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  • Prague, Washington meet on anti-missile shield

    Prague, Washington meet on anti-missile shield

    February 10, 2009

    Prague, (Prensa Latina) Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg traveled to the US Sunday to discuss the projected positioning of part of the anti-missile shield, encouraged by former US President George W. Bush, in the central European...

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  • Russia permits US forces on territory

    Russia permits US forces on territory

    February 8, 2009 By Morning Star

    Reposted from Morningstar RUSSIA said on Friday that it will allow US military supplies for Afghanistan to cross its territory. Moscow has agreed to open routes for 'non-lethal' supplies. It will provide an important alternative to...

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  • The Children of Guantanamo

    The Children of Guantanamo

    February 7, 2009 By William Fisher

    Reposted from IPS NEW YORK, Feb 5 (IPS) - Legal experts and human rights advocates are challenging the public to remember Guantanamo's 'child soldiers' when the detainees there are characterised as 'the worst of the worst'.

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  • Veterans, families and unionists testify to Iraq War’s true cost

    Veterans, families and unionists testify to Iraq War’s true cost

    February 6, 2009 By JF Allen

    CHICAGO -- Unionists, elected officials and several hundred assorted spectators gathered in downtown Chicago at the Teamster City Auditorium, recently, to hear testimony from Iraqi war veterans and others directly affected by the war. The hearing,...

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  • Afghans protest against US bombing raids

    Afghans protest against US bombing raids

    February 3, 2009 By Morning Star

    HUNDREDS of Afghans demonstrated on Sunday against an overnight US military raid that had killed several civilians. The US military claimed that its forces had killed two guerillas.

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