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  Britons struggle with council tax cuts: A debt advice charity has warned that poor British households could be in danger of being pushed into the hands of baili...
  Yemen main oil pipeline sabotaged: Unknown attackers have blown up Yemen’s main oil export pipeline in the central province of Ma’rib, halting the flow...
  
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  Ugandan army chief fired after leaked letter: Head of army moved to interior ministry after letter says he opposed president's son succeeding his father.
  UK arrests two men on Pakistan flight: UK jets divert passenger plane flying from Pakistan to Stansted after threat call to air traffic control.
  
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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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  Global Protest in 300 Cities Will Take Aim on Mons...: Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to challenge Monsanto's bullying of small farmers, influence on public poli...
  Yes Mr President, This Is Who We Are: Michael Ratner and Paul Jay analyze President Obama's defense of his drone and Guantanamo policies - a policy based on c...
  
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  Mayor Gregor Robertson relies on public relations,...: Commentary »The timing couldn't have been better.Mayor Gregor Robertson relies on public relations, but does that...
  Bob Simpson: The government we deserve: Commentary »There’s an adage that we get the government we deserve—it remains to be seen what that means for B...
  
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  The Story of Jude Mohammad: Why Was a U.S. Citizen...: U.S.Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday that admitted for the first time that the Obama...
  As Guantánamo Hunger Strike Enters 107th Day, Dia...: We speak with CodePink co-founder Diane Wilson, who is on day 25 of a water-and-salt-only hunger strike in solidarity wi...
  
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  Ecosocialist resources, 31: Capitalism and climate-change; Alberta oil spills; EDF wrong on fracking; Anti-wind movement; U.S. groundwater losses...
  Terracide: Destroying the planet for profit: It's the biggest crime in history. Big Oil is deliberately making Earth uninhabitable, and getting rich doing it.
  
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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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  Who profits from blasting away water resources and...: Another true horror story for water and the environment: open cast mineral sand mining. In very basic terms, this form o...
  Rob Ford and the civic value of embarrassment: May 24, 2013 Photo: Shaun Merritt/flickr Ther...
  
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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...