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Waterboarding: Torture or mere interrogation technique?
December 7, 2007Waterboarding. This new name for something that has been around for centuries makes it sound like an Olympic sport. The term has been getting a lot of attention lately as a result of the recent confirmation...
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Scofflaw UnitedHealth pushes UK privatization
December 7, 2007UnitedHealth, the discredited scofflaw U.S. health insurance company, just paid $12 million in fines to 37 state governments for its illegal administrative practices. The settlement followed years of legal problems. This hasn’t stopped UnitedHealth from seeking...
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Labor pushes for universal health care
December 7, 2007‘800-pound gorilla’ sits on bargaining table NEW YORK — Union leaders here have made it clear that the AFL-CIO’s Labor Day pledge to push for national health care by 2009 is high on labor’s agenda for...
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Canadians in furor over torture of Afghans
December 7, 2007VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A recently released internal Canadian government document confirms that the government has known for some time that Afghanistan’s security forces, which it backs, are mistreating and torturing prisoners. The document has caused...
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Australia signs Kyoto pact on gas emissions
December 7, 2007As one of his very first official actions Dec. 3, Kevin Rudd, Australia’s newly sworn-in prime minister, signed the instrument of ratification for the Kyoto Protocol limiting greenhouse gas emissions. The ratification will come into force...
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