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US gets 60 per cent stake in carmaker
June 3, 2009Original source: General Motors have filed for bankruptcy, giving the US government a majority ownership stake in the century-old corporation. It is the largest industrial bankruptcy in US history and the third-largest overall, after Lehman Brothers...
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Progressives to spend $82 million to ensure universal health care
June 2, 2009This is the second of a series of on-the-spot reports from the America’s Future Now conference. Check back for more. WASHINGTON — Progressive groups will spend more than $82 million to support President Obama’s goal of...
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MUSIC Sotomayor Mambo
June 2, 2009The National Institute For Latino Policy is asking organizations to play Sotomayor Mambo by Mambo Companions 'in solidarity' with the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. Sotomayor
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Africa: Jubilee warns of another 1980s debt crisis
June 2, 2009JOHANNESBURG (IRIN) -- The Jubilee Debt Campaign is calling for an immediate US$400 billion debt cancellation for developing countries to avoid returning to a 1980s-style crisis. In the era of the 'credit crunch', where bail-outs and...
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In hard-times Flint, free clinic sets example for universal health care
June 2, 2009FLINT, Mich. — “It’s a sad story,” said Dr. Rima Kudish, as she talked about the devastating effect the economic crisis is having on residents of this city and the surrounding county. Kudish is executive director...
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