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Honduras brought to standstill
August 10, 2009Original source: Mass strikes against the coup in Honduras have continued to sweep the Latin American nation. A statement from the Frente Nacional de Resistencia - Resistance Front Against the Coup d'Etat - that was released...
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Sea Stories and Other Dirty Lies, Movie Review: In the Loop
August 10, 2009Movie Review: In the LoopI am grateful to the British facility with language for not having any tattoos anywhere on my skin, and for one of the best movies of recent times. In 1961, I got...
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NC Racial Justice Act passes, awaits governor’s signature
August 10, 2009Original source: The North Carolina Racial Justice Act passed in the state Senate this week and now heads to Gov. Bev Perdue for her signature. As Facing South previously reported, the N.C. Racial Justice Act is...
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Abbas reelected as Fatah chief
August 10, 2009BELEN, (Prensa Latina) Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas was reelected as the head of Fatah during the fifth day of the organization's Sixth Congress held in this West Bank city, in the presence of 2,000 delegates. According...
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Clearing the air in South Africa
August 10, 2009Original source: South Africa's post-apartheid reconciliation process took a step forward this week when retired archbishop Desmond Tutu and President Jacob Zuma held a clear-the-air meeting in the capital Pretoria on Wednesday. Tutu had been scathing...
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