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  • The writing is on the settlement walls

    The writing is on the settlement walls

    June 25, 2009 By Jerrold Kessel And Pierre Klochendler

    A paralyzing equation has long bedevilled would-be Middle East peacemakers: either, go directly to negotiating the kernel issues of the Israel-Palestine conflict - borders, security, refugees, Jerusalem - and leave, in the context of a full...

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  • Do the Geneva Conventions still stand up?

    Do the Geneva Conventions still stand up?

    June 25, 2009

    DAKAR, 23 June 2009 (IRIN) - One hundred fifty years ago the battle of Solferino left 40,000 soldiers and civilians either wounded or killed. With too few doctors on hand, Swiss civilian Henry Dunant helped villagers...

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  • Global workers defend Bangladeshi jobs

    Global workers defend Bangladeshi jobs

    June 25, 2009

    Original source: Trade unionists from around the world celebrated today after international solidarity helped garment workers in Bangladesh win a resounding victory against 'corporate exploiters.' United Steelworkers international president Leo Gerard said: 'The victory for RL...

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  • Rich, poor to clash in UN summit

    Rich, poor to clash in UN summit

    June 25, 2009

    United Nations, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Underdeveloped countries prepare to confront wealthy powers in defense of their survival during the present world economic crisis in the UN this week. A UN official told Prensa Latina that...

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  • Was failure to invest behind D.C. train wreck?

    Was failure to invest behind D.C. train wreck?

    June 25, 2009

    WASHINGTON — In the worst disaster of the 33-year history of the Washington, D.C., Metro, a fast-moving train slammed into the rear of a stopped one Monday, killing the driver of the moving train (Jeanice McMillan,...

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