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Cuts are killing the economy

by Caroline Colebrook

CHANCELLOR George Osborne is strangling the economy in Britain by cutting public spending too fast and too deep, according to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR).

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Libya: imperialist confidence shaken

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

THOUGH Muslim holy month of Ramadan began this week there’s been no let up in the fighting in Libya. Nato warplanes continued to pound Tripoli and cover rebels fleeing from positions seized in the strategic western Nafusa mountains early last week.

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Editorial

Hands off Syria!

IMPERIALISM’S greedy eyes are focusing again on Syria, whose Baathist-led government has for decades stood firm against American and Israeli attempts to dominate the entire Middle East. Exploiting the unrest their agents have fomented in the first place, they’re moving again to try and win United Nations support for even more sanctions against Syria.

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