World
Billy Bragg and Maxine Peake: Jarama Valley/Brigadista
April 25, 2012Jarama Valley, the song inspired by one of the key battles of the Spanish civil war, gets another lease of life on a new CD marking the 75th anniversary of the conflict.
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Germany aggrieved about Günter Grass
April 24, 2012Günter Grass, a Nobel Literature Prize winner, causes anger and excitement with his poem "What Must Be Said". And the subject matter is war and peace.
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Britain’s crimes of empire revealed
April 19, 2012The government belatedly released secret files dating back to British colonial rule in Kenya, Malaya and elsewhere that were once claimed to have been lost.
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UK fracking firms face surge of protests
April 18, 2012News that a gas extraction process which triggered two earthquakes is likely to resume brought a surge of protest bubbling to the surface on Tuesday.
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Americas summit displays “consensus without Washington”
April 17, 2012Summit of the Americas reflected a shift from the "Washington Consensus" to the "consensus without Washington."
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