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Trump’s U-turn may see Iran join North Korea as a nuclear state

16 October 2017

In refusing to recertify the Iran nuclear deal, US president Donald Trump risks creating another North Korea – as another Republican president did before him
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Hoovering up immigrants' social media data won't make US safer

4 October 2017

A plan to grab immigrants' digital profiles in the US is just another case of the misguided idea that mass surveillance is effective, says Ray Corrigan

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