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From the Reservation to the Airwaves: Navajo Band Battles Injustice
Blackfire performing at “The Unsung Heros of Time '09” (Photo: Rezboy / Wikimedia) “For us, music is a strategic tool to communicate social injustices that we face,” …
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No End in Sight as Minnesotans Grapple With State Shutdown
(Photo: Holly Hayes / Wikimedia) St. Paul - The state of Minnesota screeched to a stop on Friday. State parks were barricaded, and campers, Boy …
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Royalists Attack Peaceful Protesters in Morocco
(Photos: Francesco La Pia) Pro-king royalists violently quelled a February 20 movement protest in Rabat's Old City, on the eve of Morocco's much trumpeted referendum on the …
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Qaddafi Threatens Europe With Attacks
Bir Ayad, Libya - In a defiant speech broadcast to an unusually large gathering of his supporters on Friday, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi threatened attacks on Europe if NATO did …
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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 …