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Joint session of Congress to hear the president on jobs
September 1, 2011President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner agreed Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress, ending yet another GOP attempt to embarrass the president.
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Family hopeful after deportation delay
September 1, 2011A few hours after Wednesday's press conference to protest the Friday deportation of Florencio Avila Cachu, word was received the case will be reviewed.
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East Africa facing drought induced famine
September 1, 2011Expected rains have failed to arrive for successive seasons in and around Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya, causing severe shortages of food and water for millions of people.
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Slovak government on anti-communist rampage
September 1, 2011New legislation could end up sending members of the country's Communist Party and other leftists to prison for up to three years because of their beliefs and speech.
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“America Wants to Work” kicks off this week
August 31, 2011The AFL-CIO and its allies will spend weeks organizing an "America Wants to Work" campaign to focus on what they see as the nation's real crisis: jobs.
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