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Did Obama Engage as US-Iraqi Troop Talks Faltered?
Baghdad - Throughout the summer and autumn, as talks on a continued U.S. military presence in Iraq foundered, President Barack Obama and his point man on Iraq, Vice President …
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Pet Theft Up Fifty Percent Since Last Year: Evidence of a Downed Economy or Utter Depravity?
Stolen somewhere in New Jersey, a pitbull mix and a bulldog were found in a Newark cemetery tied to headstones, badly hurt, their faces and throats slashed with boxcutters. …
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UN Tally Excluded Most Afghan Civilian Deaths in Night Raids
Washington/Kabul - A July United Nations report asserting that only 30 civilians died in targeted raids in Afghanistan during the first six months of 2011 reflected only a very …
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In Mexico, Women Reject Normalisation of Gender Violence
New York - Ninety percent of the non-governmental organisations in Mexico are founded and run by women, says journalist and women's rights activist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, even as crimes …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Backlash Against GOP Governors Who Attacked Labor Unions This Year Begins, and More
In today's On the News segment: Libyan Leader Moammar Qaddafi was buried in Libya today, backlash is underway against Republican governors who attacked labor unions this year, Republicans aren't …
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From Tahrir to Wall Street: Egyptian Revolutionary Asmaa Mahfouz Speaks at Occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street received a surprise visit Monday from several leading Egyptian activists, including 26-year-old Asmaa Mahfouz. She is one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement, …
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Women Seek to Set Their Stamp
Tunis - Nine months after a popular election toppled the dictatorship of former Tunisian president Zine Abidine Ben Ali, voters headed to the polls Sunday to cast their ballots …
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53 Bodies Found in Libya Raise More Questions about Fighters
Fifty-three bodies discovered over the weekend were those of loyalists of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi who appeared to have been executed after capture, the latest in a string …
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Calling Out Corrupt Practices
Washington, D.C. - Opaque shell companies, foundations and trusts are the modus operandi of corrupt organisations looking to hide significant sums of money, often just by using existing loopholes …
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Outside Cleveland, Snapshots of Poverty’s Surge in the Suburbs
Parma Heights, Ohio - The poor population in America’s suburbs — long a symbol of a stable and prosperous American middle class — rose by more than half after …