Issue #23 of Canada's Grassroots National Newspaper

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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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