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Slash Afghan casualties, boost civilian aid, aid agencies say
April 8, 2009President Barack Obama came away from NATO’s 60th anniversary summit in Strasbourg, France earlier this month with commitments from several European NATO members to send a total of 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan. The new European...
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Peace groups hail Obamas vow to abolish nukes
April 8, 2009Leaders of the struggle for nuclear disarmament hailed President Obama’s speech April 5 in Prague, committing the United States to work for the total abolition of nuclear weapons, the first American president ever to make that...
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Landmines threaten 2.7 million Iraqis, official says
April 8, 2009BAGHDAD — The general director of the Iraqi Environment Ministry’s landmines department said Saturday that there are 25 million landmines occupying 1,700 kilometers of Iraqi soil, which in turn threatens 2,117 civilian communities, where 2.7 million...
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NM insurance industry once more foils the will of the people
April 7, 2009Despite the fact that the NM Health Securities Act is the only universal health care proposal in New Mexico that has the support of 144 organizations, spanning 31 counties and cities, the health insurance industry was...
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Real debate urged on health care
April 7, 2009Los Angeles-- The White House convened the last of five forums on healthcare here April 6 with demands growing both inside and outside for enactment by Congress of a federally-run, universal health care system free of...
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