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Beyond The Soaring Rhetoric of Obama's Cairo Speech: A Toxic Innocence At Home (Phil Rockstroh)
Public opinion polls released in the United States revealed that, by a substantial percentage, its citizens believe torture is an acceptable option for interrogation of suspects deemed terrorists by ...
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Public Plan may become National Co-op insurance company (William Chirolas)
June 12, 2009 (World News Trust) -- Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) may yet turn out to be a "good guy" -- the addition of "national" to the "health care insurance cooperatives" may well make them almost ...
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A Boy and an Artificial Leg: A Gaza Story (Ramzy Baroud)
Sometimes having hope in a place like Gaza becomes more of a liability than a lifeline
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World Bank Predicts Deeper Economic Contraction (Annys Shin)
June 12, 2009 (Washington Post) -- The global economy is set to shrink this year more than previously expected, according to a forecast issued yesterday by the World Bank.
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Global Flu Epidemic Declared (Frank Jordans)
World Health Organization raising swine flu alert to highest level. Its First Global Flu Epidemic In 41 Years.
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Water stress, ocean levels to unleash 'climate exodus' (Richard Ingham)
Tens of millions of people will be displaced by climate change in coming years, posing social, political and security problems of an unprecedented dimension.
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Monster Jellyfish (Discovery News and ABC Science Online)
June 8, 2009 -- Giant jellyfish like this one are taking over parts of the world's oceans as overfishing and other human activities open windows of opportunity for them to prosper, say researchers.
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Bond Dealers Say Futures Traders’ Rate Bets Wrong (Liz Capo McCormick)
June 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Wall Street firms that trade directly with the Federal Reserve say speculators betting that interest rates may head higher this year are wrong.
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Pimco Says ‘Rate Hikes Will Be Some Time in Coming’ (Wes Goodman)
June 9 (Bloomberg) -- Pacific Investment Management Co., which runs the world’s biggest bond fund, said the economic outlook “looks bad” for most of the world and central banks will refrain from ...
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Let's Get It Straight, Hank Paulsen Is a Prick Who Took Down the Economy (Matt Taibbi)
The notion that Henry Paulson is a hero is complete and utter madness because TARP would never have been necessary if someone, anyone who wasn't a greed-addled incompetent like Paulson, had actually ...
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Lagging Recognition (James Howard Kunstler)
Mr. Obama should not waste another week pretending that we can keep this old system going. The public needs to know that we will be making our livings differently, inhabiting the landscape ...
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