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Recent weeks have seen an explosion of information on peak oil – everywhere it seems except in the mainstream media. It may be in the business sections, but not the news pages.
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<p>Women who are victims of physical abuse face an extremely rough road in Uganda.</p>
<h1>UGANDA: "WIFE BATTERING IS ROUTINE HERE"</h1>
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by Thelma Mejía
TEGUCIGALPA - The Truth and
Reconciliation Commission set up to investigate the June 2009 coup that
ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya will begin its work in May
under the sceptical watch of a wide range of observers, from human
rights organisations to right-wing political
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by Ian Black
Al-Qaida's two most senior leaders in
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Food sovereignty proves to be the best alternative to end world hunger. It is a matter of returning the control of the agricultural and food policies to the people (peasants, workers, consumers, women…), as well as their access to the land and the common goods (water, seeds…).
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Statement by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
WASHINGTON - With the Senate slated soon to begin debate on
a financial overhaul bill, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today that
reform legislation must fundamentally change the way that Wall Street
works.
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By: Hervé Jean Michel - Haiti Liberte
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On Apr. 8, Haiti's Chamber of Deputies ratified an 18-month extension of the post-earthquake State of Emergency and the establishment of the Interim Committee for the Reconstruction of Haiti (CIRH) by a vote of 43 in favor, 6 against and 3 abstentions.
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by Hugh McLeod in Thulla, Yemen
At a UN-sponsored distribution centre in Thulla, a picturesque but
dirt poor village 50km north-west of Sanaa, 30-year-old Jamila Ali
al-Mohn gathered with a few dozen pregnant women and young mothers to
collect a two-month sup
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by Julio Godoy
BERLIN - The
global environmental crisis requires replacing the existing capitalist
model of production with one that promotes "selective degrowth" of the
economy and the restricted and responsible exploitation of na
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BAGHDAD -- Sunni Muslims, many
of them arrested with no warrant, were tortured in a secret Iraqi
prison that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has shut down, officials
said.
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On Saturday, April 17, local food lovers held a peaceful protest on the Halifax Commons to oppose corporate control of food. Organizers encouraged attendees to buy local and grow their own produce. The protest was held in solidarity of the upcoming G8 protests on April 25 and 26.
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<p>“I have never seen anything like this in my lifetime,” Chomsky added. “I am old enough to remember the 1930s. My whole family ...
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Steve Sorrel, Senior Fellow, Sussex Energy Group, University of Sussex in the UK has recently published a 25 page paper called Energy, Growth and Sustainability which can be downloaded at this link. This post provides some excerpts from the paper, which summarize its findings. Readers are encouraged to read the entire paper.
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by Evan McMorris-Santoro
Gun rights groups are gathering in Washington today to call for
increased access to firearms, and the right to pack heat everywhere.
But before they make their stand, they have work out an internal
struggle playing itself out throughout the city.
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It's fair to say that lot of people, from shale gas operators to Pennsylvania state revenue collectors, see $$$ every time they think about the Marcellus shale. Only recalcitrant environmentalists worried about polluted drinking water do not salivate at the prospect that many years of U.S. gas supply will come from the Marcellus. Today I will not deal with the environmental issues.
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