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Washington DC--The Associated Press' Trenton Daniel has written an account of high levels of malnutrition and food insecurity in Haiti, reporting that:

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The newly re-elected government of British Columbia has called a 'timeout' in one plank of its pro-fossil fuel platform -- its backing of Enbridge company's Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal that would transport tar sands bitumen from Alberta to the B.C. coast at Kitimat.

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The May 14 general election in British Columbia was a setback to progressive political forces in the province and throughout Canada. The incumbent B.C. Liberals won a fourth straight term, winning 49 seats with 44 per cent of the vote, compared to 34 seats and 40 per cent for the opposition New Democratic Party.*

Guest post by Beverly Bell, first published on Truthout, May 9, 2013

Below, Haitian women workers tell of their experiences in sweatshops. These interviews, gathered over the past two years, are among many dozens that this writer has collected from Haitian sweatshop workers since the early 1980s. Not one has ever diverged from the narrative of miserable working conditions and the inability to feed, shelter, and educate their children on insufficient wages. Below, women tell of their experiences as sweatshop workers and offer their analysis on better types of jobs for Haiti.

France's National Assembly and Senate have voted to extend the country's military intervention in Mali. A resolution passed both houses of parliament on April 22. Not a single vote was cast in opposition.

Three days later, the United Nations Security Council approved Resolution 2100, creating a policing mission beginning July 1, 2013. The mission is called by its French acronym MINUSMA. Its projected size is 11,200 soldiers and 1,440 police.

Yesterday, April 26, Postmedia writer Christie Blatchford published a column across the media chain hitting back at the campaign against sexual violence in Nova Scotia that has been sparked by the recent suicide of 17-year-old Rehtaeh Parsons. The young woman's father, Glen Canning, has published a statement replying to the columnist. The text of his statement is below.

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Jean-Claude Duvalier fled into exile in 1986 and it marked a very special time in Haiti's history. It was a beginning of bidding farewell to tyrannical dictatorships. It set the stage for democratic governance, though another four, difficult years of struggle still lay ahead.

Halifax, Nova Scotia -- There is anguish and anger across the province of Nova Scotia following the death by suicide of teenager Rehtaeh Parsons on April 7. The 17-year-old hanged herself in the family home on April 4. Three days later, her parents consented to removing her from life support.

Rehtaeh Parsons death was provoked by institutional failure to deal with an alleged gang sexual assault she suffered in November 2011 at the hands of four teenage boys who were schoolmates at Cole Harbour District High School, in the Halifax region. The teens had been drinking alcohol in the parental home of one of the boys.

The death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on April 8 has renewed an intense political debate in Britain and internationally over her legacy. For her ruling class sycophants, Thatcher was a heroine, “one of the greatest” prime ministers Britain ever had. While she is falsely credited with lifting Britain out of a lasting economic slump during the 1970s, she did succeed in imposing a drastic and lasting shift in the balance of social and economic wealth between rich and poor, very much to the detriment of the latter. She was prime minister from 1979 to 1990.