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  • House Pressured to Pass Stripped-Down War Measure

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-07-23
    by Andrew Taylor

    WASHINGTON - After a take-it-or-leave-it vote by the Senate, House Democrats face little choice but to drop billions in aid for schools, college students and others that they had hoped could ride on legislation paying for President Barack Obama's troop surge in Afghanistan.

    The

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  • Deepwater Horizon update - whistleblowers and warnings gone awry - July 23

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-07-23

    -BP testimony: Officials knew of key safety problem on rig
    -EPA Whistleblower Accuses Agency of Covering Up Effects of Dispersant in BP Oil Spill Cleanup
    -Workers on Doomed Rig Voiced Concern About Safety

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  • Asheville 11 Update

    Syndicated from Infoshop News on Fri, 2010-07-23

    <p>On Friday the 16th eight of the eleven had a court appearance. They were all given continuances and have a new court date set for Sept. 30th. Th...

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  • America divided: the politics of inequality

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-07-23

    The economic crisis in the United States has had a profound impact on the lives of millions of its citizens. Among the most damaging is the experience of unemployment. In a country where notions of work, self-reliance, and self-improvement are fundamental to its identity, the insecurities and hardships associated with forced idleness are hard indeed to cope with.

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  • Oilwatch Monthly July 2010

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-07-23

    July 2010 edition of Oilwatch Monthly

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  • North Korea Threatens 'Physical Response' to US War Games

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-07-23
    by Malcolm Moore in Shanghai

    Pyongyang lashed out after Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of State, laid out plans for new sanctions against North Korea to Asian leaders attending a regional security summit in Hanoi.

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  • Vietnam's Forgotten War Victims

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-07-23
    by Chris Arsenault

    When Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, visited Vietnam on
    Thursday she extolled the country's "unlimited potential" and strong
    trade relations with the US.

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  • US Senate Drops Bill to Cap Carbon Emissions

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-07-23
    by Haroon Siddique and agencies

    A major climate change bill that would have capped carbon emissions has been abandoned by Democrats in the US Senate in the face of opposition from both sides of the house.

    Under pressure from falling popularity ratings, Barack Obama had hoped the bill would add

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  • IWW Statement in Support of NGWF Campaigns to Increase the Minimum Wage and End Garment Factory Fires

    Syndicated from Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) on Fri, 2010-07-23

    Dear brothers and sisters,<br>

    <br>This letter is to declare the strong support of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) for the National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) campaign to increase the minimum wage from 1,162 Tk. to 5,000 Tk. per month. We are also declaring our support of the campaign: "No More Fires - No More Gate Lock - No More Garment Worker Deaths.”<br>

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  • Lobbyists Push Use of Deadly Asbestos in Developing Nations

    Syndicated from Common Dreams on Fri, 2010-07-23
    by Jim Morris, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists

    WASHINGTON - A global network of lobby groups has
    spent nearly $100 million since the mid-1980s to preserve the
    international market for asbestos, a known carcino

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  • Democracy Now! 2010-07-23 Friday

    Syndicated from Democracy Now! on Fri, 2010-07-23

    Democracy Now! 2010-07-23 Friday

    • Headlines for July 23, 2010
    • Senate Dems Give Up On Climate Bill, What Does the Future Hold For U.S. Energy Policy?
    • Three of Every Four Oil & Gas Lobbyists Worked For Federal Government
    • Manchin Appointing Fmr.
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  • The failed presidency of Barack Obama, Part 1

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-07-23

    UPDATE: Sens. Reid and Kerry made it official today – the mostly dead climate bill is now extinct. It has passed on! It is is no more! It has ceased to be! It's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'Es a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E&'s off the twig!

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  • ODAC Newsletter - July 23

    Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2010-07-23

    As dozens of ships at the BP spill site are forced to head for harbour by the approach of Tropical Storm Bonnie, work to plug the well permanently could be delayed by up to two weeks.

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  • Inside the Christian Right's Ottawa Finishing School (in News)

    Syndicated from The Tyee on Fri, 2010-07-23

    How the Laurentian Leadership Centre prepares the Joshua generation to take the reins of government.

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  • Looking for Work (in Life)

    Syndicated from The Tyee on Fri, 2010-07-23

    As unemployment rises in BC, Surrey's mega job fair is a magnet for hopes and frustrations.

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