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New Clues on Whereabouts of Qaddafi and Sons (2)
Tripoli, Libya - Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the fugitive former Libyan leader toppled from power a month ago, is likely to have taken refuge near the Algerian border under the …
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State Department Tar Sands Pipeline Hearings Run By TransCanada Contractor
In a stunning conflict of interest, public hearings on federal approval for a proposed tar sands pipeline are being run by a contractor for the pipeline company itself. The …
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New Clues on Whereabouts of Qaddafi and Sons
Tripoli, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the fugitive former leader toppled from power a month ago, has likely taken refuge near the Algerian border under the protection of sympathetic …
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Public Said to Be Misled on Use of the Patriot Act
Washington - Two United States senators on Wednesday accused the Justice Department of making misleading statements about the legal justification of secret domestic surveillance activities that the government is …
NLRB Under Heavy Attack
Here they come! The nation's ever-determined anti-labor forces have opened a new front in their battle to seriously weaken the union rights of American workers. …
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Longshore Workers Make a Stand for Labor
Longshore workers on the Columbia River caught everyone's attention three weeks ago when they blocked a move by a multinational grain consortium that threatened their union and their jobs. …
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The One Answer: Tax the Rich
Protesters in Madison, Wisconsin, March 12, 2011. (Photo: Sue Peacock) It is curious that the American Right, which waxes nostalgic for the happier days of the 1950s …
Shock Doctrine at US Postal Service: Is a Manufactured Crisis Behind Push Toward Privatization?
Today, postal workers and their supporters are holding events across the country to press their demand for repealing the benefit-funding mandate and push back against calls for their workplace …
Manufacturer Suggested Retail Prices Suggest Comics Companies Think Women’s Work Is Worth Less
Last time on Ladydrawers, MariNaomi and Anne Elizabeth Moore looked at around 30 of the most recent books from some of the biggest comic-book makers in the US to …
How McChrystal and Petraeus Built an Indiscriminate “Killing Machine“
Gen. Stanley McChrystal describes his strategy going forward in Afghanistan after President Barack Obama announced he will increase the US troop presence by 30,000 beginning in early 2010. (Photo: …