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  The Monarchy Part 27: The Monarchy program is aimed at shedding light on the dark corners of British internal affairs, foreign affairs, and of...
  EX-UK PM Thatcher betrayed Iran: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher betrayed the Iranian nation and government during her 11 years in office...
  
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  Syrian opposition struggle to unify ranks: Meeting for a third day in Istanbul, Syrian National Coalition fails to agree on expanding to include more factions.
  Rioting spreads outside calmer Stockholm: Police detain 19 after about 25 cars burnt on sixth straight night of violence in mainly immigrant areas of Stockholm.
  
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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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  B.C. pharmaceutical watchdog again facing uncertai...: Straight Talk »The Therapeutics Initiative once again faces the possibility of elimination.B.C. pharmaceutical wat...
  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...
  
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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...