World
Caracas shuns gold firm as state pushes forward with development
May 30, 2009Original source: Venezuela has refused to renew a gold concession held by the US Gold Reserve corporation as the government boosts state control over its mineral wealth. According to Wednesday's edition of Venezuela's Official Gazette, the...
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Irish abuse churches must pay, prime minister argues
May 29, 2009Irish leaders declared on Wednesday that the secretive Catholic orders responsible for abusing children in workhouse-style schools must pay a greater share of compensation for victims. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has demanded face-to-face negotiations with...
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Susan Boyle faces final hurdle in dreamlike rise
May 29, 2009LONDON (AP) — It's always a bad hair day for Susan Boyle — until she starts to sing. The Scottish songbird with the frizzed-out hair doesn't look like a star — she's chubby, with plain features,...
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Shadow wars: Is civilian control of war slipping away?
May 29, 2009Original source: Sudan: The two F-16s caught the trucks deep in the northern desert. Within minutes, the column of vehicles was a string of shattered wrecks burning fiercely in the January sun. Surveillance drones spotted a...
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In Israel, democratic rights in peril
May 29, 2009The Israeli government this week took a new step to suppress democratic rights in Israel. The government has approved a bill banning all commemoration of the Palestinian Nakba of 1948, under penalty of imprisonment. [Nakba -...
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