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Britain: Disabled target Atos on eve of Paralympics
August 30, 2012The Paralympic Games' slogan is "inspire a generation" but life under Atos is killing us, disability campaigners warned today in a desperate plea to end its "tick-box tests."
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Hurricane Isaac stalls over Big Easy
August 29, 2012Hurricane Isaac crawled slowly inland, leaving people stranded in cars and in homes under more than 12 feet of water.
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New Jersey Governor targets workers and unions in RNC talk
August 29, 2012Chris Christie, in his keynote address at the RNC, offered no solutions to the economic crisis and instead bashed both workers and their unions.
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Portugal’s optimistic prime minister “on another planet”
August 29, 2012Unions say Portugal's prime minister is "living on another planet" after he predicted investment in the crisis-hit economy would bounce back next year.
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Colombian government, pressured, will negotiate with FARC
August 29, 2012Colombian President Santos confirmed that his government and the FARC signed an agreement Havana that peace talks would begin in October in Oslo.
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