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Thais Back Ousted Prime Minister’s Party in Landslide
Bangkok - The party of the fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra won an overwhelming victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday that could turn Thai …
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Greece Jails US Captain in Gaza Flotilla
Athens - The American captain of a United States-flagged boat in the planned flotilla to Gaza was jailed Saturday, a day after trying to sail out of port, flotilla …
From WikiLeaks to SB 1070 – The Rise of the New Global Hacktivists
Hacktivst “group” Anonymous launched a major campaign called Operation Anti-Security in which they've leaked classified documents from Arizona law enforcement, Border Patrol, NATO, the U.S. Navy, the FBI, and …
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Executives’ Pay at Big Companies Rose 23 Percent Last Year
(Photo: Théo La Photo) It turns out that the good times are even better than we thought for American chief executives. A preliminary examination ofexecutive …
The Next Egyptian Revolution
An Egyptian protester writes slogans on the pavement of Tahrir Square during a demonstration, in Cairo, July 1, 2011. Thousands of protesters returned to the square on Friday to …
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School “Reform” Ignores Glaring Problem: Outdated Curriculum
From “What's Worth Learning?” Information Age Publishing, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2011 American education isn't up to the challenge. The evidence is inescapable. Millions of kids …
Strauss-Kahn’s Accuser Doubly Vicitimized, Advocates Say
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former leader of the International Monetary Fund, center, exits the State Supreme Court in New York on July 1, 2011. Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest …
Greek Tragedy
A demonstrator shouts near a police line during protests in Athens, Greece, on June 15, 2011. As thousands took to the streets to protest austerity measures on Wednesday, Prime …
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Ending Nuclear Evil
Titan Nuclear Missile Museum, Tucson, Arizona. The US has allocated $185 billion to augment its nuclear stockpile over the next decade, on top of the ordinary annual nuclear-weapons budget …
Honduras: Repression, Resistance and Hope
(Photo: John Lamperti) In Honduras, the repression of human rights, and peoples' resistance to it, are as old as the Spanish conquest. The current outbreak of both …