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Syria Plants Anti-Personnel Mines on Turkish Border
Syria, near the border with Turkey. (Photo: [ john ]) The Syrian military in the past month planted a band of anti-personnel mines along stretches of the …
Working Moms: The Kids Are All Right
Working mothers tend to be happier and healthier than mothers who stay at home caring for young children, according to recent research. But many of those who work are …
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American Is Held After Shooting at Least 16 Civilians in Afghanistan
(Photo: United States Marine Corps) Panjway, Afghanistan - A United States service member walked out of a military base in a rural district of southern Afghanistan on …
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Confusion Surrounds Federal Review of Southern Leg of Keystone XL
TransCanada's decision last week to build the southern half of the rejected Keystone XL has raised a tricky question about who will regulate the project review. The …
Was Sarah Palin’s Image Hurt by Tina Fey? You Betcha!
The new HBO movie Game Change, which revisits the 2008 presidential campaign, includes a scene in which Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin watches Tina Fey impersonate her on …
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Jeffrey Sachs’ Reform Candidacy for World Bank President
Jeffrey Sachs. (Photo: Joe Athialy / Flickr) Washington, D.C.- Economist and health expert Jeffrey Sachs’ reported candidacy for World Bank president is welcome news for the two-and-a-half …
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Economy Continued Strong Jobs Growth in February
After a stretch of economic expansion so weak that Main Street struggled to detect any improvement, three consecutive months of solid employment growth have begun to lift the mood …
Conyers Urges Obama to Nominate Jeff Sachs to Lead the World Bank
President Obama has a historic opportunity to help reform the World Bank, by nominating development expert Jeffrey Sachs to be the World Bank's next president. Sachs has said that …
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The Republican Implosion Myth: How Republicans Are Winning
Fidel Castro dubbed this year’s Republican primary as the “greatest competition of idiocy and ignorance the world has ever seen.” We as a nation gave him that line by …
Public-Sector Banks: From Black Sheep to Global Leaders
(Photo: DHANU / Flickr) Public-sector banking is a concept that is relatively unknown in the United States. Only one state - North Dakota - owns its own …