovenia, that dream can be achieved.