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OSHA: Safety Violations at BP’s US Refineries Endanger Employees’ Lives
British Petroleum's (BP) troubles are not just limited to its Gulf of Mexico operations, where a deadly blast aboard a drilling rig two weeks ago ruptured an oil well …
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Whistleblower: BP Risks More Massive Catastrophes in Gulf
British Petroleum (BP) has broken federal laws and violated its own internal procedures by failing to maintain crucial safety and engineering documents related to one of the firms other …
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Ex-Bush Official Willing to Testify Bush, Cheney Knew Gitmo Prisoners Innocent
Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once declared that individuals captured by the US military in the aftermath of 9/11 and shipped off to the Guantanamo Bay prison facility …
Government Recants Major Terror Claims Against High-Value Detainee Abu Zubaydah
The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah, the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first suspected terrorist subjected to …
“Avatar” Hits the Campaign Trail in Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - The Green Party candidate for president of Brazil, environmentalist Marina Silva, is seeking the support of filmmaker James Cameron, winner of three Oscars for his …
Are Latinos White? Census Confusion Sparks Debate Over Racial Identity
El Paso - Anthropologists and Latino residents of El Paso have called into question recent statements made by a social activist that advise Hispanics to register their race as …
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EXCLUSIVE: Waterboarding Too Dangerous, Internal DoD Memo Reveals
(Image: Lance Page / Truthout; Adapted: Snap®, Nowordz, Hayley Austin) In recent weeks, former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen has been on a public relations campaign defending the …
Snow Can’t Stop Freedom to Marry Day in Dallas
Against a backdrop of a rare amount of newly fallen snow, the city was a scene fit for a gay wedding.
Evo’s New Cabinet: Ten Men, Ten Women
On Saturday, January 23, Bolivian President Evo Morales kicked off his second term as leader of the country by announcing the appointment of his new Cabinet. Morales has replaced …
Growing Calls to Investigate Assassinations of Anti-Mining Activists in El Salvador
This past weekend in El Salvador, leaders of the National Coalition Against Metallic Mining, the Ombudsman for Human Rights and members of the FMLN - the country's majority political …