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BOOKS: Insisting on Their Humanity: ‘The Plight of the Palestinians’ (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Dec. 16, 2010 -- When a copy of William A. Cook’s latest book, The Plight of the Palestinians arrived in my mailbox, I initially felt a little worried. The volume, ...
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A Follow Up on My Fifth Grade Essay: Education at Gunpoint (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 18, 2010 -- I recall the first sentence of my fifth grade essay on “Education and Youth”. Written with the occasional aid of my father, and dotted with clichés, ...
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Another Baghdad Massacre: Iraqi Christians Are Already at Home (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Nov. 10, 2010 -- On Sunday, Oct. 31, when a group of militants seized a church in Baghdad, killing and wounding scores of Iraqi Christians, it signaled yet another ...
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Law Curbs McDonald's Happy Meal Toys (Lisa Baertlein)
Nov. 3, 2010 -- LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- San Francisco has become the first major U.S. city to pass a law that cracks down on the popular practice of giving away free toys with unhealthy restaurant ...
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Nine Months After the Quake - a Million Haitians Slowly Dying (Bill Quigley)
Oct. 11, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- "If it gets any worse," said Wilda, a homeless Haitian mother, "we're not going to survive." Mothers and grandmothers surrounding her nodded solemnly. ...
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Record 41.8 Million Americans Receiving Food Stamps (Michael Krebs)
Oct. 6, 2010 (Information Clearing House) -- As the November midterm elections draw closer, the stubborn unemployment rate has pushed a record 41.8 million Americans onto food stamps. Representing ...
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Student badges equipped with tracking devices (Tiffany Craig)
Oct. 1, 2010 -- SANTA FE (WKOU) -- Students in Santa Fe have to wear ID badges to class, complete with a built-in tracking device. The Smart Badge program started this school year, and is getting ...
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BOOKS: Canada and Israel -- Building Apartheid. By Yves Engler (Jim Miles)
Canada and Israel -- Building Apartheid. Yves Engler. RED/Fernwood Publishing, Canada. 2010. Oct. 5, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- While much is made of U.S. support of Israel, its unstinting ...
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One in 28 US Kids Has a Parent in Prison: Study (Daniel Tencer)
Oct. 1, 2010 (Raw Story) -- The United States' exceptionally high rate of incarceration is causing economic damage not only to the people behind bars but to their children and taxpayers as a whole, ...
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BOOK REVIEW: Palestine Betrayed. By Efraim Karsh (Jim Miles)
Palestine Betrayed. Efraim Karsh. Yale University Press, London, 2010. Aug. 27, 2010 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Was Palestine betrayed? Of course it was, by the British, the United States, France, the ...
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Bourj el-Barajneh: Searching for Meaning in a Refugee Camp (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Aug. 12, 2010 -- BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Two young girls stood, as if frozen, staring below them at an ever vibrant Beirut. Their balcony, like the rest of their house ...
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