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May 29 – June 4, 2006 articles
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Palestinian National Authority, 06/04/2006
The report further explained that Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian citizens and their properties 75 times, in which ten were killed.
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Nameh Mardom, 06/04/2006
"The ongoing political battle to decide the character of the emerging Iraqi state is closely interconnected with the national task of eliminating the legacy of occupation and ending foreign military presence in our homeland."
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irinnews.org, 06/04/2006
"The biggest challenge is the next phase of [the] peace process and what that means for Nepalese living in the countryside...We will continue to work no matter what."
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Joel Wendland, 06/04/2006
It is supposed to be common knowledge that if China floated its currency (the yuan) against the US dollar and increased its relative value, then the US could reduce its current account deficit, which is created by having to borrow from China due to its trade imbalance with that country.
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David Swanson, 06/04/2006
I just read an excellent book from http://www.endthewartour.org called "10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military." Personally I was never attracted to the military because I could never stand having anyone tell me what to do.
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Earth Talk, 06/04/2006
“Body Burden,” a 2005 study by the non-profit Environmental Working Group (EWG), found that American babies are born with hundreds of chemical contaminants in their bloodstreams. The findings are based on tests of samples of umbilical-cord blood.
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Akahata, 06/04/2006
Most assembly members of a local town in Fukuoka Prefecture marched in demonstration against allowing U.S. forces to use the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force Tsuiki Base in the town for training. They were warmly welcomed by the townspeople.
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www.plusnews.org (Irin), 06/03/2006
Lewis estimated that some US$5 billion would be needed this year, with an additional $8 billion in 2007 to meet the Millennium Development Goal of universal access to treatment by 2010.
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irinnews.org, 06/03/2006
More than half the country's population continues to live on around 32 US cents a day and just over a fifth of Malawians live on 20 US cents a day...With 60 percent of its 12.3 million population aged under 20, according to a 2005 estimate, "more than half of the poor in Malawi are children".
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www.trabajadores.co.cu, 06/03/2006
The Cuban Five were arrested on September 12, 1998 and in a biased trial in Miami were sentenced to unjust prison terms under false accusations.
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irinnews.org, 06/03/2006
Since the beginning of the year militia attacks have forced operators in Nigeria to cut oil production of 2.5 million barrels a day by more than 20 percent.
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Haiti Progres, 06/03/2006
The International Tribunal on Haiti was formed by a series of Latin American and Haitian solidarity organizations last year... The multinational jury, equally divided between men and women, included a nurse, a unionist, a teacher, an economist, a community organizer, and a researcher.
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Morning Star, 06/03/2006
WASHINGTON has a strange idea of how to emphasise its supposed commitment to a diplomatic solution of current concerns about Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
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Gene C. Gerard, 06/03/2006
Late last month a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel unanimously recommended approval of a vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV).
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Mark Gruenberg, 06/03/2006
The Senate-passed immigration bill creates “an unjust, unworkable and undemocratic three-tiered society” among the nation’s 11 million-12 million undocumented workers, AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney says.
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James Parks, AFL-CIO Now, 06/02/2006
AP reported that the company’s directors, who approve Nardelli’s compensation($245 million since 2000) ,didn’t even show up for the meeting. And Nardelli, who refused to allow any general questions from[Home Depot]stockholders, shut down the meeting after only 30 minutes.
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Caridad Lafita Navarro, 06/02/2006
The insults to their dignity, lack of land and work, misery and insecurity were left far behind...This situation was denounced by Fidel in his celebrated plea: " History will absolve me "... As an old farmer told me; “With the Revolution we have land title deeds, something we never dreamt on the farms”
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www.trabajadores.co.cu, 06/02/2006
According to studies, pure homosexuals are 4 to 7 percent of the population, though there are possibly more in certain societies. Bisexuals make up 11 to 15 percent —though some people say 20 percent— and heterosexuals are between 75 and 80 percent.
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Jason Miller, 06/02/2006
I am dedicating this essay to the memory of the millions of victims of the capitalist imperial wars of conquest waged by the United States under the patently false pretexts of spreading freedom and liberty
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Stephen Lendman, 06/02/2006
Don't be misled... It's simply just the latest ploy and example of US deceit designed to solidify support among its European allies as well as try to convince the Chinese and Russians to come aboard.
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