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  Montreal mayor resigns after arrest: Embattled Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum has resigned, one day after his arrest on 14 charges, including fraud.
  Palestinian writers refused UK visas: The British government has refused to issue an entry visa to two Palestinian writers who have been invited to speak at a...
  
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  Mali signs ceasefire deal with Tuareg rebels: Deal would pave way for army and civilian administrators to return to rebel-held region before planned polls next month.
  Torrential rains devastate north Indian state: Death toll rises to 64 as army scrambles to rescue thousands stranded due to flooding and landslides.
  
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  Galtung-Overcoming the Taksim Square Conflict: 11 June 2013 - Prof. Johan Galtung, in Turkey, presents an analysis and much info directed at peaceful/nonviolent soluti...
  Justice at Guantanamo: From the Profound to the Ab...: Lawyers argue over basic rules as accused terrorist Abd al Rahim al Nashiri faces the death penalty. After being capture...
  
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  Edward Snowden: War on Whistleblowers "Only B...: Larry Wilkerson: Snowden's expertise allowed him to understand the threat of the NSA's surveillance programs on civil l...
  Senate Immigration Bill Fails to Advance Immigrant...: Comprehensive immigration reform fails to address root causes of migration...
  
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  Mountain Equipment Co-op launches new logo: Straight Talk »Gone are the two mountain tops from MEC’s old logo to reflect the company’s urban reach.Mountai...
  Group protests funding cuts at GF Strong Rehab Cen...: Straight Talk »Event organizers were calling for an end to funding cuts at the GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre.Gro...
  
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  Glenn Greenwald: As Obama Makes "False"...: Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who broke the NSA surveillance story earlier this month, joins us one day after...
  A Medical Ethics-free Zone? Guantánamo Doctors Ur...: As the prison-wide hunger strike at Guantánamo enters its 133rd day, a group of top U.S. doctors and public health spec...
  
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  Capitalism: A Structural Genocide: Book Review: Capitalism is responsible for a class-based genocide that targets the poor, particularly in the global sout...
  Ecosocialist resources, 34: Bolivia and 'recipes for socialism' ... How should a united socialist party work? ... The history and future of Leninism...
  
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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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  'Rosa Luxemburg? You're not boarding tha...: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 A routine trip to attend a political con...
  Refugee lawyers: Cuts to Interim Federal Health Pr...: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 For 55 years, the IFHP paid for basic he...
  
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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...