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France Rejects Call to Repay Haiti "Independence Debt" - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 06:45
France Rejects Call to Repay Haiti "Independence Debt"
Democracy Now
In other Haiti news, the French government has rejected a petition from a group of leading activists and academics calling for the repayment of an ...
France Urged to Pay $40 Billion to Haiti in Reparations for "Independence Debt"Democracy Now
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Colombian Court: US Military Base Deal Unconstitutional - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 06:45
Colombian Court: US Military Base Deal Unconstitutional
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Colombia's Constitutional Court has suspended a deal giving the US military access to at least seven Colombian bases. On Tuesday, the court ruled the deal ...
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Haiti Reconstruction Commission Approves $1.6B for Rebuilding Projects - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 06:45
Haiti Reconstruction Commission Approves $1.6B for Rebuilding Projects
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Haiti's interim reconstruction commission has approved over $1.6 billion in new projects for the country's rebuilding following the January 12th earthquake. ...
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As GOP and Some Top Dems Unite in Opposing N.Y. Islamic Community Center, a ... - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 06:44
Boston Globe
As GOP and Some Top Dems Unite in Opposing N.Y. Islamic Community Center, a ...
Democracy Now
We spend the hour on the controversy around the proposed construction of an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan, which has turned into a national ...
Mosque-Issippi BurningDemocracy Now (blog)
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UN: 40% of Pakistan Aid Appeal Received - Democracy Now
Wed, 08/18/2010 - 06:44
Globe and Mail
UN: 40% of Pakistan Aid Appeal Received
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The United Nations says it's still less than halfway toward meeting its $459 million appeal for emergency aid in Pakistan. International donors have sent ...
UN Chief: Pakistan Is Worst Disaster I've Ever WitnessedDemocracy Now
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Judge Orders Release of Californian Jailed Under Three Strikes - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:30
Judge Orders Release of Californian Jailed Under Three Strikes
Democracy Now
In California, a state judge has ordered the release of a man who was sentenced to twenty-five years to life in prison after trying to forcibly enter a ...
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Israeli Soldier Posts Photos with Palestinian Prisoners - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:30
Israeli Soldier Posts Photos with Palestinian Prisoners
Democracy Now
A former Israeli soldier who posted photos of herself posing with blindfolded and bound Palestinian prisoners has defended her actions saying she did ...
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Justice Department Drops Probe of Former GOP Leader Tom DeLay - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:29
Justice Department Drops Probe of Former GOP Leader Tom DeLay
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The Justice Department has dropped its six-year investigation of former Republican House Majority Leader Tom DeLay over his dealings with lobbyist Jack ...
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New Deepwater Oil Drilling Regulations Outlined - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:29
New Deepwater Oil Drilling Regulations Outlined
Democracy Now
The Interior Department announced Monday that it will no longer exempt certain deepwater offshore oil drilling projects from environmental review. ...
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Videotapes from Secret CIA Prison Uncovered - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:29
Videotapes from Secret CIA Prison Uncovered
Democracy Now
The Associated Press has revealed the CIA has tapes of 9/11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh being interrogated in a secret overseas prison in Morocco. ...
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US to Ease Travel Rules to Cuba - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:29
US to Ease Travel Rules to Cuba
Democracy Now
The New York Times reports the Obama administration will soon issue new rules on Cuba that will make it easier for American academic, religious and cultural ...
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Lori Berenson Appears in Peruvian Court - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:28
Kansas City Star
Lori Berenson Appears in Peruvian Court
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In Peru, the American activist Lori Berenson appeared in court Monday and pleaded with judges to let her stay out of jail on parole. ...
Peruvian Prosecutor Seeks to Put Lori Berenson Back In JailDemocracy Now
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Number of Troops Killed Under Obama in Afghanistan to Surpass Bush - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:28
Telegraph.co.uk
Number of Troops Killed Under Obama in Afghanistan to Surpass Bush
Democracy Now
The website Just Foreign Policy is reporting 575 US soldiers have lost their lives in the Afghan war since President Obama took office. ...
Gen: Petraeus Hints Scheduled Afghan Withdrawal Could Be PostponedDemocracy Now
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Sen. Reid Opposes Mosque in Lower Manhattan - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:28
Sen. Reid Opposes Mosque in Lower Manhattan
Democracy Now
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has become the most prominent Democrat to oppose the construction of a mosque and Islamic center in lower Manhattan two ...
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Same-Sex Marriages Put on Hold in California - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:28
Same-Sex Marriages Put on Hold in California
Democracy Now
Gay and lesbian couples who were hoping to get married in California this week were dealt a setback Monday when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled ...
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UN Humanitarian Chief John Holmes: The Magnitude of the Pakistan Floods is ... - Democracy Now
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:27
The Guardian
UN Humanitarian Chief John Holmes: The Magnitude of the Pakistan Floods is ...
Democracy Now
The United Nations is warning millions of Pakistanis are at risk of deadly waterborne diseases more than two weeks since Pakistan's worst-ever flooding ...
UN Chief: Pakistan Is Worst Disaster I've Ever WitnessedDemocracy Now
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Singer, Civil Rights Activist Abbey Lincoln, 80, Dies - Democracy Now
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 06:05
Singer, Civil Rights Activist Abbey Lincoln, 80, Dies
Democracy Now
And the jazz singer, songwriter, actress and civil rights activist Abbey Lincoln has died at the age of eighty. In 1960, she and her then-husband Max Roach ...
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Turkey Deports U.S. Journalist - Democracy Now
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 06:05
Turkey Deports U.S. Journalist
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The Turkish government has deported an American freelance journalist after detaining him for four days on allegations that he had ties to an outlawed ...
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Curfew Continues in Kashmir After Police Kill Four Protesters - Democracy Now
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 06:04
Curfew Continues in Kashmir After Police Kill Four Protesters
Democracy Now
Much of Indian-controlled Kashmir remains under curfew for a fourth consecutive day as India continues to crack down on protests calling for independence. ...
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France Urged to Repay $40 Billion "Independence Debt" to Haiti - Democracy Now
Mon, 08/16/2010 - 06:04
France Urged to Repay $40 Billion "Independence Debt" to Haiti
Democracy Now
A group of prominent academics and activists, including Noam Chomsky and Naomi Klein, have published an open letter in the French newspaper Libération ...
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