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As U.S. prepares to leave, whats happening in Iraq?
March 11, 2009Iraqis reject religious agendas, demand action on basic needs As the U.S. moves to wind down its disastrous six-year occupation of Iraq, what is the shape of the country it is preparing to leave?
Read moreMbeki appointed mediator for Sudan crisis
March 11, 2009Johannesburg, (Prensa Latina) Former South African President Thabo Mbeki was appointed by the African Union as mediator between the Sudanese government and the International Criminal Court, which ruled the arrest of President Omar Hassan al Bashir.
Read moreA home is foreclosed every 13 seconds
March 11, 2009Original source: The economic crisis started with home foreclosures, and the numbers are getting worse. According to the Center for Responsible Lending (CLR), a non-partisan research and policy group, some 6,600 homes are foreclosed every day:...
Read more$5 billion in contributions bought Wall street freedom from regulation, report finds
March 11, 2009The financial sector invested more than $5 billion in political influence purchasing in Washington over the past decade, with as many as 3,000 lobbyists winning deregulation and other policy decisions that led directly to the current...
Read moreSurvey finds Christianity on the decline — even in the South
March 10, 2009Original source: Survey finds Christianity on the decline -- even in the South Christian faith still flourishes in the Bible Belt -- but there, like elsewhere, it's in decline. That's one of the findings of the...
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