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26 September 2013
Poison Values
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Robert Koehler
Poison gas is not only a “moral obscenity” — one the United States stockpiled for decades after its use was banned in warfare — but a metaphor for human recklessness and wasted science.

Like it or not, we’re forced to think...
22 September 2013
Buddhist & Hindu funerals: Upright fetus or burning horizontal
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Rich or poor, king or commoner, when some Buddhists and Hindus die their funeral can include bending the corpse into an upright fetal position, or burying the body and later burning the bones in a "double funeral"....
01 September 2013
While Cameron defers to Parliament, Obama locks into warfare state of mind
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Norman Solomon
The British Parliament’s rejection of an attack on Syria is a direct contrast -- and implicit challenge -- to the political war system of the United States. “It is clear to me that the British Parliament, reflecting the views of the...
29 August 2013
Bangkok TV soap opera attracts Muslim anger and scrutiny
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Richard S. Ehrlich
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A TV station in Buddhist-majority Thailand has agreed to allow government-approved "Islamic experts" to revise a soap opera script after a small but vocal Muslim group complained that the show misrepresents their...
22 August 2013
Cameron's journalist intimidation defended by British press barons
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Lawrence Richards
After revelations that Glenn Greenwald's partner was detained and threatened by British security forces earlier this week, Britain's rightwing media moguls made sure to close ranks and shield Westminster from too much public criticism....
15 August 2013
Car bombings in Iraq come after bloodiest month in five years
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Nicholas Hills
On August 10 violence in Iraq escalated to familiar, yet somewhat distant levels. Car bombs concentrated primarily in Shiite neighborhoods around the Baghdad area exploded within an hour of one another, killing 66 people and wounding more...

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