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Pressure Put on Manning to Implicate Assange
Michael Ratner: As Wikileaks Founder Nears 100 Days in Ecuadorian Embassy Sweden's refusal to interview Assange in London suggests they are working with US towards extradition

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Wisconsin Anti-Union Law Struck Down
In a major labor victory, Wisconsin circuit court Judge Juan Colas, who immigrated to the United States from Colombia at age 5, has struck down key parts of Gov. …

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Money-Laundering Inquiry Is Said to Aim at US Banks
Federal and state authorities are investigating a handful of major American banks for failing to monitor cash transactions in and out of their branches, a lapse that may have …

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Homeless and Hungry at College
AS THE mainstream press frets that the much-touted

Anti-Imperialism Protests Flare Beyond the Mideast
Anti-American rage that began this week over a video insult to Islam spread to nearly 20 countries across the Middle East and beyond on Friday, with violent and sometimes …

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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Protests in the Middle East Are About a Twisted Foreign Policy
This is not about a movie. This is not about Islam. This is about a twisted foreign policy that has been pushed by the far right for …

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What Motivates Rejection of (Climate) Science?
New study shows a strong correlation between free market ideology and the tendency to reject climate science research.

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Dead Guantanamo Prisoner On Why He Gave Up on Life
Adnan Latif was found dead in his cell on September 10th, 2012, just a day before the eleventh anniversary of 9/11.

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Judge Blocks NDAA Indefinite Detention Clause, Truthout FOIA Cited in Testimony
Information revealed by a Truthout FOIA request was cited in testimony presented to a federal judge who ruled this week to permanently block the US military from enforcing part …

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Occupy Wall Street Prepares to Celebrate Where It All Began
This idea that everyone has to converge in [Washington] DC or wherever in order to have a protest is starting to wane away a little bit and people are …