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Britain admits terror suspects given to US
February 27, 2009Defence Secretary John Hutton admitted on Thursday that British forces in Iraq handed over two terror suspects to the US who were then rendered to Afghanistan for interrogation and possible torture. The disclosures contradict government claims...
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GM employees rally to save jobs
February 27, 2009Original source: Tens of thousands of workers at General Motors Europe's factories demonstrated on Thursday in the battle to save their jobs at Adem Opel AG and other European divisions. Opel's factory in Ruesselsheim provided the...
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Is Communism for the birds?
February 27, 2009(Vietnam News) NAM DINH — Three years ago, farmer Dinh Van Hoe of Giao Ha Village in Nam Dinh Province, 160km south of Ha Noi, woke up one morning to find the green leaves of his...
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AUSTRALIA: New drive against racism
February 27, 2009MELBOURNE, Feb 26 (IPS) - With new figures showing that 44 percent of Australians were either born overseas or have at least one parent who was, community organisations have welcomed a stepped-up government programme to tackle...
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Nuclear Doomsday Clock may finally stop ticking
February 26, 2009UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (IPS) - The Barack Obama administration’s apparent resolve to take U.S. foreign policy in a new direction is creating ripples of hope for an enhanced U.N. agenda on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament....
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