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Gbagbo refuses to cede power after elections in Cote d’Ivoire
December 8, 2010A look at the current political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
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Congress passes major food safety bill
December 7, 2010Food safety advocates hailed the Senate move as the most sweeping reform of food safety in decades prompted by an alarming rise in the numbers of people who die or suffer illness from contaminated food.
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25,000 Ohioans sign to “protect, preserve” Social Security
December 7, 2010Dozens of senior activists rallied at the Cleveland AFL-CIO headquarters Monday to "Protect, Preserve and Pass Along Social Security and Medicare" and to "protest the continuing assault on retirees."
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Former FBI agent warns of government spying abuse
December 7, 2010Surveillance policies of the FBI and other domestic intelligence agencies are "totally un-American and against the values Americans hold dear," said former undercover agent Michael German.
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Appeals court hears California marriage equality case
December 7, 2010The effort to overturn Prop. 8, California's ballot initiative barring same-sex marriage, reached a new milestone Dec. 6 on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, as a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of...
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