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Mixed verdict in Slovakia elections
June 15, 2010Mixed results in Slovakia elections added to disturbing results in Czech and Hungary earlier makes for difficult politics in Europe.
Read moreIn Texas, $18 billion in hole, yet governor lives luxury life
June 14, 2010DALLAS -- While the Republicans hold their convention here, the Texas AFL-CIO held a press conference to highlight that these "fiscal conservatives" have dropped the state into an $18 billion deficit hole.
Read moreCalifornia primary reveals anti-corporate currents
June 14, 2010The June primary election, which brought mixed results, revealed deep anti-corporate and anti-establishment political cross currents among California voters.
Read moreMedia fury over Berlusconi’s “gag”
June 11, 2010Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pushes to "gag" Italian media.
Read moreHelen Thomas was wrong, but Fox and co. are dead wrong
June 11, 2010The 89-year-old pioneer woman journalist Helen Thomas, among the first in the White House press corps to challenge President Bush on war, torture and Middle East policy, retired last week, a sad ending to her legendary...
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