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  'US, UK plotting to mar Iran election': A senior Iranian lawmaker says the United States and Britain are seeking to discourage a large turnout in Iran’s upcom...
  Chomsky calls for Obama trial at ICC: Renowned American academic Noam Chomsky says US President Barack Obama, his predecessor George W. Bush along with former...
  
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  FIFA to bring in tough anti-racism sanctions: Taskforce chairman Jeffrey Webb talks exclusively to Al Jazeera about FIFA measures planned to tackle racism in football...
  Kerry urges hard decisions for peace talks: On his fourth visit to Middle East, US secretary of state pushes Israeli and Palestinian leaders to resume negotiations.
  
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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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  Mexican Priest Alejandro Solalinde on Central, Sou...: As Congress continues to shape an immigration reform bill that could provide a path to citizenship for some 11 million u...
  Ríos Montt Genocide Verdict Annulled, But Activis...: As Guatemala's high court annuls former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt's genocide conviction, we're joined by two people w...
  
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  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.
  Climate colonialism, illustrated: 99% of disease caused by climate change occurs in developing countries, and 88% of that affects children under age 5...
  
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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...