GERMANY: Opposition Builds Up Over Afghanistan
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By Julio Godoy
BERLIN, Aug 14 (IPS) – German writers and philosophers have begun to condemn military intervention in Afghanistan as an "invasion", a "mistake", and a "delusion".
In an essay titled ‘Cowardice before our own people’ last week in Der Spiegel weekly, philosopher and writer [...]
EGYPT: Opposition Equated With Terrorists
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By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani
CAIRO, Aug 4 (IPS) – The Egyptian government is now accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of links to Palestinian resistance groups and of establishing "global networks". Recent months have seen a host of government accusations – which critics say are [...]
COLOMBIA: Women Lead Opposition to Gold Mine
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Helda Martínez
IBAGUÉ, Colombia, Aug 3 (IPS) – Women in the small Andean town of Cajamarca and the nearby city of Ibagué, in the central-west Colombian province of Tolima, are leading the struggle against a major gold mining venture that threatens to alter their way of [...]
