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Great Game in the Horn of Africa
The United States announced this past week that it is deploying a 100-man mission to assist the Ugandan government in tracking down the remnants of the Lord's Resistance Army …
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US Military Paid $1.1 Trillion to Contractors That Defrauded the Government
The Pentagon has paid $1.1 trillion to hundreds of defense contractors and their parent companies that have defrauded the government over the past ten years, according to a Department …
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FBI Finally Votes to Expand Definition of Rape
The “Rape is Rape” campaign, demanding that all rapes be counted in the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR), took a huge step forward yesterday at a crucial meeting …
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The Austerity Death Trap
Ron Paul’s newly-unveiled economic plan – promising to cut $1 trillion from the federal budget in year one (presumably that means 2013) – is only slightly more ambitious than …
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If the Greeks Can Shut Their Country Down, Why Can’t We?
In an effort to stop Greece’s parliament from voting for further austerity measures today and tomorrow, the Greek people have effectively shut the entire country down, as part of …
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Is the National Security Complex Too Big to Fail? TARPing War
Soldiers with the U.S. Army 2nd Platoon, Bravo Battery, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment fire 105mm rounds of artillery toward a Taliban or Haqqani network rocket position beside …
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Cain’s 9-9-9 Plan Would Give Hudreds of Thousands Back to Millionaires
Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 tax plan would give every American making more than $1 million an average tax cut of $455,000, according to a new independent analysis. All …
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Citigroup Settles for $285 Million; No Wall Street Executive Jailed Yet
Washington - Global banking giant Citigroup has agreed to pay $285 million to settle charges that it misled investors about a complex financial instrument tied to the now-crippled housing …
New “Unity Unions” Self-Organize to Confront Workplace Abuses
(Image: JR / Truthout) The last five years have been grim and isolating ones for immigrants and working people, right? Overall, this may be the case, but …
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Which Bank Is the Worst for America? Five Behemoths That Hold Our Political System Hostage
The economic crash led to the loss of 9 million jobs and the biggest drop in American home-ownership since the Great Depression. Long-term unemployment, poverty and hunger have increased …