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  • Hands off our health service

    Hands off our health service

    August 16, 2009

    Original source: British health unions unveiled two initiatives designed to address a barrage of propaganda from US insurance companies and lobbyists who hope to scupper US President Barack Obama's plans for public health. Launching the 'NHS...

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  • Pro-democracy demonstrations continue in Honduras

    Pro-democracy demonstrations continue in Honduras

    August 16, 2009

    On June 28, the Honduran army overthrew the democratically elected government of left-wing president Manuel 'Mel' Zelaya and bundled him onto an airplane into exile in Costa Rica. This action, in spite of being given a...

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  • Fox News: Still Unfair and Unbalanced

    Fox News: Still Unfair and Unbalanced

    August 16, 2009 By Joel Wendland-Liu

    In addition to some of its major personalities promoting disruptions and even violence at congressional town hall meetings, the guests and commentators invited to appear on its programs seem to overwhelmingly oppose health reform as well.

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  • Hiker rescued, hit with whopping bill

    Hiker rescued, hit with whopping bill

    August 16, 2009

    Opinion You are attempting a 17-mile hike on and around Mount Washington in New Hampshire. It’s late April but you face anything but a typical New England spring in the White Mountains. You have to keep...

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  • NAFTA meeting produces disappointment

    NAFTA meeting produces disappointment

    August 16, 2009

    The three heads of government of the North American Free Trade Act (NAFTA) countries recently met in Guadalajara, Mexico. The net result of the meeting among Mexican President Felipe Calderon, U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian...

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