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Posted: August 16, 2006
CALEDONIA DISPUTE by Linda McQuaig
Odd that judge wants to stop the promising negotiations already taking place.
FOUR STEPS FOR CANADA from the Global Treatment Access Group
Stephen Lewis and Canadian civil society groups demand action on global AIDS crisis.
SIX NATIONS AT GRAND RIVER by Hazel Hill
Reclamations camp waiting for talks to begin again on August 23.
 BUILDING BLOCKS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST by Johan Galtung
The minimal demands of both sides are compatible and legitimate; the maximum demands lead to endless war.
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 Health matters
MESSAGE TO THE CMA by Gordon Guyatt
Choose public interest, not self-interest.
Faith speaks
HOMELESSNESS IS AN UGLY ISSUE by Bob Walsh
People end up living on the street for all kinds of reasons.
 Science matters
AL GORE FACES POWERFUL OPPONENTS by David Suzuki
Hired guns aim to confuse the public.
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Media files
SNAKES ON A PLANE compiled by SG staff
New movie causes Internet cult frenzy even before its release.
Canadian Politics
AFGHANISTAN ANALYSIS by Peggy Mason
Canadian strategy makes matters worse.
OIL SPILLS REVEAL MESS by Bill Tieleman
Gov't neglect means oil continues to destroy wildlife.
RESPONDING TO MY MPP by Robbie Anderman
Constituent differs on meaning of what's happening at Caledonia.
 Workplaces
THE MOST MILITANT UNION IN THE WORLD by Mike Martin
Hyundai workers have held strikes annually for twelve years.
Consumers
NEW CONCERNS ABOUT SOY from the Guardian, UK
Westerners now (often unwittingly) eat parts of soya bean that ancient Asians discarded as inedible.
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Hot headlines
ISRAELI ARMY HAS FAILED by Uri Avnery, Founder of Gush Shalom
Poor leadership, poor intelligence, cost what should have been an easy victory.
 THE NEW FUNDING HERESIES by Christopher Hayes, for In These Times.com
What everyone knows (but no one will say) about funding the left.
LOVE THE OTHER AS YOURSELF by Joyce Marcel, for CommonDreams.org
It's easier to blame a stranger than to work for peace.
THE TROUBLE WITH CHICK LIT by Helaine Olen, for AlterNet
Debate rages over whether successful new genre obscures serious work by women authors.
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THE GOLDEN RULE
Religioustolerance.org calls it "The Ethics of Reciprocity". The principle is simple: all the major world faiths (including some that specifically deny they are religions) include among their central beliefs the Golden Rule: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Check the wording at:
www.religioustolerance.org/reciproc.htm
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Feedback from our readers
HEAT WAVE from John Waugh, Orillia ON
Let's get real about what should be done!
Humour
THE SEGMENTED LIFE from the Internet
The more things change, the more they remain the same.
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