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US Jobs in Danger as NAFTA-Style Deal Heads to Congress
President Barack Obama works on his remarks in the Outer Oval Office before making a statement to the press, August 2, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) …
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Bloomberg Says Wall Street Protesters Can Remain in Zuccotti Park “Indefinitely” – With Conditions
Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City has announced yesterday that the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) demonstrators will be allowed to remain in Zuccotti Park and continue demonstrating: "the …
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“Chaos and Bloodshed”: Twenty-Five Die in Cairo as Egyptian Military Attacks Coptic Christian Protesters
Amy Goodman: In Egypt, at least two dozen people died Sunday in clashes between Coptic Christians and state security forces. The violence broke out after a protest in Cairo …
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Conservatives Trying to Sabotage the 99 Percent Movement, and More
TRANSCRIPT Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
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Obama Backs Military Aid to Countries That Use Child Soldiers
For the second year in a row, U.S. President Barack Obama has waived a Congressionally-mandated ban on military aid for four countries that use child soldiers. …
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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 …