Americas
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Economic Free Fall? (William Greider)
Aug. 3, 2008 (The Nation) -- Washington can act with breathtaking urgency when the right people want something done. In this case, the people are Wall Street's titans, who are scared witless at the ...
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ICC and al-Bashir: Ocampo's Justice (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 30, 2008 The crimes committed against innocent people in Darfur represent a shameful episode in the history of Sudan and its neighbors, including Chad, which ...
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Legalizing Occupation: Bush's Last Maneuver In Iraq (Ramzy Baroud)
(World News Trust) -- When U.S. forces descended on Baghdad five years ago, they seemed unstoppable. Military arrogance had reached an all time high, and it seemed only a matter of time before the ...
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Joe Bageant: Breaking The Beer Barrier
June 7, 2008 (World News Trust) -- This is the text of a presentation by Joe Bageant, author of Deer Hunting With Jesus , to the National Conference On Media Reform June 6-8 at the Minneapolis ...
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Political Ponerology: A Science of Evil Applied for Political Purposes (Dale Tavris MD, MPH)
(World News Trust) -- I define evil as the exercise of political power -– that is, the imposition of one’s will upon others by overt or covert coercion -– in order to avoid extending one’s self for ...
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A 'perfect storm' of hunger (Edmund Sanders and Tracy Wilkinson)
The U.N.'s World Food Program is struggling as costs of food and fuel skyrocket while the numbers of people needing help surge across the globe. Millions are in danger. April 2, 2008 -- KHARTOUM, ...
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A Credit Card You Want to Toss | Robert Berner
Bank of America abruptly notified cardholders in good standing their rates would skyrocket if they didn't opt out fast. Is BofA greedy or needy? Robert Berner -- Newsweek Feb. 7, 2008 -- Credit-card ...
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Exclusive! The FBI Deputizes Business (Matthew Rothschild)
Matthew Rothschild -- The Progressive Jan. 7, 2008 -- Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The ...
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Health Care Fraud: One Reason Gov't-Sponsored Universal Health Care is Essential (Dale Tavris M.D.)
Dale Tavris, MD, MPH -- World News Trust Health care is too important to the well being of the American people to entrust it to for-profit corporations. A 2004 report by the Institute of Medicine ...
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Iraqi asks Americans to carry on the struggle in “Open letter to Cindy Sheehan”
by Kathlyn Stone A chorus of voices has reached out to Cindy Sheehan following her resignation as the face of the anti-war movement. CodePink thanked her. Progressive Democrats of America gave ...
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The Real War (Ken Kesey)
(World News Trust is highlighting the most popular stories to appear on its website since 2002. The following story is among those most viewed.) Apr. 17, 2007 -- Zane Kesey's Blog At 08:04 PM ...
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