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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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  • 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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  • Irish abuse churches must pay, prime minister argues

    Irish abuse churches must pay, prime minister argues

    May 29, 2009

    Irish leaders declared on Wednesday that the secretive Catholic orders responsible for abusing children in workhouse-style schools must pay a greater share of compensation for victims. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has demanded face-to-face negotiations with...

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  • Susan Boyle faces final hurdle in dreamlike rise

    Susan Boyle faces final hurdle in dreamlike rise

    May 29, 2009

    LONDON (AP) — It's always a bad hair day for Susan Boyle — until she starts to sing. The Scottish songbird with the frizzed-out hair doesn't look like a star — she's chubby, with plain features,...

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  • Shadow wars: Is civilian control of war slipping away?

    Shadow wars: Is civilian control of war slipping away?

    May 29, 2009

    Original source: Sudan: The two F-16s caught the trucks deep in the northern desert. Within minutes, the column of vehicles was a string of shattered wrecks burning fiercely in the January sun. Surveillance drones spotted a...

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