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500,000 GIs suffer from invisible wounds: End the war, fund health care, veterans groups say
March 15, 2008As the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war approaches, a rising tide of soldiers and veterans suffering psychological injuries is being adding to the nearly 4,000 U.S. soldiers who have died in the war and the...
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Spitzer resigns — Time to move forward for a New York State peoples agenda
March 14, 2008The resignation by Governor Eliot Spitzer this week in the face of scandal has caused much confusion and concern. Spitzer’s time in office was mixed, but his election represented the hopes of New Yorkers to put...
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Union Condemns Latest Killing of Journalist in Baghdad
March 14, 2008The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the killing of Iraqi media executive, Qassem Abdul Hussein al-Eqabi, who was shot in Baghdad earlier today, and called on the government to improve the safety of media...
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Central American solidarity activists dispute DOJ order
March 12, 2008WASHINGTON-- The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), illegally targeted in the 1980’s by the largest FBI Internal Security investigation of the Reagan era, has in recent months again received threatening communications...
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McCain flip flops on Social Security
March 12, 2008Vows to revive privatization Angry retirees descended on Social Security Administration offices in downtown Phoenix Mar. 7 holding placards that read, “Tell McCain ‘hands off Social Security.’” They were protesting Republican Sen. John McCain’s recent statements...
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