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  • US hides sexual abuse in Abu Ghraib

    US hides sexual abuse in Abu Ghraib

    May 30, 2009

    Washington, May 28 (Prensa Latina) The Pentagon sought to publish pictures on torture applied by the CIA in the prison of Abu Ghraib during the administration of George W. Bush, but President Barack Obama revoked its...

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  • New foreclosure protection for renters

    New foreclosure protection for renters

    May 30, 2009

    Original source: You may think that not owning a home will protect you from foreclosure - but an estimated 40 percent of households facing eviction due to foreclosure are renters, not homeowners. Many renters have been...

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  • Palestinians honor Holocaust victims

    Palestinians honor Holocaust victims

    May 30, 2009

    RAMALLAH, May 29 (IPS) - On a cool and overcast day, a procession of grim-faced people filed silently past pictures of heaps of skeletons piled high, of emaciated survivors with blank stares corralled behind barbed wire,...

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  • Caracas shuns gold firm as state pushes forward with development

    Caracas shuns gold firm as state pushes forward with development

    May 30, 2009

    Original source: Venezuela has refused to renew a gold concession held by the US Gold Reserve corporation as the government boosts state control over its mineral wealth. According to Wednesday's edition of Venezuela's Official Gazette, the...

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  • Community health centers are key ingredient for reform

    Community health centers are key ingredient for reform

    May 30, 2009

    Marking the 100th day since passage of President Obama's economic recovery act, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this week touted the special role her department has played in moving stimulus money into the economy....

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