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Ex-Inspector Rejects IAEA Iran Bomb Test Chamber Claim
Washington - A former inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repudiated its major new claim that Iran built an explosives chamber to test components of a …
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Group in US Hoped for Big Payday in Offer to Help Qaddafi
Libyan rebels transport the bodies of soldiers loyal to Moammar Gadhafi through the streets of Misrata, Libya, April 28, 2011. In April, as the rebels were making gains, a …
Will Poor Nations Suffer Greatly from Climate Change?
My critics have “granted me” the point that developed free market cities have the ability and the capacity to cope with many aspects of climate change. But they …
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Ten Immodest Commandments: Lessons From a Fumbling-and-Bungling Lifetime of Activism
Occupy Wall Street, October 10. (Photo: DoctorTongs) A friend in Canada recently asked me if the Sixties’ protests had any important lessons to pass on to the …
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Lessons We Can Learn From Egypt
Egyptians protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, April 1, 2011. (Photo: Andrea Bruce / The New York Times) “Imagine waking up from a 30-year coma.” This …
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Peaceful Occupy Oakland Protester Faces Deportation
An Occupy Oakland protester who was detained during Monday’s police sweep of the movement’s encampment outside City Hall is being held without bail as federal immigration authorities determine whether …
Occupy the Ocean, Occupy the Delta
As the Occupy movement spreads throughout the nation and world, sustainable fishing communities, consumer groups and grassroots environmentalists have mobilized to stop the 1 percent from stealing ocean public …
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Qaddafi’s Son Seif al-Islam, Said to Be Captured in Libya
Tripoli, Libya - Libya’s transitional government said Saturday that its fighters in the southwestern desert had captured Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, the last fugitive son and one-time heir apparent of …
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“Near Poor” Struggling Just Above Poverty Startle the Census
Washington - They drive cars, but seldom new ones. They earn paychecks, but not big ones. Many own homes. Most pay taxes. Half are married, and nearly half live …