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Swaziland: Eviction case could pull the rug from under absolute monarchy
March 7, 2011The start of a landmark legal challenge to the rule of King Mswati III has boosted the pro-democracy movement in the tiny southern African state of Swaziland.
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Mexican Senate passes progressive immigration law
March 7, 2011On Feb. 24, the Mexican Senate by a vote of 86 to 0 passed a new comprehensive immigration law decriminalizing the presence of undocumented migrants in Mexico.
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Argentina: Prosecution for child-thefts during dictatorship begins
March 7, 2011Two former Argentinian dictators and some of their henchmen are on trial for charges charges of concocting a scheme to kidnap the babies of political opponents they murdered.
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Attention Glenn Beck: Capitalism, not unions, is the problem
March 4, 2011Not missed by anyone in this majority African American city is the racist inference that Detroit's residents are the root of the problem.
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New poll: Americans disagree with Republicans on Social Security, Medicare
March 4, 2011The Republican leadership is setting itself up on a crash course with the sentiments of the American people - Democrats, independents and Republicans alike, according to a just-released poll.
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