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Killing the Mentally Ill
(Photo: yanivba) In 1982, American jurisprudence sustained a crushing setback from which it has yet to recover. The iconic date is June 21 of that year, when …
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US Shifts to Seek Removal of Yemen’s Leader, an Ally
Sana, Yemen - The United States, which long supported Yemen’s president, even in the face of recent widespread protests, has now quietly shifted positions and has concluded that he …
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592 Americans Have Died in Afghanistan Since President Obama Announced the Surge
During the height of the Iraq war, the U.S. media paid close attention to troop deaths and fatalities, often making casualties among American soldiers leading stories in newspapers and …
Copy of EXCLUSIVE: “Guidebook to False Confessions”: Key Document John Yoo Used to Draft Torture Memo Released
A key document that describes the origins of the Bush administration's torture program was just released by the Department of Defense under the Freedom of Information Act. The so-called …
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NATO Airstrike Reportedly Kills Rebels in Libya
On the road between between Ajdabiya and Brega, an opposition fighter navigates a truck armed with an anti-aircraft gun on the front line near Brega, Libya, April 1, 2011. …
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Deadly Protests for Koran Burning Reach Kandahar
Terry Jones, an evangelical minister, at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, on Aug. 18, 2010. (Photo: Chip Litherland / The New York Times) Kandahar, …
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Afghans Angry Over Florida Koran Burning Kill UN Staff
Mazar-I-Sharif, Afghanistan - Stirred up by a trio of angry mullahs who urged them to avenge the burning of a Koran at Florida church, thousands of protesters overran the …
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Unemployment for African-Americans Rises, Despite Job Growth
(Photo: jerry john / Flickr) The economy added 216,000 jobs in March, pushing the overall unemployment rate down to 8.8 percent. The growth was driven entirely by …
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News in Brief: Ivory Coast Near Toppling Leader, and More …
Ivory Coast Near Toppling Leader Rebels in the Ivory Coast are near to overthrowing the president, reports The Guardian UK, after his top general deserted and rebel …
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House to Vote on Overturning Net Neutrality Laws (2)
House Speaker John Boehner. (Photo: SpeakerBoehner / Flickr) Armed with an ideological agenda, House Republicans took aim at net neutrality again this month, quietly introducing a Congressional …