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Qaddafi’s Wife and Three of His Children Flee to Algeria
Tripoli, Libya - Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s second wife and three of his children fled to Algeria on Monday, the Algerian Foreign Ministry said. It was the first official news …
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Hariri Bombing Indictment Based on Flawed Premise
Washington - The indictment of four men linked to Hezbollah in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri made public by the Special Tribunal on Lebanon Aug. …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Between 2002 and 2007, Two-Thirds of All New Income Went to Top 1 Percent of Americans, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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New York Times Smacks Down Rep. Darrell Issa’s Demand for a Retraction
On Thursday, the New York Times responded to a demand for a retraction from Oversight Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) office regarding a major piece published two weeks ago …
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Pipeline Protests: Beyond the Usual Suspects
On Sunday, August 21, dozens of people continued the two-week long daily sit-in at the White House to protest the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. (Photo: Milan Ilnyckyj …
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Refugee Centers Breed Mental Illness
Melbourne - Concern is growing for the mental health of thousands of people locked up indefinitely in this country’s immigration detention system. In July, the office of …
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Many Death Sentences in US Overturned
Washington - In December 2008, former Army Pvt. Ronald Gray was on the brink of becoming the first military execution in almost 50 years. The rapist and …
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Los Angeles School Educates Those “Shut Out” of the System
Tears streaming down her face, Brandi Brown admitted that she never thought the day would come when she would graduate. But earlier this month, thanks to the efforts of …
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Budget Talks Have Major Defense Contractors on Edge
Washington - When an expensive unmanned aircraft built by Lockheed Martin Corporation, a U.S. defence contractor, disappeared during a U.S. military test flight off the Pacific coast earlier this …
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How Global Warming Is Making Hurricane Irene Worse
Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a Category Two storm, and is expected to track a path of destruction up the densely populated Atlantic …