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The United Nations’ duty in Haiti’s cholera outbreak
In a country where no cases of cholera had been recorded in more than 150 years, the number of cholera-infected Haitians surpassed all recorded cholera infections in the rest of the…
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A story that needed to be told
Fernwood Publishing of Canada has just released “What Lies Across the Water – The Real Story of the Cuban Five”, so far the most complete book available in English on a subject that…
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Self-censoring journalists shield us from ugly consequences of U.S. military power
Despite an ever-receding threats to the actual physical security of Americans we seem to be in a state of permanent warfare and government spying and surveillance of our own citizens
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Snowden leaves Moscow airport; in hiding
The Associated Press is reporting that Edward Snowden has left the Moscow airport where he’d been holed up since June.
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Chomsky: U.S. conducts ‘the most awesome international terrorist campaign ever’
"U.S. policy is designed in a way to increase terror," said U.S. academician, philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky last weekend at the Swiss Press Club in Geneva.
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Pope Francis says he won’t judge gay priests
Pope Francis said Monday that he won't "judge" gay priests, which Vatican analysts say may be the opening for a more conciliatory attitude toward gay members of the church.
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U.S. also turns down Moscow’s extradition requests
U.S. is pressuring Russia to hand over NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden while routinely denying Russian requests to hand over suspected criminals living in America.
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Global survey: Majority feel corruption has worsened, think governments can’t fix it
By Alexander Trowbridge (CBS News)
The protests that have raged globally in the past few months, from Turkey to Brazil, to the ongoing turmoil in Egypt, have appeared to share a…
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Think Syriasly
In early June, President Obama verified that Washington would send arms to the Free Syrian Army – just another headline with little information about White House strategy or long-term…
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Limp economies
By now, United States and Western Europe, together with Japan and China the strongest economies in the world, were supposed to be well beyond the reach of the tidal waves set off by the…
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