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Mar 27, 2014

We work despite Taliban threats, say Pakistani journalists

Maria Kari

When attacks from the Pakistani Taliban moved from 'possibility' to 'real life' journalists and editors scrambled to define what this means for reporting on extremists and the safety of their writers.

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US Hands Off Ukraine! REVOLUTION OR COUNTER-REVOLUTION What’s at Stake?

Mar 28, 2014

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Mar 26, 2014

Arms over rights: Canada's war economy

Celyn Dufay

This is Canada's biggest arms deal in history. Although it may lead to 3,000 jobs in Ontario, would you rather Canada shift from a war economy to a sustainable green economy?

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Mar 26, 2014

Groups decry 'meaningless' consultation in Canada-Colombia FTA human rights impact assessment process

Stuart Trew

This is the third time the Conservative government has attempted to produce an impact assessment of its 2011 FTA with Colombia, and each time the final report has been completely inadequate.

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Mar 26, 2014

Broadening the scope of the debate on the Ukrainian crisis

Ray Silvius

The crisis in Ukraine runs much deeper than violence and "human rights." It is at its root an economic crisis. Better yet, it is a crisis born of neoliberalism.

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Mar 25, 2014

Harper on Putin and Hitler: Inaccurate and really ironic

Ted Snider

Harper's support of Ukraine's new government shows a deep hypocrisy.

Columnists

Mar 25, 2014

Ottawa situation report: Harper does the chicken hawk

Duncan Cameron

In advance of the emergency G7 meeting held in Holland on March 24, an Ottawa embassy situation report on PM Harper and Canadian foreign policy was circulated among European Union foreign ministries.

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Mar 24, 2014

Goodbye my friend, Ali Mustafa

Lia Tarachansky

Lia Tarachansky says goodbye to her friend Ali Mustafa, a progressive Toronto photojournalist who was killed in Syria March 9.

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Mar 24, 2014

Harper supports Saudi monarchy

Yves Engler

Conservatives’ ties to the Saudi monarchy demonstrate exactly what principles Harper supports: misogyny, military repression, monarchy over democracy and commercial expediency.

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Mar 25, 2014

How can women stop war?

Joan Russow

Throughout many events at the 2014 UN Commission on the Status of women, there has been a greater emphasis on the urgency of having high level participation of women in preventing war and conflict.

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