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Former pilots president nominated to head Federal Aviation Administration
April 1, 2009Capt. Randy Babbitt, who spent 25 years in the cockpit beginning with Eastern Airlines and served two terms as president of the Air Line Pilots (ALPA), was nominated last week by President Obama to take over...
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EU slams Europe-wide gay discrimination
April 1, 2009Lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transsexuals face widespread harassment, bullying and discrimination across Europe, according to an EU report released on Tuesday. The EU Fundamental Rights Agency said that harassment and discrimination occur 'in all areas of...
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Geithner’s plan will tax Main Street to make Wall Street richer
April 1, 2009( t r u t h o u t | Perspective) The new consensus among the experts who missed the housing bubble (EMHB) is that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's plan to subsidize the purchase of junk...
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Let spy laws fade into the sunset, group urges
April 1, 2009NEW YORK, Mar 30 (IPS) - One of the nation’s leading legal rights groups is calling on the U.S. Congress to make major changes in the USA Patriot Act to reverse parts of the hurriedly passed...
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The price tag for adapting to climate change
April 1, 2009JOHANNESBURG, 30 March 2009 (IRIN) - Countries staring into a gloomy future of low food production, less water, higher storm surges, longer dry periods and other expensive consequences of climate change have been told they can...
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