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In a unanimous ruling hailed as "a major victory for human rights and corporate accountability," the Canadian Supreme Court declared on Friday that a group of Ecuadorian villagers can pursue a multi-billion pollution lawsuit against oil giant Chevron in the province of Ontario....
Sarah Lazare, staff writer
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A federal court ruled American Muslims, who claim they were placed on the No...

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As thousands of refugees continue on their harrowing quest for safety - breaking out of camps, battling to stay on grounded trains and marching from Hungary to Austria, where some have reportedly begun arriving - a broken Abdullah Kurdi has buried his two toddlers and his wife in their hometown of Kobani, Syria. Having survived to see the body of his three-year-old son Aylan wash ashore, Kurdi says, “I don’t want anything.” Except this: "We want the whole world to see...Let this be the last."