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Strategy Of Force Coupled With Sound Diplomacy

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President Trump’s unexpected attack on Syria’s Shayrat airbase in response to President Assad’s sarin gas attack on his own citizens has changed the dynamic of Syria’s civil war and potentially its eventual outcome. Trump’s attack sent a clear message not only to Assad, but to Russia and Iran, who are staunch supporters of Assad, and to North Korea, who has been testing the US’ resolve regarding its missile program.

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Reaffirming humanitarian law

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Syria: Chemical Weapon Use, Destruction of Children, The Ethical Vacuum
by Rene Wadlow

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Tax Day Protests Highlight Refusal to Pay for War

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War tax resisters redirect tax dollars from the Pentagon to people

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Tax Day Protests Highlight Refusal to Pay for War

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War tax resisters redirect tax dollars from the Pentagon to people

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400,000 civilians trapped in Syria’s Ghouta

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UN calls for urgent access to reach some 400,000 civilians trapped in Syria’s Ghouta

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Don't Be a United Airlines Passenger

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Do not sit still like a United Airlines passenger in a video when an injustice is happening. If the other passengers had simply blocked the aisles, corporate thugs could not have dragged their fellow passenger away. If everyone on board had demanded that the airline offer higher compensation until someone volunteered to take a later flight, rather than being violently "reaccommodated," then it would have done so.

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AIDS Conference, ‘Access Equity Rights Now"

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AIDS 2016, the XXI International AIDS Conference – (with the theme of ‘Access Equity Rights Now’) which will be held in Durban, South Africa, from 18 to 22 July 2016, marks a dramatic change in the country’s AIDS response in the 16 years since XIII International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2000), which was also held in Durban

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International Day for small, medium-sized enterprises

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UN General Assembly creates International Day for small, medium-sized enterprises

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