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Experts put Iraq death toll at nearly 500,000
October 16, 2013The first major study into the human cost of the Iraq war in eight years has found that nearly half a million people died because of the U.S.-led invasion.
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Workers hit with radioactive water as Fukushima disaster continues
October 11, 2013As fresh horrors in the global Fukushima disaster continue to unfold, nuclear plant workers are the latest victims.
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Vietnamese leader Vo Nguyen Giap dies at 102
October 7, 2013He passed away from old age on Friday October 4 at Military Hospital 108, where he had been living for several years.
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Lampedusa horror part of worldwide migration tragedy
October 7, 2013More and more people in the U.S. realize that U.S. trade and economic policies are directly linked to the conditions that impel people to migrate in such numbers.
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Conservatives lose, communists advance in Portugal elections
October 2, 2013The people of Portugal had a chance to respond to the austerity policies carried out by the right-wing coalition government of Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho.
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