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Hysteria over Islamic center claims first victim
August 27, 2010New York City taxi driver Ahmed Sharif was stabbed in the throat by a passenger, apparently for the sole reason of being a Muslim.
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Palin is new Joe McCarthy, says AFL-CIO Trumka
August 27, 2010AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Sarah Palin's radical right rhetoric is "poisonous, dangerous and strikes of McCarthyism."
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Colombia’s Communists celebrate 80 years in fight for democracy, unity
August 26, 2010The Colombian Communist Party turned 80 this month and celebrated eight decades of struggle.
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Demands to fire Simpson increase despite apology
August 26, 2010Alan Simpson's public apology has not stopped a groundswell of calls for his firing.
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Women’s Equality Day celebrates hard-won right to vote
August 26, 2010Today, August 26, marks the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution being signed into law.
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