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Rich, poor to clash in UN summit
June 25, 2009United Nations, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Underdeveloped countries prepare to confront wealthy powers in defense of their survival during the present world economic crisis in the UN this week. A UN official told Prensa Latina that...
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Was failure to invest behind D.C. train wreck?
June 25, 2009WASHINGTON — In the worst disaster of the 33-year history of the Washington, D.C., Metro, a fast-moving train slammed into the rear of a stopped one Monday, killing the driver of the moving train (Jeanice McMillan,...
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Obama pushes health care overhaul
June 24, 2009At a news conference Tuesday at the White House President Barack Obama called for the creation of a national health care system that would cover the 47 million now without insurance, a clean energy economy, and...
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Atheist group challenges ‘prayer station’ in City Hall
June 24, 2009The city of Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, is the site of a separation of church and state controversy with a Wisconsin-based group, the Freedom from Religion foundation, challenging a “prayer station” set up in...
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High court upholds Voting Rights Act
June 24, 2009Civil rights leaders hailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s 8 to 1 ruling June 22 upholding Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) and vowed to continue the struggle to protect African Americans, Latinos, and...
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