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Probe into Afghan white phosphorus use
May 11, 2009Original source: Afgan human rights monitors said on Sunday they are investigating the possible use of white phosphorus in a US air raid that killed 147 civilians. Doctors are concerned over what they are calling 'unusual'...
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Safeway, workers agree to continue labor talks
May 11, 2009DENVER (AP) — With the threat of a strike looming, Safeway agreed to resume negotiations with its union workers a day after they authorized a strike, a company spokeswoman said Sunday. The labor contract between Safeway...
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New report shows millions lost health coverage during the recession
May 11, 2009Original source: A new report on health care coverage over the last 15 months by the Center for American Progress shows that rapid increases in unemployment have increased the number of uninsured Americans. Nearly 60 percent...
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Zuma sworn in as president of South Africa
May 11, 2009Pretoria, May 9 (Prensa Latina) Jacob Zuma, the winner for the African National Congress in the polls of April 22, took the oath of office Saturday as the fourth South African president since apartheid. Under tight...
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BOOK REVIEW A Red Family
May 10, 2009The 2002 death of former Communist Party activist and longtime civil rights/labor activist Junius Scales concluded one of America's most distinctive lives. Convicted of a felony in the 1950s solely for his party membership, Scales appealed...
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