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May 7, 2008

Labour Strike Turns Violent in Lebanon

by Lucie Fielder, France24, France - In the worst internal crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war, supporters of pro-Iranian Hezbollah exchanged fire with gunmen loyal to the pro-Western government during a general strike over low wages that has paralyzed Beirut.

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Tribes Versus Terrorists

by Ashley Bommer, Today's Zaman, Turkey - The United States went into Afghanistan to destroy al-Qaeda. But seven years later, what has the US achieved?...

Illiteracy Eradication Programs Struggle with the Numbers

by Safaa Abdoun, Daily News, Egypt - Amid the noisy, crowded streets and bustling activity in the Cairene squatter settlement of Mansheyat Nasser, in the...

Ban the Cluster Bomb

by Lynn Bradach, Los Angeles Times, USA - In the last 10 years, the United States has used cluster bombs in civilian-populated areas of Afghanistan,...

Diction Matters

by Saba Naqvi, Outlook, India - Terror has given Indian politics a big jolt. Just when the political process appeared to be the sum total...

The Rights of the Land

by Robin Kimmerer, Orion, USA - The Onondaga Nation of central New York proposes a radical new vision of property rights....