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  Syria army advances deeper into Qusayr: The Syrian army is pushing ahead with its battle against foreign-backed militants, advancing deeper into the strategic w...
  Islamophobic hate crimes surge in UK: Islamophobic hate crimes taking place across Britain have been running at more than 10 times the usual rate since this w...
  
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  Leaders in Addis Ababa for AU summit: Huge celebrations taking place in Ethiopian capital to mark 50 years since the continental bloc was founded.
  Guatemala's ex-president extradited to US: Alfonso Portillo describes extradition to the US, where he will face money-laundering charges, as a "kidnapping".
  
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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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  Aspects of Vancouver’s crack scene resemble thos...: News Features »Vancouver and two of Brazil’s large coastal cities have something in common, and it’s not bikin...
  Co-Existing With Coyotes program faces funding sho...: Straight Talk »Metro Vancouver’s environment and parks committee recommended declining a $19,000 funding request...
  
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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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  Asbestos and unions in Laos: Labour news from the Asia Pacific region. Interview with Vilada Phomduangsy, a project officer for APHEDA Union Aid Abro...
  HEU: How our union works: The Hospital Employees Union has a new video out to explain how their union works. Video: How our union...
  
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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...