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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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November 09, 2006 02:03 PM EST --
Many non-profit groups are quite pleased with the results of Tuesday's Congressional elections and looking ahead to what this might mean for the United States.
On national security - Council for . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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. . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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November 15, 2006 10:50 AM EST --
The Bush administration's plans to reappoint John Bolton as its top diplomat at the United Nations may run into legal snags, warn lawyers who specialize in U.S. constitutional law.
"It would . . .
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November 28, 2006 03:55 PM EST --
Rural communities are experiencing a disproportionate amount of U.S. military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new study by the Carsey Institute, a think tank at the University of New Hampshire. . . .
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