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Specter tells labor: You’re gonna like my EFCA vote
June 9, 2009Congressional backers of the Employee Free Choice Act are closer than ever to the 60 Senators they need to break a planned Republican filibuster after Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) told a crowd of trade unionists in...
Read moreLebanon incumbents lead vote
June 9, 2009Beirut, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) Lebanon's March 14 Bloc (M14), which holds the parliamentary majority, maintains its supremacy over the March 8 coalition led by Hezbollah, according to partial official results disclosed there Monday. A report...
Read moreBuy a judge? No problem according to Supreme Court’s right-wing gang of four
June 9, 2009When West Virginia coal overlord Don Blankenship’s company lost a $50 million verdict to one of its competitors, Blankenship set out to buy a judge. Rather than appeal his case to a fair tribunal, Blankenship spent...
Read moreIraq appeals for help to clear landmines
June 9, 2009Editor's note: While not stated in this article, the United States has an obligation to finance and give support to this project. Supplemental monies for Iraq -- and Afghanistan -- should include de-mining projects.BAGHDAD, 8 June...
Read moreU.S. money tied to support for Colombia paramilitaries, criminals, Nation reports
June 9, 2009Two Colombian generals, both of whom received training at the U.S. Army's 'School of The Americas' (SOA) at Ft. Benning, Ga., have been accused by Colombian authorities of crimes involving narcotics and collaborating with criminal paramilitary...
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