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UNITED NATIONS, Jan 23 2015 (IPS) – When the East African nation of Somalia, once described as a “lawless state”, ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) early this week, it left two countries in splendid isolation from the rest of the world: South Sudan and the United States. South Sudan? “The […]
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John Kiriakou, the CIA agent who was jailed for blowing the whistle on the United States’ torture program, was released from Loretto Prison in Pennsylvania on Tuesday under orders to finish the remainder of his 30-month sentence at home. Though glad the whistleblower was finally able to return to his wife and five children, supporters […]
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On Saturday, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO is rallying thousands of workers from around the state at the state capitol against the impending adoption of the law that would ban private sector workers from being required to join a union or pay dues. The Wisconsin AFL-CIO says the protesters will also demand an apology from Governor Scott […]
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Attorney General Eric Holder, the nation’s senior law enforcement officer, said on Tuesday that he is “opposed to the death penalty” and said a national moratorium would be appropriate while the U.S. Supreme Court reviews a pending challenge to the practice brought by death row inmates in Oklahoma. During an event at the National Press […]
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In a determination that could have far-reaching implications for the agro-chemical giants like Dow Chemical and Monsanto, the research arm of the World Health Organization has declared that glyphosate—the key ingredient of widely-used herbicides such as Roundup—should now be categorized as a “probable carcinogen” for humans. In a report published on Friday in The Lancet […]
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The Republican National Committee said in a fundraising email that many of the new donations it expected to following the change in administrations never materialized. “We thought there would be a huge influx in contributions this weekend, but we were wrong,” the RNC wrote in the email. The RNC said it needs a “massive turnaround […]
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After more than a year out of action, Ember Moon returned to the ring on last night’s NXT. Moon teamed with Rhea Ripley to defeat Dakota Kai & Raquel Gonzalez in last night’s main event. Moon got the win after hitting The Eclipse on Kai. Moon had been out of action since rupturing her Achilles […]
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Grand jury testimony in the chokehold death of Eric Garner will not be released because there was no “compelling reason” to publish the documents, a Staten Island judge ruled on Thursday in response to a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union. Click Here: COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES 2019 The NYCLU in December petitioned the […]
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In his weekly address on Saturday as well as fervently behind-the-scenes, President Barack Obama is urging support for the newly negotiated framework for a nuclear pact between Iran and the P5+1 nations, announced Thursday. “This framework is the result of tough, principled diplomacy,” Obama said in his weekend remarks. “It’s a good deal—a deal that […]
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The power of food systems is concentrated in few hands, and this narrow control over seeds, food production, and processing creates a disconnect between consumers and their food with repercussions for maintaining cultural knowledge and skills, local connections, and local economies as well, Friends of the Earth Europe states. But in places across Europe, communities […]
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