July 19, 2011 9:57 AM
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The US state department criticises Israel's treatment of thousands of African asylum seekers who it says are being denied basic social services.
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As churches become more politically involved, should their tax exempt status be revoked?
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chicagonow.com | NLG received 70 separate claims of police misconduct from Sunday's events.
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Exclusive: Firm set for NHS contracts allegedly massaged data • NHS watchdog inspection after whistleblower tip-offs • Serco says concerns about service are without foundation...
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The Vatican confirms the Pope's butler is suspected of taking confidential documents, as it steps up an inquiry into media leaks.
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Jeremy Hunt addressed a senior News Corporation lobbyist as "daddy" and "mon ami" in dozens of jokey and intimate text messages sent at all hours of day and night.
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John Carlos, one of the Mexico ‘68 podium protesters, is on a speaking tour of Britain. He addressed a packed London rally earlier this week. This article by Mark Perryman, author of a forthcoming book on the Olympics, describes the continuing clash of race and the Games.
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Yesterday, the government published the list of the 212 Clinical Commissioning Groups that are to be established throughout England. Some will serve populations as low as 67,000 while other super-CCGs will cater for nearly 1 million patients.
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Informal Anarchist Federation says it set fire to signalling cables, causing severe delays to commuter train services...
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HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's president said Thursday that homosexuality doesn't belong in Zimbabwe and it violates women's rights by denying the union of men and women needed to bear children.
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Country plans to promote solar and wind power and develop hybrid technologies to cut emissions...
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When the National Assembly passed Bill 78 on May 18 in response to months of student strikes in Quebec, much of the controversy was about sections of the new law that limit how and when a protest can take place. While striking students have expressed outrage at what they say is an unconstitutional restriction of the freedom of speech, there is another group that is just as worried about what the bill will mean for them – labour unions whose members are employees of Quebec’s colleges and universities.
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Quebec Labor Unions Join Students in Historic Fight Against 'Bill 78' http://t.co/Ah904TdD...
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday vetoed 12 articles of a controversial forest bill approved by Congress last month, which was promoted by the powerful agriculture lobby but slammed by environmentalists.
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Protest have been held across Honduras demanding an end to a series of murders of journalists, amid accusations that criminals enjoy impunity.
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GOOGLE has refused to explain why it paid just $74,176 in Australian tax last year, despite making an estimated $1 billion in revenue from the Australian market.
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Rupert Murdoch cancels the News International party that was a fixture of the London social scene after a tumultuous year.
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the ongoing conflict between the provincial government and striking students and their supporters will go down in history as one of the province's - indeed the country's - biggest mass protest.
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Up to 100 anti-cuts protesters gather outside Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg's home in south-west London.
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The Centre for Labour and Social Studies (Class) is a new think tank established in 2012 to act as a centre for left debate and discussion.
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The ‘city that never sleeps’ label pretty much fits the Canadian city of Montreal for its unrelenting and increasingly noisy student protests, with support from the older…...
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Late last week, an administrative law judge in New York ruled that big-box retailer Target had violated labor law in the runup to a union election at its store in Valley Stream, N.Y. For Target, the largest U.S.
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A wave of protests and campaigns against G4S in the UK has swelled in recent months as the multinational security giant takes over more and more public services, from prisons and detention centres to asylum accommodation and welfare programmes. Corporate Watch takes a look at these emerging campaigns and what they are protesting against, as well as new 'markets' recently opened to G4S, and highlights new avenues for action.
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The Montreal police have made 1,589 arrests so far in connection with the Quebec student strike, according to figures provided by their media relations team.
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So much for the warm glow of appreciation that has enveloped Chicago police officers since their performance during the NATO Summit.
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