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Divided British Court Upholds Extradition of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange to Sweden
Britainu2019s Supreme Court has upheld the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to Sweden to face questioning over alleged sex crimes.
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Obama Awards Medals to Bob Dylan, Toni Morrison and others
u201cToday we present this amazing group with one more accolade for a life well lived,u201d he said as he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the recipients.
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Fracking in California Raises New and Old Concerns
Food & Water Watch joined with Gasland'sJosh Fox, Environment California, Citizens Coalition for a Safe Community and residents of surrounding neighborhoods to call for a ban on hydraulic fracturing …
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The Coming Mega-Drought: Tightening the Screws of Want and Thirst in the American Southwest
The Southwest is a beautiful country of blue skies, little water and plenty of land, most of which is semi-arid, arid or desert. Deserts are by definition inhospitable to …
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Partners in Deforestation and Slumification
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Collateral Damage in the War on Protesters: Neighbors of the NATO3 Cuffed, Held at Gunpoint
Whether or not they are guilty of illegal activity, the original three activists facing terrorism charges in Chicago and their six apartment-mates are not the only people who were …
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New York Could Add One Million Voters in 2013
At the heart of the legislation is a mandated shift from the current paper-based voter registration system to one reliant on electronic records.
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The Peace Train: Seeing and Believing It
Personal steps toward a collective mentality of conscious consumption and resource respect embodies one piece of the peace puzzle.
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Psychiatrists Seek New Patients at Annual Meeting
Some question the objectivity of a disorder manual written by those who stand to benefit from an enlarged patient pool and new diseases.
Lethal Injection the Latest Chapter in America’s History of Botched Executions
The American correctional system has repeatedly sought to deploy our native ingenuity to devise the ultimate corrective: an engine of death that will dispose of our villains in a …