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Daryl Hannah, scientist arrested in W.Va. protest
June 25, 2009Actress Daryl Hannah, NASA scientist James Hansen and former U.S. Rep. Ken Hechler were among 31 people arrested Tuesday as they and several hundred others protested mountaintop removal mining in southern West Virginia.
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Medical industry trying to scare up votes against Obama plan
June 25, 2009As the president travels around the country to build support for an overhaul of the health care system, the medical industry is trying to scare up opposition to his plan with claims that Obama seeks to...
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Live on stage at the Guthrie: The Employee Free Choice Act?
June 25, 2009MINNEAPOLIS - (Workday Minnesota) Imagine my surprise when I heard a character in a world premiere play now at the Guthrie Theater sing the praises of the Employee Free Choice Act! The proposed federal legislation is...
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The writing is on the settlement walls
June 25, 2009A paralyzing equation has long bedevilled would-be Middle East peacemakers: either, go directly to negotiating the kernel issues of the Israel-Palestine conflict - borders, security, refugees, Jerusalem - and leave, in the context of a full...
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Do the Geneva Conventions still stand up?
June 25, 2009DAKAR, 23 June 2009 (IRIN) - One hundred fifty years ago the battle of Solferino left 40,000 soldiers and civilians either wounded or killed. With too few doctors on hand, Swiss civilian Henry Dunant helped villagers...
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