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NATO Airstrike Reportedly Kills Rebels in Libya
On the road between between Ajdabiya and Brega, an opposition fighter navigates a truck armed with an anti-aircraft gun on the front line near Brega, Libya, April 1, 2011. …
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Deadly Protests for Koran Burning Reach Kandahar
Terry Jones, an evangelical minister, at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, on Aug. 18, 2010. (Photo: Chip Litherland / The New York Times) Kandahar, …
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Afghans Angry Over Florida Koran Burning Kill UN Staff
Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan - Stirred up by a trio of angry mullahs who urged them to avenge the burning of a Koran at Florida church, thousands of protesters overran the …
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Unemployment for African-Americans Rises, Despite Job Growth
(Photo: jerry john / Flickr) The economy added 216,000 jobs in March, pushing the overall unemployment rate down to 8.8 percent. The growth was driven entirely by …
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News in Brief: Ivory Coast Near Toppling Leader, and More …
Ivory Coast Near Toppling Leader Rebels in the Ivory Coast are near to overthrowing the president, reports The Guardian UK, after his top general deserted and rebel …
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House to Vote on Overturning Net Neutrality Laws (2)
House Speaker John Boehner. (Photo: SpeakerBoehner / Flickr) Armed with an ideological agenda, House Republicans took aim at net neutrality again this month, quietly introducing a Congressional …
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US Wants Others to Arm, Train Libyan Rebels
A former Libyan soldier turned rebel fighter seen outside Brega, Libya, March 31, 2011. (Photo: Bryan Denton / The New York Times) Washington - Hemmed in by …
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The War on Child Labor Laws
(Photo: Thirteen Of Clubs / Flickr) Maine State Rep. David Burns is the latest of many Republican lawmakers concerned that employers aren’t allowed to do enough to …
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Koch Operative May Have Deceived Officials to Take $2.7 Million in Taxpayer Money for Governor’s Race
Our guest blogger is Steve Lebowitz, a researcher and blogger based in Maryland. With additional reporting from Lee Fang. In 2008, Steve Lonegan, the New Jersey state …
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The Lessons of Fukushima
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Christopher Najewicz, Caitlin Bussey) As an anthropologist, I am always interested in what humans learn from their mistakes. Can humans change …