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Murdered because they wanted to protect the environment!
June 28, 2012Environmental activists world wide - including community leaders and journalists - were being killed at a rate of one per week during 2011 alone.
Read moreParaguay President Lugo ousted by the rich and powerful
June 28, 2012Paraguay's President Fernando Lugo, a former Catholic bishop, advocated for his country's rural poor.
Read moreThird oil spill in a month hits Canada
June 27, 2012On June 19, 1,450 barrels of crude oil spilled from a pumping station on a pipeline operated by the Enbridge company.
Read moreCuba struggles for food self-sufficiency
June 27, 2012Cuba is restructuring its economy. Agricultural changes are part of the process.
Read moreNuclear waste and other tales from London: Capitalism and the Olympics
June 26, 2012The Games have become a hopeful, yet often futile, source of economic revitalization and jobs for the host city or country, which instead often winds up in debt. Greece is case in point.
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