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EDITORIAL: The good war?
July 26, 2008The good news is Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama continues to project withdrawing U.S. combat troops from Iraq by mid-2010. The bad news is, he is proposing to transfer a significant number of those troops to...
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Fearing voter wrath, GOPers buck Bush on Medicare
July 26, 2008Sen. Edward Kennedy’s appearance in the Senate recently, in the midst of his personal battle against brain cancer, to break a Republican filibuster against a bill to save Medicare will go down in history. Days later,...
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Oil, independence, and gunboat diplomacy
July 26, 2008In Buenos Aires earlier this month, Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Thomas Shannon rejected theories that the U.S. Fourth Fleet, assigned to watch over South America, had been reactivated for offensive purposes. So that means defense,...
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WORLD NOTES: July 26
July 26, 2008Ecuador: Reckoning for past crimes Ecuador’s government this month confiscated nearly 200 properties of the Isaías Group including three television stations, businesses and land. Alainet.org said the properties will be sold to reimburse depositors using banks...
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Nas lends star power to take on Fox News
July 24, 2008NEW YORK — Standing next to a large sign blaring “Fox News: Your Source for Racist Smears,” Hip Hop artist Nas along with ColorofChange.org and MoveOn.org recently delivered over 620,000 signatures demanding Fox News end biased...
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