All News Articles for 2013-01-08
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Family Farmers Mobilize in Ongoing Battle Against Monsanto Group heads to federal appeals court to be free from "legal threats and intimidation" from genetically modified giant Read more |
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Judge Rules Bradley Manning Illegally Treated, But Upholds Charges Grants mere 112 days credit for 'torture' Read more |
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Sea Shepherd Captain Hands Over Reins With Interpol Looking On Activists vessels carry on to head-off Japanese whaling fleet Read more |
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'Healthcare for Sale' in Spain as Nation's Doctors Protest Thousands march in the streets of Madrid against privatization plan Read more |
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Exclusive: As Gitmo Turns 11, Al Jazeera’s Sami al-Hajj on 6-Year Ordeal of U.S. Detention, Torture On the 11th anniversary of Guantánamo Bay’s use as a prison for foreign detainees, we air a Democracy Now! exclusive interview with Sami al-Hajj, the only journalist held at Guantánamo. The Al Jazeera cameraman was arrested in Pakistan in December of 2001 while traveling to Afghanistan on a work assignment. Held for six years without charge, al-Hajj was repeatedly tortured, hooded, attacked by dogs and hung from a ceiling. Interrogators questioned him over 100 times about whether Al Jazeera was a front for al-Qaeda. Read more |
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2012 Hottest Year On Record...By Far Tornadoes, drought, hurricanes contribute to second most extreme weather on books Read more |
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As Epic Wave of Poaching Continues, Family of 12 Elephants Slaughtered in Kenya 'The bloody ivory trade has reached new heights of destruction and depravity' Read more |
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Feds Replace Flawed Foreclosure Review With Vague $8.5 Billion Settlement The Independent Foreclosure Review was supposed to be a full and fair investigation of the big banks' foreclosure abuses, and it was trumpeted as the government's largest effort to compensate victimized homeowners. Federal regulators, who designed the review, forced banks to spend billions to carry it out. Millions of homeowners were eligible and hundreds of thousands submitted claims. But Monday morning, the very regulators who launched the program 18 months ago announced that it had all been a massive mistake and shut it down. Read more |
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Climate Change, Lack of Political Will Leading to 'Global Perfect Storm': Report Davos has come to symbolize the modern globalized world dominated by successful multinational corporations from which the greatest resistance to climate action has surfaced. Read more |
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Two Bank Settlement Deals: Homeowners 'Once Again Take It In The Chin' Economist: 'Banks are just not paying enough for what they have done' Read more |
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'Smoking Gun': Tar Sands Report Eviscerates Industry Claims Research shows toxic contamination caused by mining 'world's dirtiest oil' worse than previously thought Read more |
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Gen. Stanley McChrystal: Afghans Are Like Teenagers, We Have 'Emotional Responsibility' to Continue Occupation McChrystal: 'I would certainly like to see American businesses in Afghanistan' Read more |
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Banks 8.5 Billion Mortgage Settlement a Mild Slap on the Wrist James Heintz: Settlement is a drop in the bucket compared to 6.9 trillion dollars of lost house hold wealth Read more |
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With or Without Obama, Climate Change Activists Ready to Fight Over 70 leaders from environmental justice groups sign open letter to president demanding action on climate change Read more |
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Burning 'Deep Purple': Australia So Hot New Color Added to Index An 'unparalleled setting of new heat extremes' continues Read more |