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Targeting Teachers: The ‘dirty war’ against Colombia’s unions
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Opinion: Saudi women’s suffrage mired in suppression
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The gray area of gay refugees
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Opinion: The importance of covering global LGBT news
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In AIDS fight, a question of funding, not science
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