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Pakistan Demands Veto on US Drone Strikes
Islamabad - Pakistani civilian and military leaders are insisting on an effective veto over which targets U.S. drone strikes hit, according to well-informed Pakistani military sources here. …
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Two Wisconsin Democrats Retain Seats in Recall Elections
Two Democrats kept their seats in the Wisconsin State Senate on Tuesday, drawing an end to an unprecedented series of recall elections that had distracted the state all summer. …
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Bachmann Income Disclosure Lists Income From Farm That Got Subsidies
Washington - Despite repeatedly asserting that she has never received income from a family farm that has drawn federal subsidies in the past, Rep. Michele Bachmann again listed the …
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Wisconsin Votes on Recall of Two Democratic State Senators
Voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide two Wisconsin state Senate races, the latest battle in the national fight over curbing the role of unions representing public employees. …
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Disguised Member of Hacktivist Group “Anonymous” Defends Retaliatory Action Against BART
On Monday, officials with the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) were forced to close four train stations during the evening rush hour as free speech advocates attempted to disrupt …
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Bachmann’s Iowa Straw Poll Win Signals Early Tea Party Role in Shaping GOP Primary
The race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination heated up this weekend as Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann won the Iowa straw poll and Texas Gov. Rick Perry formally announced …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The UK May Have Found the Smoking Gun in Rupert-Gate, and More
In today's On the News segment: Rick Perry uses violent rhetoric in his campaign for president, World Bank warns of another food crisis, Democratic Congressmen Kucinich and Michaud try …
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Concerns Grow Over Risk of U.S. Nuclear Projects Post-Fukushima
The disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan is still unfolding five months later, with multiple meltdowns and significant radiation releases contaminating communities and farms downwind from …
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Egyptian Workers Labor on an Unfinished Revolution
Ismailia, Egypt - For 26 years, Mohammed Gharib Abdullah has been proud to be a mechanic at the Timsah Shipbuilding Company on the Suez Canal, a symbol of Egyptian …
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Militia in Somalia Bars Food Aid, Rights Group Says
Johannesburg, South Africa - As Somalia's drought and famine worsened in recent months, the Shabab militia in the south seized families' crops and livestock and imposed taxes that made …