But FIT said more concerning was the situation for academies and new free schools, which are exempt from government regulations that govern mainstream schools' freedom to sell off their playing fields.

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Take a look at the endless rows of simple crosses and stars of 19- and 20-year-olds from places like Montana and Pennsylvania, who crossed the ocean to die in foreign fields for the cause of freedom.

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According to Heleena Savela, the Foundation President, freedom of expression has always been one of the particular fields of interest for the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation.

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With two other unions, the International Teamsters and the Food Workers, representing around 7, 000 California farm workers, the probability is that only two in every 100 of the labourers toiling in the California fields are represented by a union even though farm workers in California have had the freedom to form unions since 1975.

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