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Israel/ Palestine
Ireland Set to Pass Bill Banning Goods from Israeli Squatter Settlements in Palestine

Ireland Set to Pass Bill Banning Goods from Israeli Squatter Settlements in Palestine

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A bill banning all goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is set to be approved by the Irish Parliament on July 11

Immigration
How Trump's Executive Order Reversing Family Separation just Makes Things Worse

How Trump’s Executive Order Reversing Family Separation just Makes Things Worse

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The executive order includes no provision to reunite the 2,300 separated families and illegally proposes to detain children indefinitely. Caracas (TeleSur) – United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday after an international outcry over his immigrant family separation policy at the southern border. The event was reported as Trump ending family separations, […]

Immigration
Nearly 1800 Families Separated At US Border In Just 17 Months

Nearly 1800 Families Separated At US Border In Just 17 Months

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Nearly 1,800 immigrant families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border from October 2016 through February of this year

Children
UN: 'Nothing Normal' about U.S. Detaining Immigrant Children

UN: ‘Nothing Normal’ about U.S. Detaining Immigrant Children

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The United Nations has called on the United States to stop detaining irregular migrant families and separating children from their parents

Climate Change
Tropic of Cancer: The Climate Change War of Rich Cold Nations on Poor Warm Nations

Tropic of Cancer: The Climate Change War of Rich Cold Nations on Poor Warm Nations

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Poor countries located around the equator will likely suffer the most from the effects of climate change

Poverty
Seattle Approves Tax on Amazon, Starbucks and Big Firms to Tackle Homelessness

Seattle Approves Tax on Amazon, Starbucks and Big Firms to Tackle Homelessness

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The council expects to collect about US$48 million a year, which would be used for pay for affordable housing programs and homeless services

Sudan
World Defends Sudanese Rape Victim Condemned to Death

World Defends Sudanese Rape Victim Condemned to Death

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Hussein attempted to escape her arranged marriage but was forcibly restrained by her in-laws while her husband raped her

Elections
Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes at Bush Running For Parliament

Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes at Bush Running For Parliament

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Muntazer Zaidi famously threw his shoes at former President Bush in protest of the U.S. invasion of his country

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