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United, Not Divided – Marchers Take On History and Mountaintop Removal
(Photo: March on Blair Mountain / Flickr) Deep in coal country, a revolution is brewing. In rural West Virginia, nearly 500 people have been marching since Monday, …
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Angry Pakistani Army Says It Does Not Want US Aid
Islamabad - Pakistan's army lashed out Thursday at its critics at home as well as in the United States in an angry statement that underscored just how deep a …
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Alabama Governor Signs One of the Nation’s Harshest Anti-Immigrant Laws
UPDATE June 9, 2011 11:05AM ET: Gov. Robert Bentley signed HB 56 into law Thursday morning, the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice confirms. The law is set to go …
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Arizona Wildfire Threatens Electrical Grid
Pinetop, Arizona - The gusty winds that have been fueling a vast wildfire in eastern Arizona slowed somewhat on Thursday, allowing firefighters to make some headway against the blaze, …
AIDS Activists Rally at UN: “We Are Asking World Leaders to Live Up to Their Promise”
The 2011 U.N. High-Level meeting on AIDS kicked off on June 8 in New York, with more than 30 world leaders attending to discuss the progress and future of …
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Gingrich Senior Campaign Staff Resigns
Newt Gingrich’s campaign manager and a half-dozen senior advisers resigned on Thursday, two aides said, dealing a significant setback to his bid to seek the Republican presidential nomination and …
The Long, Ideological Road to Nowhere
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia). (Photo: republicanconference / Flickr) On June 1, Kathy Hochul (D-New York) was sworn in as the newest member of Congress. She …
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News in Brief: US Steps Up Secret War in Yemen, and More
US Steps Up Secret War in Yemen United States forces have stepped up a covert war against suspected militants in Yemen amid the violence and unrest that …
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What Food Crisis? Measuring Global Hunger
Last week, Oxfam launched its new international campaign, GROW, to fight food insecurity. The advocacy organization's campaign materials cite many of the statistics with which the post-food-crisis world has …
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Inflation Fears Rising Faster Than Prices in US and Europe
(Credit: JEMI.Source: Koha Ditore - Pristina, Kosovo.) Two questions about inflation: 1. What would the European Central Bank be doing if it were the Federal …