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China overtakes Japan as world’s second-largest economy 0
Post Views: 5 China overtakes Japan as world’s second-largest economyJapan’s economy grew just 0.4% a year in second quarter Figures spark concern over cooling demand in Asia Japan facing ageing population and a strong yen Japanese consumer spending, which accounts
Read MoreCoal-fired power stations win reprieve 0
Post Views: 3 Coal-fired power stations win reprieveExclusive: Government’s decision to put pollution standards ‘on hold’ raises possibility of dirtiest coal plants going ahead David Cameron and Nick Clegg campaigned for carbon emission cuts at Kingsnorth power station while in
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Kurdistan. PKK: a challenge to start talking peace
Post Views: 26 Once again it is the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) who took the first step. Yesterday’s declaration of yet another unilateral ceasefire shows that the PKK is in a position of strength. Political strength, that is. Indeed, important
Read MoreSudden Execution of Over Seventy Individuals in Mashhad 0
Post Views: 4 Sudden Execution of Over Seventy Individuals in Mashhad Sunday , 15 Aug , 2010 RAHANA: Some of the individuals who were executed for drug related charges had received their sentences in the past and the death
Read MoreMiles de voces reclaman los derechos de Euskal Herria 0
Post Views: 3 Miles de voces reclaman los derechos de Euskal HerriaMás de cinco mil personas secundaron la manifestación que reclamó en Donostia el respeto a los derechos de la sociedad vasca. Unas libertades que, como afirmaron, «son los mimbres
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Obama under fire over support for mosque near Ground Zero
Post Views: 6 Obama under fire over support for mosque near Ground Zero Paul Harris in New York The Observer, Sunday 15 AugustAfter a barrage of criticism, president appears to backtrack, saying: ‘I was not commenting and I will not
Read MoreACLU Report: Obama Enshrining Bush-Era Torture Policies 0
Post Views: 8 Photo Credit: publik15 LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Fear of an unchecked, unaccountable government permeates the report, particularly in the section about targeted killings For disillusioned Obama supporters, the ACLU’s July report “Establishing the
Read MoreUzbekistan: Activist Hit With New Sentence 0
Post Views: 6 Stop Persecuting Human Rights Defenders (New York) – The Uzbek government should revoke the 13-year prison sentence handed down to the human rights defender Gaibullo Jalilov on August 6, 2010, and set him free, Human Rights Watch
Read MoreBesieging Israel’s siege 0
Post Views: 4 In just a few years the Palestinian campaign to boycott Israeli goods has become truly global Despite Israel’s siege of Gaza, and the escalating displacement in the Negev and East Jerusalem, Palestinians have some reason to celebrate. In Washington
Read MoreLa tutela de la CIA 0
Post Views: 3 La Agencia Central de Inteligencia (CIA, Central Intelligence Agency) fue creada en 1947 por Henry Truman, sustituyendo a la Oficina de Servicios Estratégicos (OSS) para investigar, sin necesidad de autorización judicial, expedientes administrativos y fiscales. La inicial
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