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Crisis in Europe Tightens Credit Across the Globe
Europe’s worsening sovereign debt crisis has spread beyond its banks and the spillover now threatens businesses on the Continent and around the world. From global airlines and …
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Los Angeles Police Withdraw After Occupy Eviction Deadline Passes
Los Angeles - It had all the makings of a showdown: shouting protesters, police officers in riot gear, with batons drawn as they pushed forward to disperse the crowd. …
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Kasich, Koch and Big-Industry Bucks: Why Ohio Is the Next Fracking Frontier
Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich talks on the phone before speaking at a press conference with his running mate at the Ohio Chamber of Commerce in Columbus, Ohio, November …
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Agent Orange on Okinawa – New Evidence
In September 2011, The Asia-Pacific Journal published my research into the presence of US military defoliants, including Agent Orange, on Okinawa during the 1960s and early ‘70s.#1 Drawing on …
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Power Ceded, Yet President of Yemen Declares Amnesty
Sana, Yemen - Ignoring calls by his opponents to stop announcing decisions that affect the country, President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared a general amnesty on Sunday for people who …
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Super PAC Man Gobbles Up Regulators’ Time, Patience
In the peculiar post-Citizens United world of political money, Josue Larose has assumed a new alter-ego: Super PAC man. Since the Supreme Court ruling paved the …
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Postcard from Dadaab, Somalia
As a result of Kenya’s recent invasion of Somalia, the situation in Kenyan refugee camps has sharply deteriorated and is now on the verge of a full-scale humanitarian crisis. …
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Half of GOP’s Biggest Bundlers Still Haven’t Picked a Presidential Candidate to Back
For the last three presidential elections, mega bundler Rudy Boschwitz has helped raise millions of dollars for Republicans running for the White House. But this time around, …
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Wall Street Banks Earned $13 Billion in Profits from Secret Fed Loans Worth $7.7 Trillion
In the lead-up to the financial crisis that crippled the American economy and plunged the country into a recession, the Federal Reserve made trillions in undisclosed loans to struggling …
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Rep. Barney Frank Won’t Seek Re-Election
Washington - Rep. Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman from Massachusetts and a favorite GOP target for crafting legislation to reform Wall Street business practices, is expected to announce …