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Of Pensions, and Piggybanks: The Challenges of Ensuring a Secure Retirement
Imagine that every week, decade after decade, you faithfully put aside part of your pay in a special piggy bank to provide for your golden years. But when you …
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Will Mubarak Heed Obama’s Call to Listen to Protesters?
Washington - President Barack Obama dramatically increased pressure Friday on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to overhaul the political system in response to nationwide protests, telling Mubarak it's time to …
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For Governors, Medicaid Looks Ripe for Slashing
Hamstrung by federal prohibitions against lowering Medicaid eligibility, governors from both parties are exercising their remaining options in proposing bone-deep cuts to the program during the fourth consecutive year …
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New White House Press Secretary Part of Makeover
Washington - Jay Carney, the spokesman for Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and a former Washington bureau chief for Time magazine, will become White House press secretary as …
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Fear Extreme Islamists in the Arab World? Blame Washington
In the last year of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. questioned US military interventions against progressive movements in the Third World by invoking a JFK quote: "Those who …
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Rachel Maddow | Gay Activist Beaten to Death in Uganda Draws International Attention
Uganda Murder of Gay Activist Draws International Attention Also See: Prominent Human Rights Activist Murdered in Uganda
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FBI Serves 40 Warrants in Search of WikiLeaks “Hacktivists“
Washington - The FBI said Thursday that it had served more than 40 search warrants throughout the United States as part of an investigation into computer attacks on websites …
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Bush, Obama, Wiki and the CIA
At his first prime-time press conference in February 2009, President Barack Obama was asked for his view on a proposal by Sen. Patrick Leahy for a “truth and reconciliation” …
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Guyanese President Leaves a Tattered Legacy
Stagnation, violence, corruption, arch-sectarianism, and unfettered crime—this is the heritage that President Bharrat Jagdeo will bequeath to his country.
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Mohamed ElBaradei: “If Not Now, When?“
If Western leaders, who have backed the dictator Mubarak for 30 years, cannot stand before the Egyptian people today and say unequivocally, “we support your right of national self-determination,” …