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U.S. use of sanctions could spur dollar’s decline
August 28, 2014The recent round of sanctions aimed at Moscow over the crisis in the Ukraine could backfire by accelerating a move away from the dollar as the world's reserve currency.
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Governor and Senate races top labor’s political agenda
August 27, 2014As the 2014 campaign passes Labor Day, anti-worker and anti-union governors, all right-wing and all elected in the 2010 GOP sweep - are top targets this fall.
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Journalists under police attack in Ferguson protests
August 14, 2014President Obama, at a press conference today, said "there is no excuse for police to use excessive force against peaceful protesters or to throw protesters into jail."
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Despite police violence Ferguson community continues peaceful protests
August 14, 2014The numbers of community members, Black and white, who attended far outnumbered any who had engaged in looting the night before.
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Argentina takes U.S. to World Court
August 14, 2014Argentina has taken the United States to the International Court of Justice in the Hague over a U.S. federal judge's actions in a dispute about bond payments.
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