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Articles about the Asian continent
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Iraq: ‘Progress’ for whom?
We have been hearing repeatedly that the so-called surge in Iraq is over—now that 23,000 troops have left Iraq and…
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Remembering activist Yoomi Jeong
Yoomi Jeong, one of the members of the ANSWER Coalition national steering committee, has died after a two-year battle with…
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Afghan resistance forces U.S. troops to abandon post
U.S. military officials announced on July 16 that they abandoned an outpost near the town of Wanat in Afghanistan, near…
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Activists converge in Japan to protest G-8 summit
The author was recently invited to Japan to represent the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism)…
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Japanese fishermen strike over fuel prices
More than 250,000 fishermen in Japan staged a one-day strike on July 15 to demand the government help the fishing…
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U.S. officials approved cowardly executions of South Korean prisoners
According to an Associated Press report on recently declassified records, U.S. military officials gave their consent to mass executions carried…
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U.S. government continues economic war against North Korea
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea released a declaration on its nuclear programs June 26, revealing details on its arms-grade…
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Strikers force Qantas airlines to cancel flights
The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association held rolling work stoppages across Australia on June 23 and June 24. The strike…
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Resistance in Afghanistan takes it up a notch
For the first time since the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the U.S. military and its allies suffered more combat…
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Fuel crisis sparks global protests
Hundreds of farmers, truckers and taxi drivers blocked roads in and around Brussels, Belgium, on the eve of a European…
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