International
Susan Boyle faces final hurdle in dreamlike rise
May 29, 2009LONDON (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?
May 29, 2009Original 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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In Israel, democratic rights in peril
May 29, 2009The Israeli government this week took a new step to suppress democratic rights in Israel. The government has approved a bill banning all commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba of 1948, under penalty of imprisonment. [Nakba -...
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Auto workers take wage cuts
May 28, 2009Original source: Canadian Auto Workers members have voted to support a cost-cutting deal with General Motors as the US corporation bids to qualify for more government handouts. On Monday workers voted by 86 per cent in...
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N. Korea nuclear test draws universal condemnation
May 27, 2009North Korea has drawn universal condemnation following its announcement yesterday that it had carried out an underground nuclear weapons test. It also apparently test-fired several short-range missiles. Russian officials said the nuclear weapon was comparable to...
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