Their tactics to force construction of data centers even against significant opposition from local communities have become increasingly forceful and hostile.
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Police Violence Spurs Britain's Student Movement Against Privatization and Higher Fees
Last week's occupation of the University of London's vice chancellor's office by 100 students was evicted by security guards working alongside police.
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Is Afghan President Rejecting U.S. Security Pact Due to Mysterious Civilian Killings in Wardak Province?
Despite local protests, outrage from human rights organizations and the urging of the Afghan government, the U.S. has chosen not to cooperate with national investigations into civilian deaths in Wardak province that may amount to war crimes.
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Under Global Shadow of Big Brother, Journalism Must Light Up the Political Sky
In motion now, on both sides of the Atlantic, are top-down efforts to quash real journalism when and how it matters most. What governments want is fake journalism, deferring to official storylines and respectful of authority even when it is illegitimate.
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Guardian News Staff May Face Terrorism Charges Over Snowden Leaks
The Guardian editor has been summoned to parliament, accused of helping terrorists by publishing the Edward Snowden leaks.
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Snowden Revelations Prompt UN Investigation Into Surveillance
The UN's senior counterterrorism official says Snowden's revelations "are at the very apex of public interest concerns."
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How False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions Are Betraying U.S. Justice System
It's a largely unknown fact that police during interrogations are allowed to present false information to extract a confession — and that once the confession is made, even other evidence such as DNA often fails to overturn the conviction.
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Why Did a Texas Fracking Exec Threaten to Label Residents “Terrorists”?
The chief operating officer of Eagleridge, Inc., is operating straight out of the frack industry playbook, based on a Stratfor document leaked earlier this year which laid out the strategy to label activists as “radicals,” “idealists,” “realists” and “opportunists.”
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Exposed: Globally Renowned Activist Collaborated With Intelligence Firm Stratfor
An exclusive Occupy.com investigation reveals that Srdja Popovic, one of the leading architects of the overthrow of Slobodan Milodevic, has served as an intelligence gatherer for Strator and the U.S. government, informing on activists worldwide.
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Op-Doc: Why Care About the NSA?
Edward Snowden has ignited a debate, and for that I am grateful. But now that he’s done his part, it’s time for all Americans to decide how to respond to his revelations. That is to say, it is no longer his story. It is ours.
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Thailand on Lockdown After Protesters Occupy Finance and Foreign Ministries
More than 150,000 demonstrators took park in weekend protests to unseat Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, leading to a public occupation of two ministry buildings.
