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Fleet Week meets resistance in Halifax
The small, yet passionate congregation of picketers stands in front of the HMCS dockyard, home to 5,000 Canadian and international sailors until July 2nd.
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by Sasha Chavkin, ProPublica
As Louisiana officials warn of a possible mental health crisis in
communities affected by the oil spill, BP has yet to respond to a
month-old request from the Louisiana health department to fund
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<p>This last week has been witness to some of the most powerful protests that Toronto has ever seen. We saw rallies for the environment, queer libe...
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In this month's Underreported Struggles: Papua New Guinea strips indigenous people of land rights; Mohawk Council rejects proposed mining project on their territory; Paramilitary group blocks second aid Caravan for the Triqui; 10,000 people march against Monsanto's generosity in central Haiti.
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-RBS tells clients to prepare for 'monster' money-printing by the Federal Reserve
-Peak Metals - What happens when we run out?
-A quiet crisis whispers of impending poverty
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Syndicated from Slashdot on Thu, 2010-07-01 FlorianMueller writes "After pursuing Microsoft and Intel, European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes is now preparing an initiative that could have an even greater impact on the IT industry: a European interoperability law that will affect not only companies found dominant in a market but all "significant" players. In a recent interview, Mrs. Kroes mentioned Apple.
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Syndicated from Slashdot on Thu, 2010-07-01 FlorianMueller writes "After pursuing Microsoft and Intel, European Commission Vice-President Neelie Kroes is now preparing an initiative that could have an even greater impact on the IT industry: a European interoperability law that will affect not only companies found dominant in a market but all 'significant' players. In a recent interview, Mrs. Kroes mentioned Apple.
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-Exclusive: Was disregard for industry standards on BP rig worse than we thought?
-Deep Water Oil The Final Frontier
-Senate Panel Ends Liability Limits for Offshore Spills
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Syndicated from Slashdot on Thu, 2010-07-01 JDRucker writes "Supporters are concerned. Very concerned. Would-be whistle-blowers hoping to leak documents to Wikileaks face a potentially frustrating surprise.
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We support the conclusion that only by “living well,” in harmony with each other and with Mother Earth, rather than “living better,” based on an economic system of unlimited growth, dominance and exploitation, will the people of this planet not only survive but thrive.
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by Zofeen Ebrahim
KARACHI, Pakistan - England
coach Fabio Capello has bemoaned the unpredictable trajectory of the
Jabulani World Cup ball, calling it "the worst ball"in the history of
the
tournament.
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 A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-Deepwater Horizon
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 If French intellectual Jean Baudrillard were still alive to deconstruct the unfurling Gulf oil disaster, I'm sure he'd marvel at the hyperreality of it all.
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But here's what I really want to say, as a psychologist, to all of you: Sociopaths lack something 95% of us have: They lack a conscience. They lack the capacity to feel empathy, to feel guilt, to feel bad about doing bad. When you lack Vitamin E(mpathy), you hate people who have it.
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For years the rape of Kurdish women living in Turkey both in custody and during village raids has been a scandal. Many of the victims of sexual tor...
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