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Around the world, People fight for Palestine as Authorities crack Down
Open Democracy
( OpenDemocracy ) Wael Naouar has been refusing food since 16 August this year. More than five weeks into his hunger strike, supporters say the Palestinian rights activist imprisoned in Tunis, in a ...[Continue Reading]
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D-Backs Executives Speak About Relationship With Ketel Marte
Anthony Franco
One of the biggest questions facing D-Backs brass is whether to put Ketel Marte on the trade block. Arizona listened to offers on their star second baseman last winter but seemingly didnt come close ...[Continue Reading]
MLB Trade Rumors
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Budget expectations rise as corporation tax take surges in September
Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones, Eoin Burke-Kennedy
A 10 increase in pension and welfare rates is among the few budget measures to have been agreed as difficult and sometimes fractious negotiations between Ministers run into the weekend. There is exp ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
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Can scoliosis and spina bifida inquiry get to the truth?
Fergal Bowers
Next year, we should see the start of an inquiry into spina bifida and complex scoliosis care of children in Children's Health Ireland. It will not be a public statutory Tribunal of Inquiry, which m ...[Continue Reading]
RTE
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When All Else Fails, Start a War: Europes Descent From Net Zero Folly to Military Mobilization
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By Tilak Doshi In September last year, images from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Narendra Modi smiling, arms linked told Brussels and London ...[Continue Reading]
Wattsupwiththat.com
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DA did not review witness statements and other evidence Cornell police collected in alleged gang rape of student
Shayna Jacobs, Kenzi Abou-Sabe
Cornell University police spoke to witnesses and received anonymous tips about an alleged gang rape at a fraternity house in the first weeks of its investigation two years ago, but the local prosecut ...[Continue Reading]
NBC News
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