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July 31, 2010 - 20:31

Enbridge Warned of Corrosion in Michigan Pipeline Weeks Before Spill

by Dina O'Meara CALGARY - Enbridge Inc. faces a growing public relations nightmare around an oil spill in a Michigan river amid reports the pipeline company knew of corrosion on the ruptured line ...
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July 31, 2010 - 19:59

Dead Vets’ Families Accuse Insurer of $100 Million Scam

by Aaron Glantz Prudential cheated the families of dead American soldiers and Marines out of more than $100 million in interest on their life-insurance policies, according to a lawsuit filed ...
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July 31, 2010 - 18:40

Excerpt From Record Of Interrogation Of Yamada Otozoo (Part 2)

EXCERPT FROM RECORD OF INTERROGATION OF YAMADA OTOZOO (Part 2) November 5, 1949 City of Khabarovsk Question: When did you visit Detachment 731? Answer: I visited Detachment 731 only once. After ...
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July 31, 2010 - 18:40

Deaths in the Desert

by Rob Reynolds There are places, like the medical examiners office in Tucson, Arizona, where the human cost of migration to the United States is counted. Dr Bruce Parks, the chief medical ...
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July 31, 2010 - 18:40

Pakistan Floods 'Kill 800' People and Affect a Million

The worst monsoon floods in living memory have killed at least 800 people and affected one million in north-west Pakistan, a local official has said. Rescuers are struggling to reach inundated ...
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July 31, 2010 - 17:20

BlackbaudTV Launches Online Portal for Nonprofit Video

Video response contest encourages nonprofits to share how they inspire supporters  Charleston, S.C. (July 28, 2010) – Blackbaud, Inc (Nasdaq: BLKB) today announced the launch of BlackbaudTV, a ...
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July 31, 2010 - 15:31

Brazilian nomad tribe emerges from forest to prove its existence

Karapiru, an Awá man who survived the massacre of his family by gunmen. © F Watson/Survival Indians from the tiny Awá tribe will stage a three day protest in the Brazilian Amazon ...
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July 31, 2010 - 13:41

Cluster bomb ban treaty takes effect worldwide

Campaigners celebrate as Convention becomes binding international law (London, 29 July 2010) – The Convention on Cluster Munitions takes effect on Sunday, 1 August 2010, when it becomes binding ...
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July 31, 2010 - 13:41

The 3 key moments at the Vienna AIDS Conference

If you have been reading about the recent 18th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2010) in Vienna there were 3 key moments you may be interested in that related to the Born HIV Free campaign and ...
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July 31, 2010 - 13:41

World's 1st International Sculpture & Painting Symposiums to use Recycled Marble

 “Spirit of Diversity” and “Our Fragile Planet”   The world’s first international sculpture and painting symposiums to use recycled marble as its working material – the Carrara marble panels ...
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July 31, 2010 - 02:11

Education: "Chicago Model a Disaster"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2010 Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA)   PAULINE LIPMAN Lipman is professor of policy studies at the College of Education at the University of Illinois-Chicago. ...
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July 31, 2010 - 02:11

Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss Abu Ghraib Torture Case

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2010 Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)  A group of 72 Iraqi citizens who allege they were tortured while imprisoned at detention facilities across Iraq can ...
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July 31, 2010 - 02:11

POGO Comment on the House Reforms in Response to the Gulf Oil Disaster

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2010 Project On Government Oversight Today the House of Representatives will vote on two critical bills in response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil disaster, the CLEAR ...
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July 31, 2010 - 02:11

Kucinich Recognizes Tragic Milestone in War in Afghanistan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2010 Congressman Dennis Kucinich Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today responded to news reports that the death of 63 troops makes July the deadliest month in ...
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July 31, 2010 - 02:11

Kucinich, Conyers, Sanders Renew Call for National Single Payer on Medicare’s Birthday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2010 Congressman Dennis Kucinich Congressmen Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are today reaffirming their efforts ...
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July 31, 2010 - 02:11

Time Magazine, U.S. Government Using Afghan Women to Sell War?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2010 Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) The new Time magazine cover featuring a young Afghan woman with her nose missing and the headline "What Happens If We Leave ...
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July 31, 2010 - 02:11

Kalamazoo Spill Underscores Dangers of Proposed Tar Sands Oil Pipeline from Canada to Gulf Coast

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2010 Friends of The Earth This week, a pipeline carrying oil from Canada into the U.S. ruptured, spilling more than a million gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo ...
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July 30, 2010 - 23:00

RIP Basil Davidson, African Historian (1914-2010)

asil Davidson, who has died aged 95, was a radical journalist in the great anti-imperial tradition, and became a distinguished historian of pre-colonial Africa. He championed liberation movements ...
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July 30, 2010 - 22:40

Iran Must Release or Try US Hikers Held Without Charge for a Year, Says Amnesty International

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 30, 2010 Amnesty International - USA Amnesty International has called on the Iranian authorities to release three U.S. nationals who have been detained without charge ...
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July 30, 2010 - 22:40

Oil-Soaked Waste Worries Gulf Coast Landfills' Neighbors

by Lesley Clark and Fred Tasker MOUNT VERNON, Ala. - At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand, and tangles ...
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