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US Military: The Uninvited Guest Who Just Never Leaves

US Military: The Uninvited Guest Who Just Never Leaves

Today, President Obama will address the nation from the oval office, and will praise the sacrifice made by the US military in Iraq. The President will also claim that the “US combat operations in Iraq are over”. However, this upcoming statement is part truth part political spin for US domestic consumption. The reality of Iraq […]

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UN Strongly Criticizes France’s Racial Discrimination Of Roma

UN Strongly Criticizes France’s Racial Discrimination Of Roma

After reviewing several legal complaints filled by Roma associations and human rights groups, the UN’s anti-racism and discrimination Committee  will  send a letter to put pressure on the European Union to urgently address the situation of the Roma and the Travelers  in the context of France’s controversial collective deportation of Roma conducted by the Sarkozy […]

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Beyond Katrina: Exposing America’s Broken Social System

Beyond Katrina: Exposing America’s Broken Social System

Five years after Katrina, the Gulf Coast and New-Orleans have to deal with another large scale disaster ( in this case purely man-made) in the form of the BP oil spill. It seems that New-Orleans can not get a break, but again the Crescent City is far from being the only town at the epicenter […]

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WikiLeaks: Exposing War Crimes Shouldn’t Be A Crime In A Democracy

WikiLeaks: Exposing War Crimes Shouldn’t Be A Crime In A Democracy

A growing number of peace activists are speaking out and demonstrating against the arrest of Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of giving classified documents to whistle-blowing web site WikiLeaks. Some politicians and commentators have gone as far as calling Manning a “traitor” while anti-war activists are embracing his allege role in the documents disclosure […]

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Pakistan Floods: Is Social Unrest, And A Take Over By The Taliban Next?

Pakistan Floods: Is Social Unrest, And A Take Over By The Taliban Next?

Pakistan has become a slow hell on earth under water: An estimated 20 million- 12 percent of the country’s population- people is affected by the three weeks of  floods, which means more prosaically that they are homeless. About 20 percent of the country is under water, the crops and grain reserves have being wiped out […]

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