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NYC students on Facebook, in the street over MTA cuts
January 8, 2010Public high school students, as well as teachers and parents, are organizing in new ways against a proposalto take away free-and reduced-price Metrocards currently issued to students.
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Japan public opinion prevented hasty settlement of Futenma
January 8, 2010The ruling Democratic Party of Japan is in disarray over the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa.
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‘The Book Thief’ and ‘Red Orchestra’ offer anti-Nazi lessons
January 7, 2010It was the Mexican historian George Santayana who said those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
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Arrow truck drivers abandoned by company but not by fellow drivers
January 7, 2010It was days before Christmas when 1,400 truck drivers got the news. Their employer, Arrow Trucking, suspended its operations, leaving them high and dry just before the holiday.
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2010 elections key to building a green, demilitarized economy
January 7, 2010In a Dec. 4 editorial entitled, "The Welfare State and Military Power," the Wall Street Journal actually said something I agree with: you can't have both guns and butter.
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