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NATO Raids Kill Pakistan Troops, Raising Tensions
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistani officials said Saturday that NATO aircraft had killed at least 25 soldiers in strikes against two military posts at the northwestern border with Afghanistan, and …
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Obama Granted Fewer Requests for Clemency Than Any Other President in the Last Century
President Barack Obama’s Nov. 21 pardons of three marijuana offenders are extremely unlikely to indicate any shift in the White House’s pot policies. The three had already served their …
Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not
(Photo: Páll Hilmarsson / Flickr) An Italian radio program's story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the …
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Rolling Sympathy Strikes Harass Food-Service Giant
Taking advantage of contracts that allow members to honor picket lines, Teamsters spread short, rolling sympathy strikes to nine states at the nation’s second-largest food service company. …
Democracy or Plutocracy? A Chart
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Capitalism and the Spy Market: An Analysis
(Photo: emmma peel / Flickr) The trend toward an ever greater abuse of power through the act of spying has apparently created its own capitalist market. And …
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Thousands of Egyptians Press Demand for Military Council to Step Down
Cairo - Egypt on Friday appeared on the cusp of a protracted battle for control of the country’s once-promising revolution, with military rulers and protesters staging rival demonstrations and …
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Looking Beyond Election Day
President Barack Obama walks out to address the media about the economy from the White House in Washington on July 8, 2011. (Photo: Doug Mills / The New York …
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Hunger in America, By the Numbers
(Photo: mdavidford / Flickr) Last year, 17.2 million households in the United States were food insecure, the highest level on record, as the Great Recession continued to …
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Foreclosed Homeowners Re-Occupy Their Homes
San Francisco – Carolyn Gage was evicted from her foreclosed home in January. Earlier this month, she moved back in. “I’ve been in here for 50 years. …