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‘We face our jailers with firm will and steadfastness’ –...

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Israeli forces raided the Jerusalem office of a university media institute on Monday, shutting down the launch of an online media network and detaining...

‘WE WERE THE FIRST TO CALL FOR A UNITED, UNIFIED, SOVEREIGN...

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‘WE were the first to call for a united, unified, fully sovereign, independent, free, and lofty Lebanon where the state and the government represent...

Jailed Palestinian Hunger Striker Stops Taking Water

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JAILED hunger striker Samer Issawi has now stopped taking water after refusing food for 188 days, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said on Tuesday. A PPS...

‘Go to the Gaza strip to take part in the battle...

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MARWAN AL-BARGHOUTHI, the Fatah leader imprisoned in Israel, called on the Palestinian leaders ‘to go to the Gaza Strip in order to take part...

Half a million people forced out of their homes by Turkish...

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TENS of thousands of residents of the UNESCO world heritage site of Sur are among an estimated half a million people forced out of...

Israel will not end administrative detentions – as thousands join hunger...

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An Israeli military court has refused an appeal by long-term hunger-strikers Thaer Halahla and Bilal Diyab to end their detention without charge, prisoners groups...

Syria And Iran Agree Long-Term Strategic Cooperation

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SYRIA and Iran have signed an agreement for a long-term strategic cooperation between the two countries in Tehran. The agreement was signed on Sunday...

Yemen Cholera Epidemic!

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THE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned that about 600,000 people in the war-torn Yemen could contract cholera by December this...

PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS A COVER FOR ATTACKS ON TAMILS – warns Tamilnet

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Camouflaged with the provincial elections in Sri Lanka’s East, under military and paramilitary terror, is the Sri Lanka (SL) government’s agenda to dismember the...

Stop US Drone Strikes On Yemen

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A YEMENI family whose relatives were killed in a US drone strike have appealed to a German court to ensure that a US base...

South African Metal And Municipal Unions Demand Cosatu Leaders Convene...

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THE South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) has joined the Natioal Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) in demanding COSATU convene a...

‘IMPERIALIST STATES WILL NEVER FIGHT TERRORISM’ – says President Assad

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DAMASCUS – President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that any political idea for resolving the crisis in Syria that isn’t based on eliminating terrorism...

Clinton Accuses Bashir Of Undermining South Sudan!

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AFTER having pushed to separate oil rich South Sudan from the North, the US is now preparing for military action against the north, accusing...

Nablus Hunger Strike Against Demolitions

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Residents of a Nablus village announced on Sunday they would start a hunger strike to protest against Israeli demolition orders and confiscation of their...

IRAQ INVASION ‘SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED TERRORIST THREAT – says ex-MI5 head

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As reported in the News Line on Wednesday, Blair’s invasion of Iraq ‘substantially’ increased the terrorist threat to the UK, the former MI5 Director...

US and EU leaders’ call for Libyan ceasefire is ignored

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US and European leaders on Monday called for a ceasefire in Libya and for the United Nations to take a leading role in helping...

‘ISRAEL ON ITS WAY TO COLLAPSE’ says Iranian President

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Iran’s President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Israel was on its way to collapse, as Iran’s military displayed a range of home-built drones...

FIFTY-SEVEN TURKISH SOLDIERS KILLED IN IDLIB –‘Erdogan using terrorism to achieve...

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THE TURKISH military has announced the death of at least one of its soldiers and the injury of nine others in an attack in...

BINYAM MOHAMED APPEAL: government attempts ‘to introduce … unconstitutional and manifestly...

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THE Court of Appeal on Tuesday ‘firmly and unambiguously’ rejected the government’s argument that it is open to a Court, in the absence of...

‘Two Thirds Of Palestinians Agree That A Two-State Solution Is Not...

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BY RAMZY BAROUD – Ramzy Baroud is an internationally-syndicated columnist, author, and the founder of PalestineChronicle.com. His latest book is My Father Was a...

‘Today, Egypt witnesses the second wave of the great revolution’

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the Centre for Trade Union and Workers’ Services (CTUWS) issued the following rallying call ahead of Egypt’s General Strike called for tomorrow, Saturday 11th...

Prosecute Vale over mine deaths – demands USW

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If anyone needs further proof to Vale’s global social neglect, it comes in a pair of dirty deeds committed by the Brazilian mining company...

1,857 empty homes in Kensington & Chelsea – while Grenfell Tower...

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THERE are thousands of empty homes in the area of the Grenfell Tower fire which could potentially be used by the victims. Some homes...

Sri Lanka Has ‘Set A Precedent For Internationally Accepted Genocide’

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Sri Lanka has been accused of setting a ‘precedent for an internationally acceptable genocide model’, TamilNet reports. Kolathur T S Mani, president of Periyar Dravidar...

Zero-Hours Workers Earn £300 A Week Less!

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ZERO-HOURS workers earn nearly £300 a week less, on average, than permanent employees, according to a new report published on Monday to mark the...

2,000 Sri Lankan Troops Killed In 2007

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OVER two thousand Sri Lankan Army (SLA) soldiers were killed and four thousand wounded in the battles of 2007, TamilNet reported yesterday. The information was...

‘We Have To Take The Fight To The Government – Bring...

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AFTER the successful lobby of the TUC in Brighton on Sunday, the Young Socialists held a meeting at 5.00pm of 100 youth and workers...

Cosatu Admits Mismanaging Workers’ Pension Money

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THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has admitted that the management of workers’ money through its Kopano Ke Matla investment arm was...

Inquest Jury Condemns ‘Police And Healthcare Staff’ In Relation To The...

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AN INQUEST jury has condemned the police restraint of a young black man in a mental health hospital whilst medical staff looked on. The inquest...

‘BREAK THE CRIMINAL SEIGE ON GAZA!’ – urges Ramzi Kysia

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Ramzi Kysia vividly describes the human catastrophe imposed on the people of Gaza by Israel and asks you to join other people of conscience...

Youth workers being sacked–centres being closed

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GOVERMENT cuts plunge youth work into crisis, warns a Unison report. More than 2000 youth workers have been axed and 350 youth centres closed since...

170,000 Teachers Take One-Day Strike Action

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By Sanath Rathnaweera COLOMBO – 170,000 out of Sri Lanka’s 200,000 teachers took part in a one day strike action on September 13th,...

Saudi Arabia Using Banned Cluster Munitions In Sa’Da

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AMNESTY International has corroborated new evidence the Saudi Arabia-led coalition recently fired banned cluster munitions in Yemen. The Brazilian-manufactured rockets struck three residential areas and...

US Tripoli Embassy Seized By Militias

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The United States embassy compound in the Libyan capital of Tripoli has been raided by militiamen, but no Americans were present as the embassy...

‘WE NEED TO DEVELOP AN ENTIRELY NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH UNIONISM’ –...

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By Irish political journalist JOHN COULTER IRISH republicans must re-negotiate their political relationship with unionists, the president of the North’s largest nationalist party, Sinn Fein,...

US BUDGET WILL PRIVATISE MEDICARE – warns AFSCME

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THE federal budget bill, authored by US House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and approved this month in the House of Representatives, privatises Medicare...

France Telecom ‘Modernisation’ Led To 19 Suicides

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‘A LONG-AWAITED trial began on Monday in Paris, accusing telecom giant Orange and seven former or current managers of moral harassment and related charges,’...

Week-long meter workers strike

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‘PIG-headed’ EDF Energy bosses have sparked a week-long meter workers’ strike. A week-long strike by EDF Energy workers carrying out Smart meter installations will take...

The class struggle in South Africa and the crisis in...

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A STATEMENT by National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) National Office Bearers on Sunday outlined the union’s views ‘on the state of...

Unemployment in Gaza rises to 52%!

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THE UNEMPLOYMENT rate in the Gaza Strip sharply increased in 2018 to reach 52% compared with 44% in 2017, while in the West Bank...

‘Turkey has no right to deny Syria and Iraq the right...

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SYRIA’s Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi on Wednesday met Iraqi Water Resources Minister Mohsen al-Shummari, discussing with him means to expand cooperation and establish joint...

‘ALL WORK AND LOW PAY’ – TUC and NUS accept that...

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UNIVERSITY students are working more and more – during holidays and during term-time – just to survive, says a joint report just published by...

THE ISRAELIS ARE EXPLODING MINES UNDER THE PROXIMITY TALKS says Fatah

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THE Palestinian Presidency spokesperson, Nabil Abu-Rudaynah said yesterday, the decision of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on continuing settlement activity in East Jerusalem, proves...

National Bus And Rail Strike Is Looming In Ireland!

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A NATIONAL bus and rail strike by SIPTU and NBRU drivers is looming in Ireland. SIPTU announced on Tuesday it is to ballot its members...

PNC convened to ‘counter the serious conspiracy to undermine the Palestinian...

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THE PALESTINE Liberation Organisation (PLO) convened of the Palestinian National Council yesterday in the face of the ‘attacks and conspiracies’ launched by US President...