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Vets and families cheer new GI Bill
August 4, 2009Veterans and their families are cheering the new $78 billion “Post 9/11 GI Bill of Rights” just signed into law by President Obama. It will allow hundreds of thousands of veterans to obtain a college degree....
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Foreclosure sit in results in arrest of ACORN activists
August 4, 2009OAKLAND, Calif. The Brass Liberation Orchestra could be heard for blocks through the West Oakland neighborhood, as ACORN Home Defenders and supporters gathered July 31 outside the now-vacant house that was once home to Tosha Alberty...
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WORLDNOTES: Mali, Germany, Iraq, Paraguay, South Korea, Greece, Cuba
August 4, 2009Mali: Forum of the Peoples convenes A gathering in Bandiagara last month offered solutions for crises facing the world’s poor. Proposals there contrasted with disaster-causing prescriptions emanating from the recently-concluded G8 conclave of wealthy nations. Over...
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US/Colombia agreement targets Venezuela
August 4, 2009A U.S.-Colombian agreement divulged last month is emblematic of what Le Monde Diplomatique correspondent Omar Roberto Rodriguez characterized as a “brutal counteroffensive” against “progressive and democratic governments.” Colombia will allow the United States for 10 years...
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Health reform opponents resist universal coverage
August 4, 2009The health care fight is taking shape outside the Washington beltway as lawmakers return to their home districts for August recess. Democratic lawmakers have been putting together comprehensive bills to reform the broken system in the...
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