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Number of Mexico’s Missing Swells, Families Call for Help
Mexico City - Gangsters may have claimed the lives of Maria Concepcion Vizarretea's three older brothers, but she doesn't know for sure, and her private agony is part of …
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Public Workers Strike in Britain Over Pensions
London - Joining a growing wave of unrest in Europe over government austerity measures, tens of thousands of British teachers and public-sector workers walked off their jobs on …
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US Boat to Gaza Attempts to Leave Greece for Gaza
The U.S.-flagged ship “The Audacity of Hope” left a Greek port today bound for Gaza, but the status of the 10-boat flotilla remains uncertain. At least one boat has …
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US Widens Inquiries Into Two Jail Deaths
(Photo: Drew Thomas / Flickr) The Justice Department announced Thursday that it was opening a full criminal investigation into the deaths of two terrorism suspects in CIA …
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Can a Female Governor Hold Back an Anti-Choice Tide in North Carolina?
Just hours before a looming midnight deadline on Monday, North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue vetoed a state bill mandating an abortion waiting period and pre-abortion counseling. But the fight …
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Late Spring May Come to Morocco
Cairo - As Moroccans head to the polls to vote in a referendum on reforms offered by King Mohammed VI in the wake of the Arab Spring, the debate …
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Is Released as Case Teeters
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest on Friday as the sexual assault case against him moved one step closer to dismissal after prosecutors told a Manhattan judge that …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Majority Leader Eric Cantor Has Financial Stake in Dollar Collapse, and More
Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. (Photo: Drew Angerer / The New York Times) TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Labor Wars: Michigan Is the New Wisconsin
Michigan is shaping up to be the next big battleground in the Republican-led war on unions and public workers' rights. In March, the state's Republican governor Rick …
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How the Bailout Killed Local Lending – and How Some States Hope to Bring It Back
(Photo: r0b0r0b / Flickr) The Wall Street bailout of 2008 has radically altered the banking business. The bailout was supposed to keep credit flowing to Main Street, …