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CANADA/NATIONAL
"Such an activity brings no honour to Canada and Canadians who may well ask why this session is being convened at all," writes TONY SEED.
Hillier also wanted to dispel perceptions of the Canadian military as a peaceable, humanitarian force in world affairs: "We are the Canadian Forces, and our job is to be able to kill people."
JUSTIN PODUR & SONALI LOLHATKA
ATLANTIC CANADA
Michelin will add 75 non-union jobs in Waterville while closing an entire
unionized plant of 1,100 workers in Kitchener pocketing over 100 million of public money
FIRST NATIONS
The people weren't frightened by Marshall's attempt to bully us with his bogus order. We've seen it all before. - KAHENTINETHA HORN
450 delegates from some 35 indigenous communities, representing more than 500,000 people across Venezuela, met for the Fifth National Congress of Indigenous Peoples, under the theme of "Self-determination of indigenous peoples and the socialism of the 21st century." JIM MCILROY & CORAL WYNTE
WORLD AFFAIRS
| Against the Canada-U.S. blackmail and revenge against Palestinians
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"We were born from the womb of resistance, we will protect resistance and the arm of resistance will not be touched"
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The state of Israel, since its inception, has refused to define its borders.
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OVER 200 people participated in the Second Annual Palestine Lives Conference organized by Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) at McMaster University in Hamilton
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U.S. wants Security Council resolution allowing use of force.
SIDDHARTH VARADARAJAN
The president has quietly initiated a series of talks on plans for Iran with a few key senators and members of the House of Representatives
Precision killing in Iraq
The miracle of modern weaponry allows the US military to kill scores
of Iraqis (and wound many more) during a routine day's work, made up
of small skirmishes triggered by roadside bombs, sniper attacks and
US foot patrols. MICHAEL SCHWARTZ
WATER - A PUBLIC RIGHT
| World Water Forum, Mexico City, March 16-22, 2006
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The Socially-Minded Alternative - ISTVAN OJEDA BELLO
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"everything is for sale, and if you want to be part of the power structure, it's simple - just go along with the politics of selling everything." - JEFF CONANT
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"We have learned a great deal with each new drought" BY SHUNPIKING
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Inaugural Address to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification and Drought - Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz
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In Hebron, 85 per cent of the water goes to 400 settlers, while the rest is left for 140,000 Palestinians
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CULTURE & LIFE
International news in brief & comment. J.B. MOFFAT, Celtic League
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