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Binayak Sen Released On Bail
By Bobby Ramakant
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Bail was granted to the paediatrician Dr Binayak Sen who was jailed in Raipur prison since more than two years now, on alleged false charges of abetting maoist activities in Chattisgarh, sedition and waging war against the state

New Reign Of Terror
By David Sparenberg
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There can be no doubt that humanity is a family in crisis. Earth is in crisis too. There can be no doubt that hatred is spreading faster than love, fueled by the black liquid apostles of reptilian memories. Will we go down as victims of the dinosaurs’ revenge? We will go down despite the tenacity of forgotten, common ancestors? There can be no doubt that we are going down

Two Million Rendered Refugees By Fighting In Pakistan
By Vilani Peiris
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The Pakistan military offensive against pro-Taliban militia in the country’s North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) has produced a massive humanitarian crisis. More than one-and-a-half million people have fled their homes during the past month—the largest number of people to have been displaced by violence since the Rwandan genocide of 1994, reports the United Nations High Commission for Refugees

Human Rights Situation In Occupied Palestine
By Stephen Lendman
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At its tenth session this year, UN Human Rights Council (HRC) prepared a report titled: “Human Rights Situation in Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories” and delivered it on March 20. It deals mainly with grave human rights violations in Occupied Palestine, especially due to Operation Cast Lead against Gaza

Rethinking The Costs Of Peace
By Josh Ruebner
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By asking earlier this month for $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel in his FY2010 budget request, it would seem that on this important policy issue President Obama’s commitment is more rhetorical than substantive. Since 1949, according to the Congressional Research Service, the United States has provided to Israel more than $100 billion in military and economic assistance

A Time To Remember: Memorial Day, 2009
By Carolyn Baker
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As I contemplate the deeper meaning of a day of remembrance on this Memorial Day weekend, nothing for me is more important to remember than this reality. That we are the earth, and the earth is us, is the consummate, primal truth that has been forgotten by the human species. We have absolutely no possibility of tempering or minimizing the devastation of civilization’s collapse if we do not regain this memory and live it every day for the rest of our lives

Adivasis Fighting Against Nuclear Terror
In Jharkhand
By Gladson Dungdung
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Thousands of Adivasis of Talsa village near Jamshedpur entered into the office premises of the Deputy Commissioner of East Singhbhum at Jamshedpur on May 19, resisting against the land acquisition drive by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) for its new tailing pond project near Turamdih mill

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