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  UK taxpayers pay for the rich’s greed: British people are struggling with their biggest squeeze on living standards at a time of austerity while many high-prof...
  ‘Syria reaction to talks constructive’: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the Syrian government's response to proposed peace talks is constructive and...
  
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  Kenya probe links president to rights abuses: Special commission says Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy helped plan and fund post-election violence in 2007.
  Sweden riots continue after police shooting: Windows smashed, cars and several containers set on fire, and seven police officers injured in Stockholm suburb.
  
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  Dispatch #1 from the Mussalaha Delegation to Syria...: “When can we go back?” This plaintive question of refugees since time immemorial was asked again of Nobel Peace L...
  Dispatch #2 from the Mussalaha Delegation to Syria: As I begin to compose this, I hear what sounds like artillery and rocket fire in the distance, mixed with occasional sma...
  
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  Ecuador's President Attacks US Over Press Fre...: Critics say Correa is creating a pro-government media system; Correa says there is a fundamental contradiction with corp...
  JP Morgan/Chase Sharehoders Meeting to Vote on Dem...: Jennifer Taub: Fight over resolution making CEO Dimon give up board chairman's job shows what an oxymoron "shareholder d...
  
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  Vancouver Giants set sights on hosting WHL Memoria...: Sports »Vancouver's Ron Toigo has assembled a roster of young players designed to contend for a championship in th...
  David Suzuki: Ontario’s wildlife needs continued...: Commentary »Sadly, we seem to be entering a new phase: environmental deregulation.David Suzuki: Ontario’s wildli...
  
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  Editor of The Progressive Calls For Eric Holder to...: As the Obama administration faces criticism for the Justice Department's spying on journalists and the IRS targeting of...
  Other Than Honorable: Army Strips Benefits of Woun...: A new investigation by the Colorado Springs Gazette says the U.S. Army is downsizing from a decade of war by increasingl...
  
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  Canada’s seven-year war on science: If anyone doubts the intellectual bankruptcy and anti-science bias of Canada's government, show them this...
  The Wealth of Commons: A World Beyond Market and S...: Book review: Far from being a 'tragedy' the commons offers genuine solutions to climate change and other environmental p...
  
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  Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Exposes Dangers o...: The explosion that killed 14 at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas in April 2013 raises new concerns over OSHA funding an...
  Screen Propaganda, Hollywood and the CIA: Black Hawk Down, Zero Dark Thirty and Argo, those are only a few major recent productions showing how today’s movie in...
  
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  Peruvian campaign against TPP: 'Our Rights ar...: A broad-based coalition of Peruvian civil society launched a campaign and petition against the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
  The resilience of the West?: May 22, 2013 Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: Mr.T...
  
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  Militarism and Sports – Part II (A Response): Militarism and Sports – Part II (A Response) Tyler Shipley A couple of years ago, I wrote a short article expressing m...
  Militarism and Sports – Part I (A Call): Militarism and Sports – Part I (A Call) Peter Miller and Daniel Lyder An oft-repeated opinion in the sports media...