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Leaders Agree to Delay a Deal on Climate Change
President Obama and other world leaders have decided to put off the difficult task of reaching a climate change agreement at a global climate conference scheduled for next month, …
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Meat, Culture and Climate
In his autobiography, Gandhi relates what he calls a “tragedy.” When he was a teenager, his best friend wanted to accustom him to eating meat. Gandhi's family belonged to …
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British Authorities Probing New Claims Soldiers Tortured, Raped Iraqi Prisoners
Britain's Ministry of Defense has launched an investigation into new claims that soldiers sexually abused Iraqi detainees and subjected them to mock executions, hooding, and used dogs to …
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David Sirota | Where Are the Real Deficit Hawks?
Let's say you're a congressperson or tea party leader looking to champion deficit reduction — a cause 38 percent of Americans tell pollsters they support. And let's say you're …
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Gates Invokes New Authority to Block Release of Detainee Abuse Photos
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has blocked the release of photographs depicting US soldiers abusing detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, invoking new powers just granted to him by Congress …
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Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan
Ventura, California - US Army Specialist Alexis Hutchinson, a single mother, is being threatened with a military court-martial if she does not agree to deploy to Afghanistan, despite having …
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Financial Crisis Investigators Are Taking Wall Street Names
Washington - Leaders of a congressional commission investigating the causes of the recent financial crisis are threatening to publicly identify any company or government agency that stalls in voluntarily …
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Israel’s “Pathology“
Nobody seems to know just what Barack Obama said to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when the two met recently at the White House. In fact, when it comes …
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Health Care, Not Assimilation
While the health care reform debate continues throughout the country, America's indigenous peoples suffer from some of the worse conditions imaginable. Comprising only 1.6 percent of the general population, …
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An Open Letter to Harry Reid on Controlling Health Care Costs
Dear Senator, I know you're in a tough spot. It would be bad enough if you only had to get Ben Nelson, Evan Bayh, Mary Landrieu, and Blanche …