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Posted: July 12, 2005
TRIPLE TERROR by Linda McQuaig
The war on terror has done absolutely nothing to get to the root of the problem.
THE FIRST NDP BUDGET by Jack Layton
NDP leader reflects on the last session of Parliament — and the next.
LONDON SPIN by Mel Watkins
G8 leaders persisted in using tragedy to further their own agendas.
GM SKEPTICS SMELL A RAT by Stephen Leahy
Secret Monsanto study showed adverse effect on rats fed GE corn.
 NATIONAL GUARD SPYING ON RAGING GRANNIES by Medea Benjamin, CODEPINK, in San Francisco CA
California Guard protects itself from peace groups like Grannies, Gold Star Families for Peace.
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SG THIS WEEK by Penney Kome
A quick tour of our top stories.
Cancult
"NO TIME" CAUSES STRESS by Lynne Van Luven
Author argues that technology has cost us coherence, leisure.
 Canadian Politics
DIRTY POWER by Bill Tieleman
Norske power plant burns gas, maybe coal, maybe waste rubber.
ONTARIO CABINET SHUFFLET Inside Queen's Park Vol 18, No 13
The new cabinet has left in place the most powerful ministers heading the key portfolios.
Communities, rights and change
RICH TO LIVE, POOR TO DIE? by Reuel S Amdur
In ruling on waiting lists, Supreme Court overlooked main factors in health.
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Africa aid? NDP budget? Free-lancers union? Independent World TV?
Express your views on these and other items in the Straight Goods Forum.
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Workplaces
WORKING CAN BE DANGEROUS by Joanne MacDonald
Part one in a three-part series on risks in the workplace.
Watershed ways
KNOW YOUR BIOREGION by Barb Davy
Get in touch with your area by taking our quiz.
Media files
INDEPENDENT WORLD TELEVISION from IWT
Start-up indie news agency needs CDN$ 7 million to build a global network.
NEW UNION FOR FREE-LANCERS from the CEP
Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union ventures into new territory.
 World beat
THE G8 AND AFRICA: FACT AND FICTION by Gerald Caplan
"Africans have a right to justice and equity."
OLÉ FOR GAY MARRIAGE! from Doug Ireland's blog
Spanish Prime Minister stuns gallery with impassioned speech praising "everyone's triumph."
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www.charitynavigator.org
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Hot headlines
LIVE 8 PROFIT AGENDA by Michel Chossudovsky, for GlobalResearch.ca
Volvo, Vonage, EMI pay big advertising bucks to participate in feel-good anti-poverty concerts.
LONDON CAN HANDLE ATTACKS by William Rivers Pitt, for truthout
In London, four bombings are a horrifying catastrophe. In Iraq, they call events like this, "Tuesday."
AUDITING HOW US SPENDS IRAQI FUNDS by Ed Harriman, for the London Review of Books
Under US-led provisional government, at least US$ 8.8 billion in Iraqi oil money untraceable and unaccounted.
EXPLOSIONS "WITHIN SECONDS OF EACH OTHER" from AP via AlJazeera
Split second differences left no time to issue warnings.
LESSONS FROM LONDON by Robert Fisk, for The Independent, London UK
So much for Bush's "better to fight them over there than to have to fight them here."
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SUPPORT GAY TURKISH CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR from refusingtokill.net
Beaten and abused in jail, Mehmet Tarhan garners international support for his refusal to kill.
Feedback from our readers
WORLD BANK BEGGARED GHANA from Bob Moore
Slashing cocoa prices made Ghana unable even to provide clean drinking water.
Humour
MORE "PHYSICAL" HUMOUR from the Internet
Funny Fotos.
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