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Spanish Streets Paved with Evicted Families
Madrid - As the number of apartments and houses left empty in Spain due to failure to make mortgage or rental payments climbs, tens of thousands of families, including …
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Is Obama’s Drug Policy Worse Than Bush’s? The War on Medical Marijuana Escalates
Signaling an intensification of federal government targeting of medical marijuana providers, the four US Attorneys in California Friday announced a campaign of "coordinated enforcement actions targeting the illegal operations …
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Banks Brace for Fallout on Earnings
The protesters who have gathered for weeks near Wall Street and the highly paid investors and analysts in the buildings that surround them don’t agree on much. …
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At Least 19 Dead in Egypt Church Protests
Cairo - A march by Coptic Christians turned deadly Sunday when protesters clashed with government forces in central Cairo, leaving at least 19 people dead and more than 200 …
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Secret US Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen (2)
Washington - The Obama administration’s secret legal memorandum that opened the door to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born radical Muslim cleric hiding in Yemen, found that it …
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Domestic Workers Convention May Be Landmark
Washington - When governments from around the globe passed a treaty in June to protect domestic workers, labor experts called it a surprising breakthrough for millions of exploited women. …
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Secret US Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen
Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, October 2008. (Photo: Muhammad ud-Deen) Washington - The Obama administration’s secret legal memorandum that opened the door to the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, …
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Using Ethnic Tensions for Political Games (and Gains): Anti-Roma Protests in Bulgaria
Young protesters walk down Sofia's streets with the banner: “National Revolution: now and until the end.” Protesters support the anti-Roma platforms of nationalist and ultra-nationalist candidates in the upcoming …
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In Somalia, Rape Is the Hidden Side of the Famine Crisis
Dadaab, Kenya - When Aisha Diis* and her five children fled their home in Somalia seeking aid from the famine devastating the region, she could not have known the …
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Anti-Immigrant Legislation Hits Alabama Factories
Albertville, Ala - Adela, an undocumented worker hurries back to the chicken processing factory Ala Trade because the lack of workers leaves no time for a break. "Today we …