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For the Love of Egypt: When Besieged Palestinians Danced (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Mar. 31, 2011 -- A dear friend of mine from Gaza told me that he hadn’t slept for days. “I am so worried about Egypt, I have only been feeding on cigarettes and ...
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Fukushima Fallout Reaches U.S.A. (Mike Whitney)
Trace levels of radiation found in rainwater from California to Massachusetts Mar. 31, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Three of the six nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have ...
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What the Patriot Act Does For You (Philip Giraldi)
Mar. 31, 2011 (AntiWar.com) -- Incessant warmaking overseas will someday end when the United States runs out of money or soldiers or both. But less well understood is the collateral damage here at ...
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BOOKS: Deadly Embrace -- Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad. By Bruce Riedel (Jim Miles)
Deadly Embrace - Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad. Bruce Riedel. Brookings Institute Press, Washington, D.C. 2011. Mar. 28, 2011 (Palestine Chronicle) -- Given the nature of ...
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U.S. Consumer Confidence Droops to Three-Month Low in March (Shobhana Chandra)
Mar. 29, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers dropped more than forecast in March as fuel costs surged to the highest level in more than two years. The Conference Board’s confidence ...
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Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Declined 3.1% From Year Earlier (Alex Kowalski)
Mar. 29, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- Residential real estate prices dropped in January by the most in more than a year, raising the risk that U.S. home sales will keep slowing. The S&P/Case-Shiller index of ...
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The Capitalist Follies (David Glenn Cox)
David Glenn Cox -- World News Trust Mar. 28, 2011 -- There are days in this world when the events overwhelm us. Forces of nature batter us and remind us of how frail our lives and our societies ...
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Make No Mistake (James Howard Kunstler)
James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Mar. 28, 2011 -- Taking in Charles Ferguson's excellent documentary, Inside Job, about the dark doings of Wall Street in our time, I confess I was awestruck ...
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Joe Bageant, 1946-2011
Mar. 27, 2011 -- (JoeBageant.com) -- After a vibrant life, Joe Bageant died yesterday following a four-month struggle with cancer. He was 64. Joe is survived by his wife, Barbara, his three ...
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Soaring radioactivity deals blow to Japan's plant (Shinichi Saoshiro)
Mar. 27, 2011 -- 11:21 p.m. JST (10:21 EST) -- TOKYO (Reuters) -- Workers were withdrawn from a reactor building at Japan's earthquake-wrecked nuclear plant Sunday after potentially lethal levels of ...
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5 Reasons Why Technology Can Never Be Neutral (Mickey Z.)
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Mar. 27, 2011 -- It's repeated so often that few of us even stop to question its validity: "Technology is neutral. It's only as good or as bad as those using it." Here ...
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