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Sen. Arlen Specter statement on leaving Republicans to join Democrats
April 29, 2009April 28, 2009 Statement by Senator Arlen Specter I have been a Republican since 1966. I have been working extremely hard for the Party, for its candidates and for the ideals of a Republican Party whose...
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Haiti Senate election founders, U.S. meddles
April 29, 2009They called an election in Haiti and almost nobody came. Turnout April 19 to vote for 12 open Senate seats was variously estimated at 3 to 10 percent. U.S. Ambassador Janet Sanderson was not discouraged: “Off-year...
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Death Row story of resilience, faith, hope, Miren Gutierrez interviews Luis R Albert, filmmaker
April 29, 2009ROME, Apr 28 (IPS) - Puerto Rican Juan Melendez spent more than 17 years on death row in a Florida prison for a 1983 murder to which another man had repeatedly confessed - evidence prosecutors withheld....
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As swine flu hits, Republican cuts in funds put nation at peril
April 29, 2009WASHINGTON—Public health advocates urged the Obama administration and Congress to restore quickly $870 million in emergency flu pandemic funding stripped from the president’s economic stimulus package in February at the insistence of Republican Senators. There was...
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Some warn of anti-teacher agenda on school inequities report
April 29, 2009A new report says wide educational achievement gaps hurt our economy and need national attention. But some wonder if the report is being used to advance an anti-teacher-union agenda.
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