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Topic: World News

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Economy: Are We All Becoming Freelancers? How Economic Shifts Will Likely Change Your Job
Posted by: IT
More than 25 percent of all working Americans are, whether they want to be or not, temporary laborers, and that number will surely rise in the coming years. ByRichard Greenwald We are living at the dawn of the freelance world, as more and more people find themselves working as consultants, contract workers or freelancers. This change in the way we work is as profound as the shift that occurred during the industrial revolution.
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Crimes Against Humanity: Israel's Deadly Attack on Peace Activists Provokes International Outrage, Diplomatic Crisis
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	When Israeli commandos dropped from the sky, swarmed the vessels and massacred international activists, Israel lost a massive battle in its global public relations war. By Joshua Holland \| Alternet June 2010 Days of tension between Israel’s hawkish government and the organizers of the Freedom Flotilla carrying 700 peace activists and 10,000 tons of desperately needed supplies to Gaza culminated in grisly carnage after a deadly pre-dawn attack by Israeli commandos.
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Economy: Massive Parking Lot of Ghost Ships a Sign of the Econopocalypse
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Staggering sight .... By Joshua Holland \| AlterNet September 24, 2009 This is one of those stories that I filed away for future use when it first appeared, so it's a week old -- apologies for the lack of freshness.
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Economy: The Spectacular, Sudden Crash of the Global Economy
Posted by: IT
	In a short period of months, the entire system of global capitalism has screeched to a halt. No one knows what happens next. By Joshua Holland \| AlterNet February 24, 2009 The worldwide economic meltdown has sent the wheels spinning off the project of building a single, business-friendly global economy.
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Foreign Policy: Chomsky: "The Majority of the World Supports Iran"
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In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview, Chomsky discusses the global politics of Iran's and India's attempts to become nuclear powers. By Subrata Ghoshroy \| AlterNet October 3, 2008 On Wednesday night, in a vote of 86 to 13, the U.S. Senate passed a historic nuclear deal with that will allow the United States to trade with India in nuclear equipment and technology, and to supply India with nuclear fuel for its power reactors.
>>> Read full article: 'Chomsky: "The Majority of the World Supports Iran"' (14706 bytes more)	273 Reads

International: The List: Murder Capitals of the World
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	Reliable global crime statistics are hard to come by, but here are five cities that stand in a class all their own when it comes to brutal, homicidal violence. FP Web Exclusive \| September 2008
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Foreign Policy: Gen. Musharraf: Our Man in Pakistan
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So General Musharraf has turned out to be just another crummy dictator, but at least he was George Bush's dictator. By Robert Scheer \| Truthdig November 7, 2007 So, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, treated ever so respectfully by George Bush throughout his administration, in which he became the first Pakistani leader to visit Camp David, has turned out to be just another crummy dictator.
>>> Read full article: 'Gen. Musharraf: Our Man in Pakistan' (4683 bytes more)	327 Reads

Foreign Policy: Is the Military Our Last, Best Hope for Averting War with Iran?
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	When military command is the voice of reason in a debate about a new war, you know our democracy is in trouble. By Chris Hedges \| Truthdig November 13, 2007 The last, best hope for averting a war with Iran lies with the United States military. The Democratic Congress, cowed by the Israel lobby and terrified of appearing weak on defense before the presidential elections, will do nothing to halt an attack.
180 Reads	>>> Read full article: 'Is the Military Our Last, Best Hope for Averting War with Iran?' (8154 bytes more)

Crimes Against Humanity: Rumsfeld On the Run From French Torture Charges
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While Rumsfeld has gotten out of France before an arrest, the case can still be prosecuted since he was in the country when it was filed. By Siun \| FireDogLake October 29, 2007 On Friday Donald Rumsfeld arrived in France to give a speech - but he had to leave via a back door that went directly into the US Embassy and then quickly scampered out of the country. Why?
>>> Read full article: 'Rumsfeld On the Run From French Torture Charges' (5872 bytes more)	294 Reads

Crimes Against Humanity: September 2007 - More than 1,000,000 Iraqis murdered
Posted by: IT
	In the week in which General Patraeus reports back to US Congress on the impact the recent ‘surge’ is having in Iraq, a new poll reveals that more than 1,000,000 Iraqi citizens have been murdered since the invasion took place in 2003. ORB \| September 2007 Previous estimates, most noticeably the one published in the Lancet in October 2006, suggested almost half this number (654,965 deaths).
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John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Thirty-fifth President of the USA