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Californians to top insurer: Stop denying our care!
September 26, 2009SAN FRANCISCO - "Big Insurance: Stop denying our care! Public option Now!" and "Big Insurance: Sick of it!" read the signs, as hundreds of protesters jammed into the small sidewalk space in front of Wellpoint/Anthem Blue...
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Obama: I will not waver in pursuit of Mideast peace
September 25, 2009“I will not waver in pursuit of peace” between Israelis and Palestinians, President Obama told world leaders at the United Nations today.“The time has come to re-launch negotiations — without preconditions — that address the permanent-status...
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Cuba prepares for UN resolution, U.S. renews blockade
September 24, 2009“Not even in a state of war, do international conventions allow a blockade of food and medicines,” Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriquez declared on Sept. 16. He was introducing reporters to a Cuban report to the...
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Health care rallies: ‘Big Insurance Makes Me Sick!’
September 24, 2009OWINGS MILLS, MD.--Fighters for health care reform holding placards with slogans like “People Before Profit” and “Public Option Now” rallied outside health insurance company offices Sept. 22 to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to insurance profiteers...
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Honduras: Women’s group says airports are closed
September 24, 2009SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras -- The Forum of Women for Life sent out the following statement on the situation in Honduras since its president, Manuel Zelaya, returned to the country on Sept. 21.
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