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August 6 – August 12, 2007 articles
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Jonathan Springston, 08/12/2007
As promised, US Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) and US Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) have introduced matching censure resolutions this week in the Senate and House, respectively, concerning misconduct leading up to and during the US invasion of Iraq, as well as disregard for the rule of law.
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Earth Talk, 08/12/2007
The claim you read about was from “Dust to Dust: The Energy Cost of New Vehicles from Concept to Disposal,” a controversial study by researcher Art Spinella of Oregon-based CNW Marketing.
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Wilkie Delgado Correa, 08/12/2007
Próximamente, el 20 de agosto, está fijada una vista pública ante el panel de los tres jueces del Tribunal de Apelaciones de Atlanta, que actualmente tienen en sus manos las apelaciones de nuestros cinco Héroes.
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Nicola Nasser, 08/12/2007
The major political players who are involved in sealing off 1.5 million Palestinians into an open air prison in the world’s most densely populated 360-square-kilometre area of the Gaza Strip are unmercifully trespassing humanitarian borders there.
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Norman Markowitz, 08/12/2007
The press this week reported that the U.S. stock market decline related to the unstable nature of the U.S. mortgage industry (or the home mortgage department of U.S. finance capital) is spreading to other stock markets.
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Joel Wendland, 08/10/2007
Thursday night, six of the eight Democratic presidential candidates participated in a forum sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and MTV to talk about their views on LGBT issues. The forum was broadcast live via the Web at visiblevote08.com.
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Cyril Mychalejko, 08/10/2007
The Bush Administration is now incriminated in the recent scandal involving Chiquita Brands International Inc. financially supporting a Colombian terrorist organization.
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Phyllis Bennis, 08/10/2007
Pretty much no one is taking it seriously. Even mainstream analysts usually willing to take Bush administration Middle East initiatives at face value are rolling their collective eyes.
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AFL-CIO, 08/10/2007
In the past two years, America has experienced two tragic and shocking disasters—the toppling of the levees in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and last week's collapse of the I‑35W bridge in Minneapolis.
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Xinhuanet, 08/10/2007
Officials from the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) revealed at a press conference yesterday that detailed rules will come out soon to tighten supervision of the entire process from the purchasing of raw materials to the production and distribution of drugs and food.
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Tudeh Party of Iran, 08/10/2007
Tudeh Party of Iran supports the interesting initiative of International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) for a worldwide day of action on August 9, 2007 to protest against the oppressive measures of Iran’s regime.
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Anthony Papa, 08/09/2007
am an American. I used to be a proud one. This was before a realization that hit me hard concerning the casualties of a dirty war. I am not talking about the war in Iraq. I am talking about the other war – the war on drugs.
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Wilkie Delgado Correa, 08/09/2007
¿Por qué el gobierno norteamericano y el FBI no actuó, según lo prometido, contra los terroristas sobre los cuales las autoridades cubanas entregaron evidencias y pruebas de todo tipo, con identificaciones de los individuos, direcciones, grabaciones, etc, etc., muchas de cuyas informaciones habían sido aportadas por los 5 Héroes y otras fuentes?
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Anna Bates, 08/09/2007
According to a July 31, 2007, MSNBC headline, religious doctors are less likely than nonreligious ones to care for patients who can not afford health care.
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Joel Wendland, 08/09/2007
Progress. This is the new watchword for determining whether US military forces should remain bogged down in Iraq's civil war or if the Democrats will have enough political muscle to bring the troops home.
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Chris Carlson, 08/09/2007
The president of Venezuela's RCTV, Eladio Larez,[1] is no stranger to the CIA. In fact, Eladio's contact with the agency goes back nearly twenty years. Back in 1989, Larez helped the CIA funnel money through Venezuela to the Nicaraguan contras.
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Council On Hemispheric Affairs, 08/09/2007
In this, the fourteenth year of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), it is of the utmost importance—in terms of its continued application in the future—to look back and examine the economic impact of free trade on the U.S. and Mexico over the last decade and a half.
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Pablo Ouziel, 08/09/2007
On July 25th the International Herald Tribune ran a piece titled; "Teens march across America in lonely opposition to war."
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Bob Briton, 08/08/2007
The Howard Government will be out to ramp up its police state powers this week when the Crimes Legislation Amendment (National Investigative Powers and Witness Protection) Bill comes before the Senate.
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Jonathan Springston, 08/08/2007
Concerned activists held a press conference at the State Capitol, Tuesday, August 07, 2007, to update the public on developments in the Troy Davis death row case, and to present witnesses regarding overall problems with the death penalty in this country.
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