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EU slams Europe-wide gay discrimination
April 1, 2009Lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals face widespread harassment, bullying and discrimination across Europe, according to an EU report released on Tuesday. The EU Fundamental Rights Agency said that harassment and discrimination occur 'in all areas of...
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Geithner’s plan will tax Main Street to make Wall Street richer
April 1, 2009( t r u t h o u t | Perspective) The new consensus among the experts who missed the housing bubble (EMHB) is that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plan to subsidize the purchase of junk...
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Let spy laws fade into the sunset, group urges
April 1, 2009NEW YORK, Mar 30 (IPS) - One of the nation’s leading legal rights groups is calling on the U.S. Congress to make major changes in the USA Patriot Act to reverse parts of the hurriedly passed...
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The price tag for adapting to climate change
April 1, 2009JOHANNESBURG, 30 March 2009 (IRIN) - Countries staring into a gloomy future of low food production, less water, higher storm surges, longer dry periods and other expensive consequences of climate change have been told they can...
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John Hope Franklin: an appreciation
March 31, 2009John Hope Franklin, the author of academic and popular works of African American history over six decades, passed away last week at the age of 94. More than any other U.S. scholar, he advanced the study...
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