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Taking Credit Versus Taking Action
President Barack Obama listens during a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House on Sunday, May 1, 2011.
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From Education to Action: Inside the Arizona Ethnic Studies Battle
UNIDOS member Daniel Montoya addresses the supporters filling the school board meeting room. Nine members of the youth group took over the April 26 Tucson board meeting and …
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Drug-Related Violence Closing in on Mexican Capital
Cuernavaca - The military offensive waged by the conservative government of President Felipe Calderón against drug cartels in northern Mexico has resulted in an appalling death toll and grief-stricken …
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The Hancock 37 v. Official Lawlessness, Part One: Two Worlds
(Photo: Nick Mottern) In the week leading up to Easter 2011, antiwar organizers in upstate New York held a remarkable series of events aimed at grounding the …
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Black Market in Organ Donations Flourishes in China
Beijing - In China, where a growing demand for organ transplants coupled with a dramatic shortage of donors has fuelled a rampant black market trade, selling your organs for …
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Syrian Troops Reportedly Enter Restive City
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Troops backed by tanks stormed a city on Syria’s Mediterranean coast on Saturday that has proved one of the most restive in the seven-week uprising, besieging …
Arab Spring Comes in Western Arms
Tear gas is fired on Egyptian protesters marching during demonstrations in Cairo on Jan. 28, 2011. (Photo: Scott Nelson / The New York Times) Cairo - Global …
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After OBL: McGovern/Jones Push for Real Withdrawal Plan
Massachusetts congressman Jim McGovern. (Photo: Eugena Ossi / Governor's Office) Following the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the floodgates opened in Washington this week for …
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House Republicans Push for Renewed Offshore Drilling
House Republicans passed a bill yesterday afternoon that would require the Obama administration to expand offshore oil and gas drilling. As oil prices shoot up, Republicans have pushing for …
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Al-Qaeda Confirms Bin Laden’s Death
Al Qaeda released a statement on militant Web sites Friday confirming the death of Osama bin Laden, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadi Web sites. The …