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Fighting in Mogadishu intensifies
July 6, 2009Shelling between Somali rebels and government forces near the presidential palace have killed at least 12 people. Rebels who want to install an Islamic state in the east African country and the transitional government blamed each...
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July 4th demonstrator’s cry: Health care now!
July 6, 2009PORT ANGELES, WA., July 5---Thousands of onlookers stood and applauded along the July 4 parade route in this paper-mill town as marchers walked by with banners demanding health-care reform and chanting “48 million uninsured. SHAME!” and...
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Army fires on demonstrators in Honduras
July 6, 2009Unconfirmed reports from bloggers and on Twitter claim the armed forces have fired on crowds demanding the return of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. Zelaya’s plane is reported to have been diverted from landing and was directed...
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Unions seek a new definition of liberty health care for all
July 6, 2009When the founding fathers (and mothers) declared their goals of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” did they mean to include health care? This Fourth of July holiday, many unions and citizens are saying yes....
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Chavez nationalises Banco de Venezuela
July 6, 2009Original source: President Hugo Chavez has made a great leap towards increasing democratic control over the economy by nationalising Venezuela's third-largest bank. The government took over Banco de Venezuela after agreeing to pay Spanish privateer Grupo...
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