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US Hikers Held for a Year in Iranian Prison - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:25
US Hikers Held for a Year in Iranian Prison
Democracy Now
And it was a year ago Saturday when Iranian authorities detained three American hikers along the Iraq-Iran border. Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd ...
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Cluster Bomb Treaty to Go into Effect; US Refuses to Sign - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:25
Cluster Bomb Treaty to Go into Effect; US Refuses to Sign
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An international treaty banning cluster bombs goes into effect on Sunday, but the United States as well as Russia and Israel have refused to sign the treaty ...
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Wyclef Jean Considers Presidential Run in Haiti - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:25
Wyclef Jean Considers Presidential Run in Haiti
Democracy Now
The Grammy-award winning singer Wyclef Jean has taken legal steps toward running for president in his home country of Haiti, but he says he has not made a ...
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Citigroup to Pay $75M to Settle Subprime Mortgage Claims - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:25
Citigroup to Pay $75M to Settle Subprime Mortgage Claims
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Citigroup has agreed to pay $75 million to settle federal claims that it hid more than $40 billion in subprime mortgage investments that were deteriorating. ...
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House Rejects Bill to Help Sick Ground Zero Workers - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:24
House Rejects Bill to Help Sick Ground Zero Workers
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The House has failed to pass a $7.4 billion bill to provide free healthcare and compensation payments to rescue and cleanup workers who were exposed to ...
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Army Issues Report on Soldier Suicides - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:24
Army Issues Report on Soldier Suicides
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A new US Army report has found that the rate of suicide by soldiers in the Army has risen above the civilian rate for the first time since the Vietnam War. ...
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Rep. Rangel Charged with 13 Ethics Violations - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:24
Rep. Rangel Charged with 13 Ethics Violations
Democracy Now
The House Ethics Committee has charged Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel of New York with thirteen separate violations of House rules. ...
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Justice Dept Explores Espionage Charges Against WikiLeaks - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:23
Justice Dept Explores Espionage Charges Against WikiLeaks
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The New York Times reports Justice Department lawyers are exploring whether the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange could be ...
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Bradley Manning Moved to Marine Brig in Virginia - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:23
Bradley Manning Moved to Marine Brig in Virginia
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting investigators have found concrete evidence on computers used by Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning that link him ...
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Obama Signs War Funding Bill - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:23
Obama Signs War Funding Bill
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President Obama has signed into legislation a war funding bill that provides $37 billion more for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. ...
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July Becomes Deadliest Month for US in Afghanistan - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:23
FOXNews (blog)
July Becomes Deadliest Month for US in Afghanistan
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Three more US service members have died in Afghanistan, making July the deadliest month for the United States of the nearly nine-year war. ...
Obama Signs War Funding BillDemocracy Now
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Dozens of Immigrant Rights Activists Arrested in Arizona Protests - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:23
Globe and Mail
Dozens of Immigrant Rights Activists Arrested in Arizona Protests
Democracy Now
In Arizona, at least fifty people have been arrested in protests against the state's new anti-immigrant law. The law went effect on Thursday, but not before ...
Federal Judge Blocks Part of Arizona Immigration LawDemocracy Now
Dozens of Immigrant Rights Activists Arrested in ArizonaDemocracy Now
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Google Teams Up With CIA to Fund "Recorded Future" Startup Monitoring Websites ... - Democracy Now
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 06:22
Democracy Now
Google Teams Up With CIA to Fund "Recorded Future" Startup Monitoring Websites ...
Democracy Now
Investors at the CIA and Google are backing a company called "Recorded Future" that monitors tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts in ...
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Israel Demolishes Bedouin Village in Negev Desert - Democracy Now
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 06:37
Israel Demolishes Bedouin Village in Negev Desert
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In other news from Israel, around 300 Bedouin Palestinians living in Israel's Negev Desert have become homeless after police demolished their entire village ...
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Peace Activist Art Gish, 70, Dies - Democracy Now
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 06:03
Peace Activist Art Gish, 70, Dies
Democracy Now
And the longtime peace activist Art Gish has died at the age of seventy after a tractor accident on his farm in Ohio. He had been a longtime member of the ...
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2000-2009 Marked Warmest Decade on Record - Democracy Now
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 06:03
2000-2009 Marked Warmest Decade on Record
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A new scientific report has determined the last decade was the warmest on record. The report also found that each of the last three decades has been much ...
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Local Afghan Media Outlets Paid To Run U.S. Propaganda - Democracy Now
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 06:02
Sydney Morning Herald
Local Afghan Media Outlets Paid To Run U.S. Propaganda
Democracy Now
Yahoo News has revealed the leaked Afghan war logs includes evidence that the United States is paying local Afghan media outlets to run US propaganda. ...
_Guardian_ Editor on Coverage of Afghan War Logs: European Audience "Troubled ...Democracy Now
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Coast Guard's Role in Fighting BP Oil Rig Fire Scrutinized - Democracy Now
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 06:01
Coast Guard's Role in Fighting BP Oil Rig Fire Scrutinized
Democracy Now
In news on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Center for Public Integrity is reporting the Coast Guard has gathered evidence it failed to follow ...
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EPA Blasted Over Handling of Michigan Oil Spill - Democracy Now
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 06:00
The Hindu
EPA Blasted Over Handling of Michigan Oil Spill
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Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm has sharply criticized the Environmental Protection Agency and the Canadian company Enbridge for what she has described ...
800000 Gallons of Oil Spill in MichiganDemocracy Now
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House Reduction of Drug Sentencing Disparity - Democracy Now
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 05:59
House Reduction of Drug Sentencing Disparity
Democracy Now
On Capitol Hill, the House has approved a measure that would reduce the disparity in sentencing for possession of crack and powder cocaine. ...
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