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As Violence Continues, Egyptian General Blames Protesters
Cairo - After four days of street fighting with protesters that has left 13 people dead, Egypt’s military rulers faced calls on Monday from the United States, the United …
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Feinstein Earmark Quietly Paves Way for Easier Water Sales
Washington - Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein quietly used a $915 billion spending bill to accomplish a long-standing and, in some circles, controversial goal of easing Central Valley water sales. …
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Kim Jong-il’s Enigmatic Young Son Steps Forward, or Seems To
Tokyo — With the abrupt death of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, the fate of his isolated, nuclear-armed regime has dropped into the hands of his youngest son, …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Tea Party Clown Show
Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Without Autopsies, Hospitals Bury Their Mistakes
When Renee Royak-Schaler unexpectedly collapsed and died on May 22, no one ordered an autopsy. Not the doctors at Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Md., …
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Extension of Tax Cut Stalls in House as GOP Objects
Washington - The House Republican leader on Sunday flatly rejected a short-term, bipartisan Senate measure to extend a payroll tax break and unemployment insurance, setting the stage for a …
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New Documents Released of 2007 Iraq Atrocity by Troops
Every American should read this letter:
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Kim Jong-il, North Korean Leader, Dies
Kim Jong-il, the reclusive North Korean leader who has been battling ill health following a reported stroke in 2008, has died, the North’s official news media reported on Monday. …
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Supporters of Accused WikiLeaks Source Rally as Hearing Continues
Washington - Hundreds of people gathered Saturday outside a U.S. military base where evidence against Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified information to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks, …
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Vaclav Havel, Dissident Playwright Who Led Czechoslovakia, Dead at 75
Vaclav Havel, the writer and dissident whose eloquent dissections of Communist rule helped to destroy it in revolutions that brought down the Berlin Wall and swept Havel himself into …