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Thousands take to streets to mourn Delhi gang-rape victim
January 3, 2013Thousands poured onto the streets of India over the weekend to mourn the death of a pre-medical student who was subjected to a brutal gang rape.
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After four decades, Victor Jara’s killers charged
January 3, 2013Eight former army lieutenants have been charged in the killing of communist singer and songwriter Victor Jara in 1973.
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Factory farming: Torture with a side of pollution
January 2, 2013Most factory farms are controversial enough in the way that animals are handled there.
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Fiscal cliff deal seen as “breakthrough” on some issues
January 2, 2013In an extraordinary session the House voted 257 to 167 to approve a Senate-crafted agreement to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" on New Years Day.
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Today in Labor History: first black speaker of Mississippi legislature elected
January 2, 2013On this day, in 1872 John Roy Lynch, an African American former slave, was elected speaker of the Mississippi House.
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