Emile Schepers
LATEST ARTICLES BY Emile Schepers
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World
On anniversary of the Honduras coup, Clinton receives letter
July 5, 2010Twenty-seven members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to ask that she send a special investigator to Honduras to investigate and report on rights abuses.
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Opinion
Immigration: The legislative picture
June 28, 2010With as many as 14 other states consider legislation like Arizona's noxious SB 1070, the prospect of a comprehensive immigration reform to provide legalization for the 10.8 million undocumented immigrants gets harder.
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U.S.
Guam: Proposed U.S. base expansion seen as threat
June 28, 2010President Obama was supposed to drop by the U.S. island colony of Guam in his trip to the Asia-Pacific region a couple of weeks ago.
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U.S.
Supreme Court ruling seen as threat to Bill of Rights
June 24, 2010A Supreme Court ruling may threaten rights of speech and association that had been considered firm since the failed McCarthy-era prosecution of Communist Party members.
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World
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.
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Opinion
Unwinding the BP spin
June 14, 2010British Petroleum is now putting a special spin on the crisis caused by the explosion of its oil well in the Gulf of Mexico - and it's the most revolting spin yet.
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U.S.
Outrage at killings by Border Patrol on U.S.-Mexico border
June 11, 2010There is outrage in Mexico over the second killing of an unarmed Mexican citizen, in the space of a little more than a week, by the U.S. Border Patrol.
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World
Portugal: Economic struggle goes to the streets
June 7, 2010On Wednesday June 2, the Portuguese parliament voted by a thin margin to accept the austerity package presented by Socialist (PS) Party Prime Minister Jose Socrates.
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