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Kenya: Sex-Trafficked Women and Girls Also Vulnerable to Organ Trafficking
Nairobi - With the highest rate of human trafficking in East and Central Africa, several nongovernmental organizations in Kenya are now under investigation by INTERPOL , the world’s largest …
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Malawi’s Solar Micro-Finance Initiative Builds Business for Women Entrepreneurs
Kasungu, Malawi - In the small landlocked southeastern African nation of Malawi only 8% of its growing 15.263 million people are connected to the national power grid, a source …
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Democrats Suggest Paying for Obama’s Job Plan With Surcharge on Millionaires
Washington - Senate Democrats, divided over how to pay for President Barack Obama's jobs plan, Wednesday tossed out the White House tax proposals and replaced them with one of …
It is Time to Keep Marching to Take Back America’s Dream
So tell me is this fair? We've got worker's rights in the air, and Congress hasn't put one jobs bill there. What's up, Boehner? Now I catch feeling …
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Mexico Leans to the Right on Abortion
Juarez, Mexico - A recent ruling by Mexico’s supreme court on right-to-life amendments in two northern states has pro-choice supporters fearful of a dangerous precedent that could fly beneath …
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Uber-Vultures: The Billionaires Who Would Pick Our President
The Koch Brothers, from “The Joker's Wild” deck of cards by Greg Palast and Bob Grossman. Click here to view full card. Hedge fund magnate Paul Singer …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Occupy Wall Street Movement Continues to Grow, and More
In today's On the News segment: Members from several prominent labor unions are expected to take to the streets in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street demonstrators, International Monetary Fund …
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Welcome to the Revolution: Life @ Occupy Wall Street’s Liberty Park
Where’s Hunter S. Thompson when you need him? The beautiful, brilliant madness that is Occupy Wall Street’s Liberty Park is a Hunter-esque paradise. Perhaps he could best make sense …
CIA: Detainee’s Torture Drawings, Writings, “Should They Exist,” to Remain Top Secret
Anything Abu Zubaydah says or writes or has said or written that has not been officially approved for disclosure by the government is classified.
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Fox News and Wall Street Banks Hustle to Kill New Whistleblower Protections
A few years go, a media firestorm erupted over the urban “Stop Snitchin” campaign promoted by gangs and a few hip hop icons. Stop Snitchin refers to the effort …