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Marriage equality supporters celebrate Prop. 8 ruling
August 5, 2010SAN FRANCISCO - Marriage equality supporters celebrated a ruling striking down Proposition 8, which seeks to limit marriage to a man and a woman.
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Melting glaciers aggravate Pakistan’s floods
August 5, 2010Reports out of Pakistan now indicate that about 1,500 people have lost their lives and tens of thousands have been left homeless.
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Iran, one year after the election
August 5, 2010The passing of the anniversary of the June 12, 2009, election, which returned Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to office, has been marked by intensification of the crackdown on opposition voices in Iran.
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Labor joins One Nation coalition to reorder nation’s priorities
August 5, 2010WASHINGTON - The AFL-CIO executive committee has voted unanimously to join One Nation, Working Together, a new coalition of labor and civil rights groups.
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Civil liberties groups sue Treasury Dept. over assassinations
August 5, 2010The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control has granted the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Constitutional Rights a license to represent accused terrorist Anwar Al-Awlaki.
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