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Nontraditional Teaching Promoted for Girls
Paris - Making some simple, basic changes in education policy can result in many more girls attending school, experts said at a meeting here this week on Gender Equality …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: GOP Frontrunner Cain Admits His 9-9-9 Plan Would Raise Taxes on the Poor, and More
In today's On the News segment: Mitt Romney is outpacing Obama in fundraising on Wall Street, unnamed sources told The Associated Press the president will withdraw all US troops …
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Argentina to Wall Street: Latin American Social Movements and the Occupation of Everything
Photo taken during the protests of 2001 in Argentina. (Photo: Andre Deak) Massive buildings tower over Wall Street, making the sidewalks feel like valleys in an urban …
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Dr. Cornel West and 14 Others Arrested Protesting Corporate Power at US Supreme Court
Washington - The October2011.org Movement that is occupying Freedom Plaza, led an impromptu march of 250 people up Pennsylvania Avenue to the US Supreme Court where Dr. Cornel West …
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Perry, Struggling in Campaign, Unveils Economic Program
Washington - Presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry released his economic plan Friday, promising that an energy-centric program to expand offshore drilling and domestic oil and gas exploration would …
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Mexico’s President Works to Solidify Militarized Drug War Tactics
President Felipe Calderon of Mexico during an interview at the Los Pinos in Mexico City, Sept. 28, 2011. As the twilight of his presidency sets in, Calderon is striving …
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To Isolate Iran, US Presses Inspectors on Nuclear Data
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran prepares to address the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2010. (Photo: Josh Haner / The New York Times) Washington - …
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Global 99 Percent Rally Worldwide in Solidarity With Occupy Wall Street
Demonstrators with Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park react to the news that a scheduled clean up was cancelled, in New York, Oct. 14, 2011. (Photo: Victor Blue / …
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Grim Milestone as 300th CIA Drone Strike Hits Pakistan
The United States ‘covert’ drone war in Pakistan reached a new milestone today with the 300th attack on alleged militants in the country’s tribal areas, according to research by …
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12 Most Absurd Laws Used to Stifle the Occupy Wall St. Movement
As Occupy Wall Street protests spring up in cities across the country, authorities are thinking up creative ways to contain this peaceful and inspiring uprising. Although laws and municipal …