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US Expands Its Presence in Mexico, Ramping Up Drug War
Mexican federal police agents during training at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City, June 30, 2011. The United States is expanding its role in Mexico's fight against drug …
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US Pharmaceutical Companies Testing Drugs on India’s Poor
(Photo: sacks08; Edited: JR / Truthout) U.S. pharmaceutical companies have moved their operations overseas in the past decade, testing their drugs on poor people in such lands …
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Riots Flare in London Against Police Violence
Photo taken around 1 AM in the aftermath of Saturday's riots in the Tottenham area of London. (Photo: Nicobobinus) Anarchy gripped parts of London on Saturday night …
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31 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Shootdown
US Marine Infantrymen from Kilo Company, 3/6 Marines carry their gear out to US Army rotary wing helicopters from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade prior to an air assault …
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S&P Downgrades Debt Rating of US for the First Time
Washington - Standard & Poor’s removed the United States government from its list of risk-free borrowers for the first time on Friday night, a downgrade that is freighted with …
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Serbia, NATO Reach Deal to End Kosovo Standoff
Belgrade, Serbia - The NATO peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) and Belgrade have reached an agreement to end a tense standoff in the Serb-dominated northern Kosovo after nearly two …
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The Corporations Funding the Annual Meeting of the Powerful Right-Wing Front Group ALEC
This week, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is holding its annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. ALEC is a powerful corporate front group that allows big corporations to …
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Millions of Federal Court Records are Being Destroyed to Save Money
The federal courts are destroying millions of judicial case records that have been stored in the Federal Records Centers of the National Archives for decades, all in an effort …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Congress’ Disapproval Rating at an All-Time High of 82 Percent, and More
TRANSCRIPT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPvDu3ws61k Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Senator Hutchison Only Republican Who Backed Democrats on FAA
In the impasse over funding the Federal Aviation Administration, which had idled more than 4,000 FAA employees and 70,000 construction workers for nearly two weeks, only one Republican sided …