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Rights groups appeal for UN investigation of rendition
August 8, 2009NEW YORK, Aug 6 (IPS) - Charging that the U.S. government was complicit in the forced disappearance of an influential Muslim scholar four years ago, human rights groups in the U.S., the U.K., and Switzerland have...
Read moreCongress losing patience with lending industry on foreclosure prevention
August 8, 2009Original source: Rep. Barney Frank, D. Mass., chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, is taking a hard line with the lending industry for failing to take action to prevent more foreclosures. In a statement...
Read more247,000 jobs lost: Without recovery package, would be far worse
August 8, 2009Original source: U.S. jobs lost in July totaled 247,000, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data out today, with the unofficial unemployment rate now at 9.4 percent compared with 9.5 percent in June, the first...
Read moreHiroshima mayor calls for no nukes
August 8, 2009Original source: Hiroshima's mayor has urged global leaders to back President Barack Obama's call to abolish nuclear weapons as Japan marked the 64th anniversary of the world's first atomic bombing. At a solemn ceremony to commemorate...
Read moreRaul Castro speaks of challenges and change
August 8, 2009Addressing Cuba’s National Assembly Aug. 1, President Raul Castro surveyed current problems and ideas for recovery. His comprehensive overview of points touched upon at government, Communist Party and commemorative meetings earlier in the week testified to...
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