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IRAN WILL DECIDE SOON OVER 2015 NUCLEAR DEAL – Europeans must...

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TOP nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi has said Iran will decide soon whether to stay in the 2015 nuclear deal as he urged the Europeans...

‘Release Julian Assange now!’ demands defence as extradition hearing is delayed

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WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing in London has been delayed, potentially to November, due to the coronavirus pandemic. A hearing, held by video...

‘There has been a shift in the balance of power in...

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PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to al-Manar TV broadcast on Thursday. We are very pleased to publish it in two parts PART TWO Al-MANAR: Mr...

More than 200 Palestinians killed by Israel this year!

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ISRAELI forces have killed a young Palestinian man in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, only a day after they fatally shot...

Israel is conducting violent raids in Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarm

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THE Israeli regime has ramped up its aggression on the occupied West Bank by conducting violent raids on several areas in Nablus, Jenin and...

‘Child poverty is on the rise–the effects can last a lifetime’...

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‘The State of Education: Poverty, the Pandemic and Recovery’ is the title of a devastating new NEU (National Education Union) survey of 10,000+ school...

FBU Angry Over Police Attack On Black Firefighter!

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THE Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has welcomed the news that three Metropolitan Police officers are to face disciplinary proceedings following a racially motivated attack...

Israeli forces raid al-Quds University

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Israeli forces raided the al-Quds University, on Wednesday, in Abu Dis village, south east of the central occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem. Local...

Syria condemns Israeli war crimes against Palestinians

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SYRIA has again condemned the Israeli occupation’s practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – the demolition of schools, the killing of children and innocent...

‘UK government deeply complicit in some of the most devastating...

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London-based charity War on Want has said the British government is ‘complicit in the violence’ perpetrated against Palestinians as it continues to provide arms...

‘WE WILL DEFEAT THE ENEMIES’ – Gadaffi call to arms

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TRIPOLI – Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi on Thursday evening appealed to people in Tripoli to capture and kill the ‘rats, street by street, house...

ran’s Foreign Minister visiting Russia to facilitate solution to Ukrainian crisis

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IRAN’S foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says his visit to Russia will focus on efforts to facilitate a resolution of the Ukraine conflict. ‘The main purpose...

The 200 Palestinians freed on Saturday represent the unity of Palestinian...

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By Nahid Poureisa, an Iranian analyst and academic researcher focused on West Asia and China   ‘A total of 200 Palestinian abductees, including 121 serving life sentences, were...

Palestinian University Workers Into Third Day Of Strike Action

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Employees in public universities and colleges in the West Bank and Gaza Strip entered the third day of a strike on Wednesday. Head of the...

‘Deal of the Century belongs in the garbage can of history’...

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SAEB EREKAT, the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), has called on Israeli authorities to immediately and unconditionally release...

High Court Gives Go Ahead For Legal Challenge Over Iraq Civilians...

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The High Court has given the go-ahead for a legal challenge over the torture of Iraqi civilians at the hands of UK troops. Last Friday,...

‘BIN HOWARD’S WORKCHOICES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE’ – Australian trade unions...

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THE Australian trade unions have welcomed the victory of the Labour Party in the general election, but doubts are growing over whether the new...

US Presidential candidates appear before AFL-CIO Executive!

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THE AFL-CIO’s executive council meeting is this week, which means visits from presidential candidates: Martin O''Malley, Bernie Sanders, Jim Webb, and, of course, Hillary...

GMB calls for an independent inquiry into South East Coast Ambulance...

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‘HEADS of the managers responsible must roll,’ the GMB union insisted yesterday after South East Coast Ambulance (SECAmb) Trust claimed that bullying allegations are...

‘We are a national union and this is a national campaign’...

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FIREFIGHTERS in Wales will march on the Welsh Assembly today in protest against attacks on their pensions. From noon until 4,00pm, firefighters across England and...

Armed intruders infiltrate mines in South Africa AMCU demands

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THE SOUTH African Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) says it is ‘wary of armed intruders accessing mines where its members work.’ AMCU has...

Israel committed war crimes during 2014 war on Gaza

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A United Nations commission of inquiry has confirmed Israel committed ‘war crimes’ during the 2014 aggression against the Gaza Strip last summer. The United...

UK Rendition Of Pakistani ‘A Possible War Crime’

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The rendition of a Pakistani man by UK and US forces to Afghanistan, and his subsequent detention, has been described by Britain’s highest court...

Gettelfinger Has No Answer To ‘The Race To The Bottom’

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UAW President Ron Gettelfinger spoke at the Michigan State University School of Labour and Industrial Relations in East Lansing, Michigan on April 10th...

Eyewitness Account Of Assange In Court

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News Line is pleased to reproduce the following account, by Craig Murray, former Brtish ambassador to Uzbekistan, of the court appearance of WikiLeaks founder...

‘The UK is deliberately preventing child refugees from being with their...

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The UK government is deliberately and destructively preventing child refugees from being with their families, Amnesty International UK, the Refugee Council and Save the...

‘Armed gangs are the tools of imperialism and Israel’ says Syrian...

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THE Syrian defence minister, General Fahd Jasim al-Furayj, gave an interview in Damascus on February 4th explaining the Israeli air raid, the ‘armed gangs’...

‘We are going to strike on Feb 6th alongside Unite &...

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UNIVERSITY lecturers up and down the country came out on strike on Tuesday in the second of a series of two-hour strikes in an...

Mass Hunger Strikes In Israeli Jails Planned

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AFTER Fatah-affiliated Palestinians held in Israeli prisons organised a mass hunger strike to take place on Palestinian Prisoners Day later this month, scores of...

‘One Of The World’s Most Dangerous Places For Trade Unionists’

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A SHAM paramilitary demobilisation process, combined with thousands of cases of threats and killings and a chronic lack of investigations and prosecutions, makes Colombia...

Israeli-Palestinian Talks Postponed Until October

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INDIRECT talks between Palestinian and Israeli officials will continue in the last week of October, a senior Hamas official said on Tuesday. Izzat al-Rishaq said...

5 Million Syrian Refugees Since 2011

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MORE than 90,000 Syrian refugee children in Jordan weren’t able to attend school last year, along with hundreds of thousands in neighbouring refugee host...

Primary care has been run down under successive Tory governments

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THE GPs’ magazine Pulse has published the results of a major survey of GP surgeries, showing the extent to which primary care has been...

End Military Trials –Release Detainees

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Dozens of activists launched a hunger strike on Sunday at the Egyptian Press Syndicate’s headquarters in Cairo to protest against military rule and the...

MARCH AND OCCUPY TO SAVE CHASE FARM – say workers and...

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workers, trade unionists and local people are marching through Enfield on Saturday 26th July against the closure of Chase Farm Hospital, the announcement of...

UN Security Council must condemn Israeli nuclear weapons

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THE Iranian Ambassador to the UN urged the UN Security Council (UNSC) to address international demands that Israel be condemned for its nuclear weapons,...

Israel proceeds with demolitions, evictions and arrests of Palestinians

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THE UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli forces have either demolished or seized 24 Palestinian-owned buildings in the occupied...

Tunisians march on fourth anniversary of revolution!

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TUNISIANS on Wednesday marked the fourth anniversary of the revolution that toppled strongman Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and sparked a mass wave of protests...

Gas And Fuel Price Hikes ‘Serious Consequences For Millions’

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MPs on the House of Commons Business and Enterprise Select Committee have warned that gas and electricity price hikes in the near future will...

‘The Ltte Is Ready To Implement Every Clause Of The Cease-Fire...

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TAMILNET has reported that the Head of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission, Major General Lars Johan Solvberg, met Liberation Tigers (LTTE)2 political chief B...

Pilots criticise BA’s strikebreaking scheme

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PILOT representatives from the European Cockpit Association (ECA) and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) have voiced concerns about British Airways’ (BA) use of...

Abolish water charges! demands Dublin conference

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THE right to decent work, an end to the banks’ veto on mortgage resolutions and the abolition of water charges are among the measures...

PRABAKHARAN CONDEMNS THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY – for supporting war against the...

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TAMILNET has reported the LTTE leader Prabakharan’s address to Tamil Tiger cadres and supporters on ‘Heroes Day’. We reproduce part of it. News Line...

Gate Gourmet Move To Attack Dublin Workers

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GATE GOURMET, owned by venture capitalists Texas Pacific, is at it again in its class war against workers and trade unions. In August 2005 it...

Syria Hails Iran’s Support For The Struggle Against The UK...

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CHIEF of the General Staff of the Syrian Army and Armed Forces, Lt. Gen. Ali Abdullah Ayoub on Tuesday held a session of talks...