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Syria Storms Center of Rebellious City (2)
With heavy shelling, Syrian tanks stormed through the restive city of Hama on Wednesday, occupying a central square that had witnessed the largest protests against the rule of President …

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Does Debt Deal Put Mortgage-Interest Deduction in Play?
Washington - Just as Social Security and Medicare benefits were dangled above the shredder in the debt ceiling debate, another of Washington's sacred cows could end up on the …

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Senate Passes, Obama Signs Debt Ceiling Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) speaks with the press about the debt ceiling deal on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 1, 2011. The bill passed today 74 …

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El Salvador: The Truth Commission and the Jesuit Massacre
Twenty Salvadoran soldiers await trial in Spain for crimes against humanity perpetrated during the Salvadoran Civil War. The extradition of war criminals to be …

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: John Boehner Brags He Got 98 Percent of What He Wanted in Debt Deal, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…

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Despite New Denials by Rumsfeld, Evidence Shows US Military Used Waterboarding-Style Torture
Former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaking at CPAC 2011 in Washington, DC. Rumsfeld has recently denied knowledge of any waterboarding by US military personnel taking place …

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Somalis Waste Away as Insurgents Block Escape From Famine
The Shabab Islamist insurgent group, which controls much of southern Somalia, is blocking starving people from fleeing the country and setting up a cantonment camp where it is imprisoning …

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Fatal Radiation Level Found at Japanese Plant
The empty streets of Minamisoma, a city near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station that many residents have fled, in the Miyagi Prefecture of Japan, March 18, 2011. (Photo: …

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House Passes Bill on Debt Ceiling
Washington - The House began voting on the landmark compromise to raise the debt ceiling and sharply cut spending, after Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress made their final …

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Syrian Forces Renew Strike on Restive City of Hama
Beirut, Lebanon - Syrian security forces bombed the central city of Hama for a second day on Monday as the government pressed its campaign to crush a four-month-old popular …