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San Francisco Man Arrested for Allegedly Threatening Nancy Pelosi
Washington - The FBI on Wednesday arrested a San Francisco man for allegedly making threats against Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after she voted to back a massive health …

Boost Haiti’s Self-Sufficiency by “Buying Local” Rice
Washington, D.C. - The international community could, in the words of former President Bill Clinton, help Haiti “become more self-sufficient” by purchasing the entire Haitian rice crop over the …

Kyrgyzstan Opposition Takes Over in Bishkek
With opposition leaders claiming they've formed their own government in Bishkek and reports that Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiyev has left the country, What will happen to the US use …

Corporate Social Responsibility: Wisdom or Window Dressing?
The scary economic developments of the past two years are contributing to a renaissance of discussion about “Corporate Social Responsibility,” and how it might have helped head off Wall …

Iraq War Vet: “We Were Told to Just Shoot People, and the Officers Would Take Care of Us“
On Monday, April 5, Wikileaks.org posted video footage from Iraq, taken from a US military Apache helicopter in July 2007 as soldiers aboard it killed 12 people and wounded …

How Glenn Beck and Fox News Spread the Militia Message
Reading last week's disturbing news accounts about the Midwestern arrest of nine alleged members of a Christian militia known as the Hutaree, a group whose members were reportedly planning …

Crime, Unemployment, Homelessness Dog Ex-Foster Care Youths
A new study of youths who aged out of the foster care system shows 60 percent of the men had been convicted of a crime and 75 percent of …

Despite Reports of Progress, Afghan Women Still Struggle
Washington - The numbers tell an upbeat story about efforts to empower and protect women in Afghanistan: The country now has around 5.7 million children in school, of whom …

Truthout | News in Brief (3)
The BBC, Reuters and AP reported that government troops in Krygyzstan fired on thousands of anti-government protesters, killing at least 17 people and injuring hundreds of others.

Afghan Official Says US Raiders Hid Killings
Washington - The head of the Afghan Ministry of Interior investigation said publicly for the first time his investigators had accepted the testimony of family members of the victims …