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  Lawyers protest over UK legal aid cuts: Hundreds of lawyers have protested outside the Houses of Parliament to oppose British government’s plans to cut anothe...
  Turkey seals border crossing with Syria: Turkey has closed a border gate with Syria following two deadly bomb attacks in Turkey’s southern province of Hatay.
  
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  World Bank offers $1bn to Africa Great Lakes: Funds for health, education, hydro-electric projects and cross-border trade come amid fresh fighting in the region.
  German firm to hire more people with autism: Computer software company announces plans to employ hundreds of people with autism in bid to drive innovative thinking.
  
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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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  Why Austerity Kills: From Greece to U.S., Cripplin...: In their new book, "The Body Economic: Why Austerity Kills," economist David Stuckler and physician Sanjay Basu examine...
  "The Unimaginable Has Happened": Massive...: Dozens have been killed and more than 200 wounded in a devastating tornado in Oklahoma. The storm tore through the Oklah...
  
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  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...
  Nepalese workers poisoned by local and global poll...: Driven from their farms by climate change, brickworkers near luxurious Kathmandu are dying slowly in an air pollution di...
  
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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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  Pack the Senate with cheats, then call for reform,...: Prime Minister Stephen Harper was apparently grinding away at his Conservative caucus yesterday morning about the need f...
  Activist Communique: Power in the name -- the recl...: On May 22 at 5 p.m., a powerful renaming ceremony will take place in British Columbia. Name and Blood both hold importan...
  
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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...