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Court in the act

Apartheid accomplices Coca-Cola, Barclays, BP et al are heading for court

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A kick in the balls

New Zealand intelligence gathering or US & NATO spy satellite?

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Inside China’s prisons

It’s difficult to know for sure how many political prisoners there currently are in China, but it’s safe to say that there are thousands of them.

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Starved by the system

The companies making a killing from the food crisis

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Planktos wiped out

Planktos – RIP

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Cyclone survival

Women in Orissa, India, have ways of dealing with calamity

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Striking out

Nike workers in Vietnam go on strike

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Bullshit in a bottle

say hello to water called Ethos

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Scared of a star

West Papua’s push for independence

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Fossil foolery

Fossil Fools Day

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Who is Harald?

Climate negotiations

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Teeny tiny terror

Nanotechnology

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