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...Palestinians living in the occupied territories, deportations of their brethren evoke fears that one day the Israelis will expel them all from their homes. So it was on Friday, when Israeli authorities deported to Lebanon more than 400 alleged activists from the Muslim fundamentalist movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The expulsions were in retaliation for the shooting of four Israeli soldiers and the Hamas' kidnap-murder of a border policeman. In the Gaza Strip, at weekend demonstrations to protest the expulsions, six Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli troops...
...plant workers suffer from low wages and harsh, even crippling working conditions. Their cheap labor and high productivity has enabled poultry's Pashas to enjoy explosive success in the past decade while keeping chicken prices low for consumers. In Arkansas, poultry workers are probably no worse off than their brethren in Mississippi or Georgia, but their numbers are greater, and they are increasingly angry that their share of the chicken boom is so meager. "I think the poultry industry has been a blessing and a curse for Arkansas," says Carol Tucker Foreman, a former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture...
...like all other major upheavals in human society, including the Industrial Revolution, the Neolithic period arrived in different places at different times. The Iceman and his European brethren were hardly at the forefront of civilization...
...Screaming Trees share their Seattle brethren's penchant for hooky guitar riffs and raspy vocals over dense layers of bass and drums. Like looking at the sun through opaque glass, one can discern shards of shiny, happy tunes underneath their sonic barrage...
Last week, Trent Reznor took us 20 minutes into the future with his latest set of post-apocalyptic ditties, Nine Inch Nails' Broken. Like his industrial brethren Ministry and Skinny Puppy, Reznor revels in echo beats and electronic tom-toms in overdrive. His voice careens between a whisper and a roar, then lurches full throttle into screams that make Kurt Cobain look like Billie Holiday...