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‘Cooperatives Aren’t Charity’
Washington - As industrial production penetrates all corners of the planet and transnational capital gains have unfettered access to virtually every country and community, the United Nations has declared …
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US Drug Thirst, Gun Sales Must Share Blame for Casino Tragedy, Mexican Official Says
President Felipe Calderon. (Photo: Gobierno Federal / Flickr) Mexico City - His voice cracking with emotion, President Felipe Calderon said Friday that the United States bore some …
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C.I.A. Demands Cuts in Book About 9/11 and Terror Fight
Ali Soufan, left, a former FBI agent who spent years near the center of battle with al-Qaida and an author, in an undated handout photo. The memoir of the …
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Rick Perry’s Tall Tales of Texas
(Photo: Gage Skidmore / Flickr) Although born and raised and raised in a small town in the Finger Lakes region of New York, I'm the hybrid child …
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Core of Hurricane Irene Starts Coming Ashore
Nags Head, N.C. - The eye wall of Hurricane Irene, now a Category 1 storm, came ashore just east of Cape Lookout in North Carolina on Saturday morning, the …
How Has America’s Detention System Changed Since 9/11? (Part One)
See part two in this series, here, and part three, here. Emily Berman: Today, I begin an exchange with Jonathan Hafetz, Associate Professor of Law …
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Fifty-Four Protesters Arrested as Environmental Report on Tar Sands Pipeline Is Released
A protester is arrested in front of the White House on Friday, August 26, as part of a demonstration to urge the president to reject the Keystone pipeline. (Photo: …
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State Department to Allow Canadian Pipeline
Washington - The Obama administration gave a crucial green light on Friday to a proposed 1,711-mile pipeline that would carry heavy oil from Canada across the Great Plains to …
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Residents of Tourist Haven Fight Plans to Build Naval Base
(Photo: Alpha Newberry) Jeju, South Korea - Home to orange groves and skin divers, this Northeast Asian vacation spot sometimes known as the "Island of Peace" may …
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