National
Progressives press Senate Dems to move without GOP
August 19, 2009Liberal and progressive strategists are dismissing media reports about the death of the public health care option as overblown speculation during a “slow news” period. The characterization of the reports is being made by many, among...
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WORLDNOTES: Spain, Japan, Pakistan, Venezuela, Niger, Cuba
August 19, 2009Spain: ‘The future in flames’:Such was the title of a recently-released Greenpeace report attributing “a new generation of fires with unknown social and economic consequences” to climate change (greenpeace.org espana). High temperatures and strong winds spread...
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New Orleans infrastructure still in disrepair
August 19, 2009Four years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, New Orleans still lacks adequate basic infrastructure. Striking the city in late August 2005, Katrina left more than three quarters of New Orleans underwater, causing severe damage...
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Over 200 British casualties in Afghanistan
August 19, 2009KABUL, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The death of three British soldiers in the southern Helmand province raised the death toll of those troops to 204 on Monday, after their joint invasion with the United States to...
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San Francisco hotel workers march for a new citywide pact
August 18, 2009SAN FRANCISCO ― As contracts covering some 9,000 hotel workers were expiring Aug. 14, hundreds of workers and community supporters marched down Market St., the city’s main thoroughfare, and past several prime tourist hotels, proclaiming their...
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