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The Underreported News Wire features a daily, global selection of stories underrepresented in the mainstream western press.

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International News


Leadership Issues Complicate Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Congo's President Promises Elections
Hardliners Tighten Grip in Myanmar
UN Reform Proves Difficult
Israeli Officer Cleared After Alleged "Confirmation Killing"
US Racial Gap Deepens: Study
FBI and UK Home Office Deny Seizing Indymedia Hard Drives





Canadian News


Government, Police Provide Inadequate Protection for Aboriginal Women: Amnesty

"Jumbo" BC Ski Resort Draws Controversy

Pharmaco Funding Compromises Drug Approval Process: CCPA

Martin Excused from RIO Report Card -- For Now

Media Democracy Day addresses "monopoly ownership," "censorship"




Feature


Multiculturalism: It Hurts Us All
Why Canada isn't, never was, and probably never will be a multicultural nation
» by Susana Ferreira


Accounts

33 years before running for President, John Kerry returned from Vietnam to tell lawmakers about the atrocities that were being committed



Health

Vioxx Populi?
Withdrawal raises questions about drug approval in Canada
» by Andrea Smith



Arts

Yes Means No!
The Yes Men dish up artistic critique to straight-faced corporate audiences» by Max Liboiron





Review


Linda Besner reviews new books by Grant, Nepveu and Levin. Matthew Trafford reviews Arthur Motyer's What's Remembered.




Environment

Sacrificing Belledune
New Brunswick community to host 100,000 tonnes of toxic soil
» by Hillary Lindsay



First Nations

The Struggle for Haida Gwaii
Sovereignty, resources and culture at stake, say Haida
» by Kim Petersen



Labour

Insisting on Working
In this interview, The Take director Avi Lewis talks about the film, and the implications of "inverting the traditional labour action"







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