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Anti-Rape Legal Experts Mobilize for Change in Haiti
Images of Port-au-Prince, Haiti under massive death, destruction and rubble are starting to fade from the media, but conditions of squalor and psychological aftershocks remain as Haiti deals with …
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Obama Addresses Jewish Group, Just Days After Mideast Speech
Washington — The last time President Obama spoke to the annual conference of the nation’s foremost pro-Israel lobby, he was the presumed Democratic presidential nominee heading into a campaign …
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California Internet Privacy Bill Faces Big Opposition
Sen. Ellen Corbett (D-California). (Photo: dsleeter_2000 / Flickr) Internet behemoths Facebook, Google, Skype, and Twitter have joined forces to oppose an online privacy bill in California that …
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Netanyahu Rejects Obama Proposal on Pre-1967 Borders
WAashington - U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an extended meeting Friday amid controversy over Obama's call for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians …
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Blast Hits Military Hospital in Afghan Capital
Kabul, Afghanistan - A powerful midday blast on the grounds of the heavily guarded national military hospital in Afghanistan’s capital killed six Afghan medical students and wounded 23 others, …
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Congress Pushes for Vote on Libya Intervention
President Barack Obama works as his motorcade arrives at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., May 18, 2011. (Photo: Pete Souza / White House) Washington - As …
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News in Brief: New Texas Bill Will Force Women to Take Sonogram Before Abortion, and More …
New Texas Bill Will Force Women to Take Sonogram Before Abortion Women seeking an abortion in Texas will be forced to first get a sonogram, mandates a …
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California Homeowners Left to Fight Foreclosure on Their Own
Three years into the mortgage meltdown, California homeowners still have little relief from the foreclosure crisis. Last week, state legislative committees failed to clear three separate bills designed to …
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Europe Holds Tight to IMF Monopoly
United Nations - Since the election of Camille Gutt of Belgium as the first managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) back in 1946, the Europeans have continued …
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Few Surprises in Obama’s Mideast Speech
In a much-anticipated speech on the Middle East and North Africa on Thursday, US President Barack Obama broadly outlined an ambitious set of US-guided initiatives intended to reinforce economic …