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130226 – Australia’s horrific incarceration rates of Aboriginal peoples
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Counter-Dawah Project
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Peter and Mickey speak first with Martin Winiecki, a resident of the Tamera Peace Research Center inOctober 5, 2015A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories
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A few months ago, I wrote that it was Adam Bain not Dick Costolo who had it the roughest with the recentOctober 7, 2015"My name’s John Dolan, you can look me up; I’ve got a Wikipedia entry!
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Record October temperatures in the east
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Belgian Streets Got Rid Of Cars And Turned Into Beautiful Parks This Summer
Sometimes envisioning a life without cars is just as simple as doing it. Source: Belgian Streets Got RidSeptember 4, 2015Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Photos From the Ruins
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FOR decades, policy makers have treated poverty as a sign of helplessness and ineptitude. The worse offAugust 8, 2015
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Not Just in America: French Authorities Cover for Abusive Police Too
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Senate approves bill despite Obama veto threat
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The Total Collapse
Putin Orders Syrian Ground War To Begin As NATO Masses Forces
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that President Putin has authorized combat groundOctober 4, 201536,000 troops, 200 aircraft & 60 vessels: NATO launches biggest war games
NATO has started its biggest exercise since 2002 with 36,000 international troops from 30 states, includingOctober 4, 2015BREAKING NEWS: Russia Begins September War, Issues Dire Warning To Britain
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is now reporting that for the first time in 24 years since its establishmentOctober 1, 2015
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Leon Brittan Videoed at Paedo Orgy.
By Dave Knight 22nd June 2014. Find Article & Video Here:- Former Thatcher Home SecretaryJanuary 22, 2015BBC retrospective on the Iraq War.
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Universe Today
The Next Generation of Exploration: Back to Venus with VERITAS
Artist’s concept of the VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy18 hrs agoWatch Lenticular Clouds Form in the Moonlight
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The crescent Moon (top, overexposed), Regulus, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter liven the eastern sky at dawn thisOctober 7, 2015
Veterans Today
VIDEO: Russia strikes terrorists’ command post, fuel depot & fortifications
“A precise hit on the terrorists’ fortifications led to the detonation of munitions and vehicles, causing a10 mins agoTaking Names, Kicking Ass: Spy Planes, Ships Help Russian Forces Smash ISIL
Drones, plus at least one Il-20M had "already arrived in Syria to reinforce the Russian contingent47 mins agoNATO ready to ‘defend’ Turkey as Russia strikes Syria - Veterans Today
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Fed Taking Emergency Crisis Measures … Shoving Collateral Onto Banks
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A new Crimean War? Really?
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Former Guantánamo Prisoner Betrayed by Morocco: Are Diplomatic Assurances
I’ve been so busy with the news of the planned release from Guantánamo of Shaker Aamer , the last19 hrs agoRadio: Andy Worthington Discusses Shaker Aamer, the Closure of Guantánamo
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Yesterday, to coincide with the Conservative Party Conference, at which Jeremy Hunt has been causing angerOctober 6, 2015
World Science
Birds flew over dinosaurs’ heads, study suggests
Muscles controlling the main wing feathers of an ancient, toothed bird suggest it could fly as well as15 hrs agoAncient tsunami claimed to be almost as high as Chrysler building
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Scientists want to change the course of a mini-asteroid in order to prepare for what some day might be anOctober 1, 2015
Fuel Fix
Commentary: Why The $5 Billion Battery Plan Went Nowhere
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Corbyn Privy Council Press Hypocrisy
After Young Dave lost his cool with Jeremy Corbyn yesterday in his not-so-jolly-good-speech, and smeared3 hrs agoCameron PR Cons Useful Idiots
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Exclusive: Congress probing U.S. spy agencies' possible lapses on
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Iowa Republicans Don't Think Jeb Is Bush Enough
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