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  • Stonewall riots: The beginning of the LGBT movement

    Stonewall riots: The beginning of the LGBT movement

    June 23, 2009 By Dayo Adiatu

    This Sunday, June 28, will mark the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the event largely regarded as a catalyst for the LGBT movement for civil rights in the United States. At the time, there were...

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  • Somalia declares emergency

    Somalia declares emergency

    June 23, 2009

    Mogadishu, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) Somalia President Sharif Sheik Ahmed declared a state of emergency and seeks support from neighboring countries amid flaring violence and advance by opposition troops in an offensive started May 7. A...

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  • COMMENTARY Slime covers GOP Senators Cornyn, Ensign

    COMMENTARY Slime covers GOP Senators Cornyn, Ensign

    June 22, 2009

    Texas Sen. John Cornyn, head of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, is scrambling to distance himself from Texas financier R. Allen Stanford arrested and awaiting trial on charges of bilking people of $8 billion in a...

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  • Reviving Latino workforce key to rebuilding America

    Reviving Latino workforce key to rebuilding America

    June 21, 2009

    Original source: The recession has hurt all America’s workers, especially Latino workers. Despite their growing political power, Latinos are still at the bottom of the economic ladder. Until the nation enacts policies that help lift Latinos...

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  • Climate change brings new diseases

    Climate change brings new diseases

    June 21, 2009

    BERLIN, Jun 19 (IPS) - As its name suggests, the West Nile virus, a leading cause of a form of meningitis and a neuro-invasive disease, has until recently been reported mostly in tropical and sub-tropical African...

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