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Ailí Labañino in Australia talks about the Cuban Five
September 4, 2014The Cuban Five, arrested by the FBI in Miami on September 12, 1998, were political prisoners; three still are.
Read moreUkraine crisis the focus of NATO summit this week
September 3, 2014A combination of regular Ukrainian military supplemented by private militias organized by right wing political groups had been bombarding the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk.
Read moreOutrage over plea bargain in burning death of lab worker
August 28, 2014A plea-bargained small settlement in the case of a CWA worker who burned to death in an unsafe college chemical laboratory has outraged both her family and her union.
Read moreU.S. use of sanctions could spur dollar’s decline
August 28, 2014The recent round of sanctions aimed at Moscow over the crisis in the Ukraine could backfire by accelerating a move away from the dollar as the world's reserve currency.
Read moreIndonesia elects working-class metalhead president
August 15, 2014Joko Widodo has become the president of Indonesia after winning 53.13 percent of the vote in the country's 2014 presidential election. He will take office Oct. 20.
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