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Headlines - May, 2012

Friday May 25, 2012

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Presidential Results a 'Revolutionary Reversal' in Egypt
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Bonn Climate Talks Close in Disappointment; World Leaders Whistle Towards Disaster
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Sneak Attack on Teachers’ Collective Bargaining Rights in Pennsylvania
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Global CO2 Emissions at Record High
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Shifting US, Israeli Demands Drive Failure of Iran Nuke Talks
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Assange Dons Mask at 'Shadows of Liberty' London Premiere
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Obama Campaign Under Fire for Lack of Support in Walker Recall Election
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Abortion Clinics Across Country Put On Alert In Wake of Georgia Clinic Arson Cases
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'Pots & Pans' Sing Solidarity as Defiant Quebec Protests Persist
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Unprecedented Secrecy at Manning Trial; Rights Groups Request Transparency
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Student Protests Energize Mexico’s Election Campaign

Thursday May 24, 2012

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Ignoring Protest and Warnings, Obama Ushers in Era of Unprecedented Arctic Drilling
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US Neo-Conservatives Assail Possible Compromise on Iran Talks
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Amazon.com 16th Corporation to Dump ALEC
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Romney Challenged on Educational Reform at Philadelphia Charter School
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Amnesty Report Slams UN as Failure in the Wake of Global Uprisings
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Thousands March in Mexico, Outraged Over Corporate Media Bias
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TEPCO: 2-1/2 Times More Fukushima Radiation Released Than Previously Announced
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Violence Against Women Act Stalled by Deadlock Congress
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Los Angeles Largest U.S. City to Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags
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Fire on US Nuclear Submarine Injures Seven at Maine Naval Shipyard

Wednesday May 23, 2012

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'Biggest Act of Civil Disobedience in Canadian History'
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Yemen Suffering 'Catastrophic' Food Crisis as US Escalates Its Drone War
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Concerns Grow Over Stability of Fukushima Fuel Pool 4
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'Killer Summer Heat': How Climate Change Is Killing Us
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'Citizen Journalism' on the Rise, Garnering International Attention for Palestinian, Global Struggle
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'Stroller Brigade': Mothers, Cancer Survivors Champion 'Safe Chemicals Act'
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Assange Fate to Be Determined Next Week
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Iran Nuclear Talks Open in Baghdad; Sanctions to Continue
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Winner of Egyptian Election Will Face 'Turbulent Future'
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Senate Panel Votes to Extend Gov’t Surveillance Powers
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UN Chief: Ocean's Biodiversity Must Be Protected

Tuesday May 22, 2012

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Red River of Protest Runs Through Montreal as Students Continue Fight
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Top Obama Officials, Secretive Process Create 'Assassination List'
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Iran, UN Inspectors Strike Deal on Eve of Nuclear Talks
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Scantron 15th Corporation to Dump ALEC
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2,000 Exonerations, a Fraction of False Convictions in US: Report
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EU Rejects France's Ban on Monsanto's GM Corn
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Leaked Memo Exposes Toxic US 'Burn Pit' in Afghanistan
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Green Groups Urge Obama to Attend Rio+20
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Spanish Teachers, Students on Strike Over Austerity Cuts
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US 'B Corporations' Put Social Values Before Big Profits

Monday May 21, 2012

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Alexis Tsipras Warns: Greek Crisis Also Europe's, World's
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Night of Protest in Montreal after 'Emergency Law'
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Evidence Continues to Mount for Ticking 'Methane Time Bomb'
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Drones of Its Own: NATO Signs Deal with Northrup Grumman for 'Global Surveillance Capabilities'
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Protesters March to Boeing Headquarters as NATO Summit Continues
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Israeli Settlers Shoot Palestinians In Presence Of Army And Police
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Organic Farmer Charged for Disturbing Genetically-Modified Crop Trial
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Italy's 'Protest Candidates' Deal Blow to Austerity in Local Elections
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Iraq Buys US Drones to Police Oil Reserves
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Nearly 100 Soldiers Dead, 300 Wounded in Yemen Blast

Sunday May 20, 2012

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Shut Down the War Marchine!: Thousands in Anti-NATO Rally
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At G8 France's Hollande Pushes Against the Austerity Drive
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NAACP Endorses Same-Sex Marriage

Saturday May 19, 2012

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Chicago Police Hold Occupy Activists on State Terrorism Charges With Dubious Evidence
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25,000 Rally Against Austerity in Germany
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How Twitter Mapped a ‘Covert’ US Drone Operation in Yemen

Friday May 18, 2012

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'An Economy for the 99%': People's G8 Demands 'Robin Hood Tax'
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The Organic Watergate: Alarming Report Reveals USDA's Cozy Relationship with Corporate Agribusinesses in 'Organics'
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India's Poorest Turn Video Journalists to Fill News Gap
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Obama's 'Poverty-Relieving' Plan for Africa a Profit Boon for Giant Agribusiness
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US Congress Endorses 'Indefinite Detention' Policy
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Congress, Standing Against Public Majority, Votes for More War in Afghanistan
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G8 Protest: Peoples’ Summit Confronts World Leaders at Camp David, Urging Action on Poverty, Hunger
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US Iran Hawks in Congress in Some Disarray

Thursday May 17, 2012

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Massive Student Protest Fills Streets of Montreal after Proposed 'Emergency' Law
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House Bill Reinstates 'Global Gag Rule,' Cuts All Funds for United Nations Population Fund
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Updated: Under Pressure, TED Releases 'Income Inequality' Talk
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US Rep. Dennis Kucinich to Retire From Office
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NDAA's 'Indefinite Detention' Provisions Unconstitutional, says Judge
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International Civil Society Ramps Up Campaign Against US Drones
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Hoax: CBS Reports Predator Drone Spotted Near Chicago Days Before NATO Summit

Wednesday May 16, 2012

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Greek Voters to Face Month of Eurozone 'Fear-Mongering' to Swallow Austerity
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Despite Fukushima, US Reduces Nuclear Plant Drills, Test Evacuations
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Associated Press Calls Out Romney's Lies in 'Prairie Fire' Speech
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Austerity Arrives in Califoria: 'You Name It, We've Got To Cut It,' says Governor
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J Street President: Senators, Congressmen 'Live in Fear' of Pro-Israel Groups
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'Mortgage Settlement' Funds Paying for Prisons, Not Foreclosure Relief
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'Blockupy Frankfurt' Protesters Cleared From Camp During Anti-Austerity Demonstration
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Cesium from Fukushima Spikes in Tokyo Bay
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New Research Suggests Tasers Can Be Lethal
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Unrest Is Growing in the Run-Up to Egypt's Presidential Election

Tuesday May 15, 2012

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Over One Million Say Shell No! to Arctic Drilling
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Anti-Wall Street Protesters Upstage Morgan Stanley
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Execution Stayed for Mentally Incompetent Inmate
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'Terror Group' Who Enlisted Former US Officials on Verge of Potential Payoff
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Nuclear Catastrophe Imminent at San Onofre if Guidelines Continue to be Ignored
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Shocking New Investigation Reveals Details of Wrongful Execution
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New Greek Elections Called as Left Holds Firm Against Austerity Drive
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Thousands of Palestinians Mark 'Day of Catastrophe', Hunger Strike Victory
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Rights Group: Iraq Torture Prison Still Open
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France's Socialist President Francois Hollande Sworn In
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Report: 'Over-Consumption' Threatening Earth

Monday May 14, 2012

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U.S. Renews Military Sales to Bahrain Amid Crackdown
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'Victory': Palestinians End Hunger Strike After Israel Agrees to Demands
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Anti-whaling 'Sea Shepard' Captain, Activist Arrested
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In Start of Week of Civil Disobedience, Protesters Arrested at Obama HQ in Chicago
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French Environmentalists Want ‘Green’ Without the ‘N’
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Greek Leftist Leader Gains Support for Standing Firm Against Austerity
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Hundreds of Thousands More Suffer Cuts to Unemployment Aid
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Elizabeth Warren: Wall Street Waging 'Guerrilla War' on Financial Regulations
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Take Responsibility for Civilian Deaths, Group Tells NATO
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IAEA Refuses Iran Cooperation Pact Until After Parchin Visit

Sunday May 13, 2012

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War Tribunal Finds Bush, Cheney Guilty of War Crimes
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Crushing Defeat for Germany's Merkel as Voters Reject Austerity
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Spanish Anger at Austerity Spills Into the Streets
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Petition Calls on Brazilian President to Veto 'Catastrophic' Forest Code

Saturday May 12, 2012

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Round One to Radical Left, Round Two to Europe?
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Democrats' Fund Taps Corporate Donors for Convention

Friday May 11, 2012

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Justice Now! Spain's Indignados to Retake the Streets
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Watchdog: Huge Spike in Cancers, Fertility Problems Linked to Chemicals in Household Items
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US Concerned Israel May Attack Iran "at Any Moment"
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Tim DeChristopher: Oil Lease Bids Stopped Greater Crime
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Chicago Police Ready for NATO Summit Protesters With 'Sound Cannon'
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Muslim Americans Challenge US 'No Fly' List
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Palestinian Prisoners Escalate Hunger Strike
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Super PAC Spending Teeters at $100 Million Mark
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JP Morgan's $2 Billion Tumble Renews Call: 'Break Up the Big Banks'
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US Treasury Claim of Iran-Al-Qaeda "Secret Deal" Is Discredited
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'Bombs over Bread': GOP-Controlled House Passes Austerity Budget

Thursday May 10, 2012

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Sen. Sanders, Environmental Groups Call to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
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Justice Dept. Sues Arizona Sheriff Arpaio for Civil Rights Violations
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US Military Taught Officers: ‘Hiroshima’ Tactics For ‘Total War’ On Islam
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Vermont Set to Become 1st State to Ban Fracking
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Report: Fracking Wastewater Disposal Methods Leave Environment, Public Health at Risk
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Praise for Obama's Same-Sex Marriage Announcement
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Hundreds of Thousands March Against Austerity in UK

Wednesday May 9, 2012

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Obama Endorses Same-Sex Marriage
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Plastic in 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' Has Increased 100-Fold
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NOAA: US Experienced Warmest 12-Month Period Ever
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First Nations Rally in Toronto to Demand No Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline
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Thousands of Protesters Descend on Bank of America Meeting
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#NoWay: Twitter Rebukes Prosecutors for Subpoena of Occupy Messages
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'Why Are We There? Who Are We Helping?' Americans Tire of Endless War

Tuesday May 8, 2012

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Global Temperatures Could Rise by More than 2°C by Mid-Century: Report
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In Victory, Greek Left Says: No Bailout, No Austerity
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NATO Admits Killing Afghan Mother, 5 Children in Air Strike
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'Locavorism on the Rise Everywhere': US Consumers Turn to Smaller, Local Farms
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Across the Northwest, Environmental Groups Act to Prevent Coal Transport
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UN Fails to Finalize Rio+20 Plan on Sustainable Future
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North Carolina Voters to Decide on Same-Sex Marriage
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Recall Walker: Wisconsin Votes in Recall Primaries Today
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GOP, Dems 'Play Chicken' with Student Loan Rates in US Senate

Monday May 7, 2012

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Greek, French Elections Sound Death Knell for Austerity
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House Republican Plan: Slash Safety Net to Protect Military Spending
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EPA Whistleblower on Dangers of 9/11 Toxic Dust Reinstated to Job
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Germany Rejects Fracking
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Loyola University Chicago Ditches Bottled Water
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Global Corporations Undermining Democracy Worldwide
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Austerity on the Ropes as Greek Voters Punish Ruling Coalition

Sunday May 6, 2012

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Sarkozy Out: Socialist Hollande to be Next French Leader
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Chaotic 9/11 Hearing Begins, Defendants Protest Military Tribunal, Torture
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Police Crack Down on Tens of Thousands Anti-Putin Protesters
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Europe Braces Itself as Greek Voters Head to Polls

Saturday May 5, 2012

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Thousands March as Japan Shuts off Nuclear Power, for Now
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United Nations: US Must Return Stolen Land to Native Americans
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Arizona Bans Funding to Planned Parenthood Over Abortion
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Hundreds Held After Renewed Clashes in Cairo

Friday May 4, 2012

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'Broken Earth Day': Connecting Climate Change to Wild Weather
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New Fracking Rules Come Up Short Leaving Communities, Earth Unprotected
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Study: Biodiversity Loss Impacts as Great as Climate Change Impacts
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Kent State Wounded Want Independent Review of New Evidence
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TransCanada's Relentless Push to Get Tar Sands Pipeline Continues
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Gloomy Jobs Report Shows 12.5 Million Unemployed
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Scientists: Deep Ocean Beneath Antarctic Responding Rapidly to Climate Change
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Palestinian Hunger Strikers Appeal to High Court as Movement, International Support Grows
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Protesters Block Coal Train in North Carolina

Thursday May 3, 2012

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Report: How CEO Compensation Is Fueling Inequality
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Media Get Bored With Occupy—and Inequality
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Provocateur Unmasked: The FBI's Cleveland Bridge Bomb Plot Informant
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'Facelift' to Bank of America Stadium Highlights Bank's Funding of Coal
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Chinese Activist: I'm Very 'Disappointed in the United States'
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Brady Campaign: NRA Uses Fear and Paranoia to Protect 'Shoot First' Law
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US Corporations Sponsor Carbon Scam in Europe
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High Cost Health Care: US Spending 'Dwarfs' Other Countries
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John Yoo, Bush's Torture Lawyer, Given Immunity
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Border Vigilante, White Supremacist Goes on Rampage in Arizona

Wednesday May 2, 2012

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New Study Predicts Frack Fluids Can Migrate to Aquifers Within Years
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Obama's 'Midnight' Deal Will Stretch Afghan War to 2024
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Egypt's Election in Turmoil After 20 Anti-Military Protesters Killed
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'Take the Flour Back': Activists Mobilize to 'Decontaminate' GM Wheat Field
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Obama Administration Pushes UN to Thwart West Bank Settlements Probe
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To Highlight Dangers, Greenpeace Activist Stages Aerial Invasion of French Nuclear Plant
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Renewed Violence Follows Obama's Afghanistan Visit
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Many Injured, Anger Grows as Israel Cracks Down on Hunger Strike Solidarity
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Bolivia Nationalizes Power Grid
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Strike Back: US Workers, Students Reclaim May Day

Tuesday May 1, 2012

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May Day Protests Across the Globe
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FBI Sting Charges 5 with Planning to Bomb Bridge; Occupy Cleveland Cancels Rally; Read Full Affidavit...
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Live Coverage: Occupy Movement Heads Back to the Streets
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Suspended for Civil Disobedience, Students Create Their Own 'Freedom School'
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Report: Oakland Police Used 'Overwhelming Military-Type Response' Against Occupiers
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ACLU: Admission of US Drone Strikes Does Nothing to Justify Program’s Legality

May 2012