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May 16, 2011 by News Gatherer
We also discuss Hochschild’s earlier book, , about the horrific colonial exploitation of present-day DRC by Belgium’s King Leopold and the U.S.-backed ouster and subsequent assassination of the Congo’s first elected prime minister, Patrice Lumumba. [includes rush transcript]. Historian and author Adam Hochschild talks to about his latest book, , and the comparison between pacifist struggles in World War I-era Britain to the U.S. during Vietnam and Afghanistan and Iraq today.
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May 8, 2011 by News Gatherer
Obama says bin Laden was not a Muslim leader and do not represent Muslims. He said bin Laden was a "terrorist whos responsible for killing thousands of innocent men, women and children." Certainly, someone who has killed so maybe not a true disciple of the "religion of peace."
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May 7, 2011 by News Gatherer
ROME (AP) – pipelines are opening new funds to help the rebels determined to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, saying that the U.S. moves to release 30 billion U.S. dollars in euro, froze Libyan assets in twenty countries on Thursday, promising to launch a new fund to provide civilians with food, wages, and even medicine.
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Apr 22, 2011 by News Gatherer
The Washington Post / ABC News poll released this morning showed that 44 percent, a plurality of Americans think the economy is deteriorating, and not staying the same or improve. The unemployment is about 9.6 percent, while economic inequality is at levels not seen in depression, many Americans feel as if the economy is moving away.
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Apr 21, 2011 by News Gatherer
The Washington Post / ABC News poll released this morning showed that 44 percent, a plurality of Americans think the economy is deteriorating, and not staying the same or improve. The unemployment is about 9.6 percent, while economic inequality is at levels not seen in depression, many Americans feel as if the economy is moving away.
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Apr 21, 2011 by News Gatherer
In a move viewed by Wall Street as a "warning shot" of political wrangling in Washington, Standard and Poor's (S & P) said it was cutting the perspective of long-term rating of the United States from stable to negative the first time since the attack on Pearl Harbor 70 years ago.
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Apr 21, 2011 by News Gatherer
The unemployment is about 9.6 percent, while economic inequality is at levels not seen in depression, many Americans feel as if the economy is moving away. The Washington Post / ABC News poll released this morning showed that 44 percent, a plurality of Americans think the economy is deteriorating, and not staying the same or improve.
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Apr 14, 2011 by News Gatherer
Speaker of the House of John A. Cantor (R-Va.) and other Republican leaders are expected to brief reporters after the meeting. In what could be a crucial meeting, House Republicans met in a basement of the Capitol at noon – exactly 12 hours before the deadline for closure. Boehner (R-Ohio), Majority Leader of the House Eric I.
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Apr 14, 2011 by News Gatherer
I know what happens when you create a city without a car-centric and does not allow transportation options. All lines were paved roads were built the affected neighborhoods. This is called being completely inactive on road trips and 5-way, more than 1 1 / 2 hours. Enjoy Florida in 10 years living in what we now do every day while using the money the governor has given us to solve our transportation problems. I am from Los Angeles, and our city will have the most developed network of road cars in the world.
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Apr 9, 2011 by News Gatherer
But the United States to do. And if the U.S. has not, so no port .. I support multinational efforts, I am to join coalitions, "McCain said. But the Arizona senator has criticized how the administration responded to the revolt against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The president remains confident in multinational efforts .