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Image for Books over borders: joy as bombed shop in Gaza reopens
Books over borders: joy as bombed shop in Gaza reopens A global outpouring of support has allowed a destroyed bookshop to open its doors once more Culture Society World
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Fracking suspended across England in major government U-turn In a victory for green and grassroots groups, the UK government has called a halt to fracking in England amid fears about earthquakes Conservation Energy Environment
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The project redirecting US election cash toward long-term progress Both Trump and Clinton’s presidential election campaigns have spent huge sums on advertising – up to $1m per day. What if this went to grass... Economics Money Politics
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‘It won’t stop until we talk’: peace movement perseveres in Israel Anna Behrmann talks to grassroots groups protesting for peace in Israel and the Palestinian territories, and discovers their defiant commitm... Democracy Peace Politics Society
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Riot clean-up in Pakistan Recently the news has been filled with so-called ‘Muslim rage’ in response to an anti-Islam film made by an American citizen. Pakistan hit t... Society
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The August riots, a year on Caspar Walsh revisits three communities hit by the 2011 August riots to find out how places have healed and what positive initiatives have r... Society

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