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UK fracking firms face surge of protests
April 18, 2012News that a gas extraction process which triggered two earthquakes is likely to resume brought a surge of protest bubbling to the surface on Tuesday.
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Animal rights activists fighting “Ag-Gag” laws
April 18, 2012Forms of torture such as skinning calves alive, forcing badly injured animals into a slaughter line are made public because activists document them.
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Mitt Romney – the moderate?
April 18, 2012The inevitability of Mitt Romney's seizure of the Republican nomination has been central to the often comic and sometimes tragic drama of the GOP's identity crisis.
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The 99%, as citizen tax enforcers, highlight Buffet Rule
April 18, 2012Hundreds of taxpayers marked the filing deadline April 17 by delivering tax "bills" - and a message - to tax-dodging corporations and executives.
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Americas summit displays “consensus without Washington”
April 17, 2012Summit of the Americas reflected a shift from the "Washington Consensus" to the "consensus without Washington."
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