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October 02, 2006 11:36 AM EDT --
Health groups are rejoicing this week after a federal judge in New York gave the go-ahead to the largest class action lawsuit in U.S. history. Smokers of "light" and "low tar" cigarettes . . . more
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September 28, 2006 12:26 AM EDT --
The fate of a U.S. Army medic who went AWOL rather than return for a second tour in Iraq is unclear today after he turned himself in to military authorities.
Attorneys for Augustin Aguayo filed new . . . more
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October 02, 2006 11:09 PM EDT --
Environmental groups are concerned about a new plan to build a 700-mile long fence along the border with Mexico.
The official plan, as envisaged in a legislative bill on immigration reforms, is meant . . . more
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May 28, 2008 05:19 PM EDT --
Sharon Cullars
OneWorld US
Tue., May. 27, 2008
CHICAGO, May 27 (OneWorld) - Before the advent of the Fair Trade system some 60 years ago, an average farmer in Ecuador could expect . . . more
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October 12, 2006 09:54 AM EDT --
North Korea's nuclear weapon test has spawned widespread denunciation but the fallout also includes divergent positions on how to respond.
Some U.S. analysts and policy makers say they believe . . . more
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October 07, 2006 04:15 PM EDT --
Global civil society organizations are pressing the 192-nation U.N. General Assembly to recognize indigenous peoples' rights to their land and resources.
''This is an opportunity that must . . . more
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November 14, 2006 10:10 AM EST --
Seafood consumers in industrialized countries can help save the world's wild fish stocks, according to a new study that provides a ray of hope just days after researchers announced that if current . . . more
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February 06, 2007 10:27 AM EST --
Despite a setback in clinical trials, health advocacy groups remain supportive of the need to develop a biomedical product that women can use to protect themselves against HIV infection.
Last week, researchers . . . more
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October 23, 2006 12:22 PM EDT --
The United States, in a twist on social Darwinism, maintains protection standards so low that they shield only the strongest people from cancer-causing radiation. So say scientists whose conclusions are . . . more
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January 19, 2007 03:50 PM EST --
Last year millions of people in many countries lost their lives as a result of wars, violence, disease, and hunger, yet the major television networks in the United States did not tell their stories to . . . more
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February 10, 2007 04:46 PM EST --
Wary of the fast-deteriorating human rights conditions in Colombia, church leaders and aid groups in the United States are calling for the Bush administration to reconsider its current policy toward Bogota. . . . more
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February 07, 2007 02:19 PM EST --
Attorneys for the first commissioned officer to refuse to serve in Iraq plan to appeal if he's convicted at a court martial this week on a U.S. military base at Fort Lewis, Washington.
"It's . . . more
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October 05, 2006 10:53 AM EDT --
The emotional ravages of war are at issue following the surrender to military officials of Specialist Darrell Anderson, a decorated U.S. soldier who fled to Canada rather than return to Iraq.
Anderson, . . . more
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September 19, 2006 05:32 PM EDT --
"People power" seems to be the tie that binds together today's stories. Our top feature article highlights recent demonstrations and campaigns to support Darfur, oppose war in Iraq, and . . . more
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September 20, 2006 05:08 PM EDT --
Events surrounding the largest annual gathering of world leaders--at the UN General Assembly meetings--continue to lead the headlines today. A grouping of prominent women leaders, including Palestinian . . . more
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September 25, 2006 02:20 PM EDT --
It's campaigning time in the United States, and activists are trying to use the leverage that affords to create new momentum to end the U.S. occupation of Iraq. A week of events supporting a 'Declaration . . . more
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September 21, 2006 01:01 PM EDT --
Thursday is the internationally recognized Day of Peace. Internationally recognized, unfortunately, by far too few. Gill Hicks and the London-based organization Peace Direct are hoping to change that--one . . . more
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September 26, 2006 04:19 PM EDT --
Religion is at the top of many people's thoughts this week--particularly with the celebration of Rosh Hashana and the beginning of Ramadan--and faith leaders are taking a more prominent role in politics . . . more
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October 04, 2006 04:44 PM EDT --
Call them the Religious Left: Church leaders are seeking to rally ''values voters'' ahead of next month's elections in a nationwide crusade to raise the minimum wage.
The Let Justice . . . more
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November 29, 2006 03:20 PM EST --
Joining others in the ongoing international campaign against gender violence, women's groups in the United States stepped up pressure on Congress this week to endorse a proposed law that would protect . . . more
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