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S. Korea says new cruise missiles a warning to North
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – South Korea unveiled new cruise missiles on Thursday that it said could hit any target in North Korea, and warned Pyongyang it would immediately retaliate against any provocation. The announcement follows a failed North Korean… Read More ›
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Romanian government is latest victim of EU austerity
Romania’s government fell after a no-confidence vote and the leadership of the Czech Republic narrowly survived a similar challenge Friday in the latest challenges to European efforts to heal the Continent’s debt crisis with tough spending cuts and higher taxes…. Read More ›
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Backlash against the rolling back of child labor laws
Child labor groups upset after Labor Department drops rules about children working on farms WASHINGTON — Child labor groups say they are stunned and disappointed that the Obama administration is backing off a plan to keep children from doing the… Read More ›
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Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike
JERUSALEM — Israeli prison officials say that hundreds of Palestinian prisoners who declared a hunger strike two weeks ago are continuing to refuse food as they demand better conditions. Sivan Weizman of Israel’s prison authority said Monday that 1,450 remain… Read More ›
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President Barack Obama defiles the legacy of International Workers Day by announcing “Loyalty Day”
Presidential Proclamation — Loyalty Day, 2012 LOYALTY DAY, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION More than two centuries ago, our Founders laid out a charter that assured the rule of law and the rights… Read More ›
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Why Conservatives Are Smearing Trayvon Martin’s Reputation
by Michelle Goldberg Conservatives are focusing on Trayvon’s tweets, appearance, school suspension over marijuana traces, and the hoodie he was wearing to blame him for his own death—and to show that his killing had nothing to do with racism. Plus… Read More ›
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Pentagon Sought to Stop Paper From Using Photos
The grisly photographs of American soldiers posing with the body parts of Afghan insurgents during a 2010 deployment in Afghanistan were the source of a dispute between The Los Angeles Times and the Pentagon lasting weeks. Two of the 18… Read More ›
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Photos of U.S. soldiers posing with Afghan corpses prompt condemnation
After the Los Angeles Times publishes two pictures, American officials denounce the actions of troops photographed with dead insurgents and their body parts. By David Zucchino and Laura King From the White House to the American Embassy in Kabul, American… Read More ›
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Worth a Thousand Words: the True Face of Anti-Communism
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APL May Day Photos
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Celebrate International Workers’ Day 2012!
Today we celebrate May Day, also known as International Workers’ Day, a holiday celebrated by working people worldwide. This day began in commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago, where police fired upon workers striking for an eight-hour-day. Since… Read More ›
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Video: Trayvon Martin 911 Call
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British colonial files released following legal challenge
By Holly Wallis BBC News Secret files from British colonial rule – once thought lost – have been released by the government, one year after they came to light in a High Court challenge to disclose them. Some of the… Read More ›
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Africans shocked by uncivilized antics of European savages
DAKAR. Africans say they have little hope that Europe will ever become civilized, after a week in which Spain’s King Carlos went on an elephant-killing spree and the Swedish Culture Minister was entertained by a racially offensive cake. “You can… Read More ›
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Venezuela’s Minimum Wage to Rise 32.25% in 2012
By Ewan Robertson Mérida, 9th April 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuela’s national minimum wage is to increase 32.25% in 2012, announced Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday. In a televised address from Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Chavez explained that the… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 