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Earthquakes, waves and what ifs - The Nation, Pakistan

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The Nation, Pakistan
Here on the West Coast of the United States the Japanese earthquake was swiftly domesticated in the early dawn hours of Friday as the possible dimensions of the tsunami speeding States-ward across the Pacific. On the coastal stretch of our local county ...

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King George VI's other stuttering performance - First Post

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[image error] King George VI's other stuttering performance
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Courtesy of the Oscar-laden King's Speech, George VI, previously a dim bulb in the history books, now at least will be remembered as a stutterer. But there was more to the man than that. The stresses that prompted the stutter ...

Hillary Clinton: "We're Losing the War" - Press TV

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[image error] Hillary Clinton: "We're Losing the War"
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None other than the US Secretary of State herself, Hillary Clinton, paid fulsome tribute to Al Jazeera last Wednesday, March 2. Appearing before a US Foreign Policy Priorities committee, she was asked by ...

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Hillary Clinton admits it: 'We're losing the war' - First Post

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[image error] Hillary Clinton admits it: 'We're losing the war'
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As the vast, rebellious crowds mustered during February in Tahrir Square, Cairo, and across the region from Benghazi to Manama, there were plenty of complacent commentaries here in the US about the made-in-America tools fuelling ...

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America's war to the death - Wisconsin's just the start - First Post

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[image error] America's war to the death - Wisconsin's just the start
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There's a life and death struggle being fought here in the United States, more sedate certainly, in but in terms of human welfare every bit as momentous in the long term as the dramatic rebellions in the Middle East. ...

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America's war to the death - unions are the target - First Post

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[image error] America's war to the death - unions are the target
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There's a life and death struggle being fought here in the United States, more sedate certainly, in but in terms of human welfare every bit as momentous in the long term as the dramatic rebellions in the Middle East. ...

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The Tweet and Revolution - CounterPunch

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CounterPunch
President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton rushed to contrast the repressive brutality of the Iranian authorities with what they now seek to present as the bloodless, US-managed triumph of pro-democracy forces in Egypt. ...

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Alexander Cockburn | BP Faces Fines of Up to $10 Billion, Plus Jail Time for ... - truthout

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Alexander Cockburn is co-editor with Jeffrey St. Clair of the muckraking newsletter CounterPunch. He is also co-author of the new book "Dime's Worth of Difference: Beyond the Lesser of Two Evils," available through www.counterpunch.com. ...

BP could face $10bn fines and jail time for officials - First Post

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[image error] BP could face $10bn fines and jail time for officials
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For its huge oil spill last summer in the Gulf of Mexico, BP is facing "the largest criminal fine ever paid in the United States," according to the man who worked for 17 years in the environmental crimes section at the Justice ...

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Ain't That Good News! - HomepageDaily

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We need good news. When was the last time we had some, here in this country? The Seattle riots against the WTO? That was back in 1999. ...

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