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New York Times Misleads on Taliban Role in Opium Trade (Jeremy R. Hammond)
The New York Times and other major U.S. media sources commonly report on the production of opium in Afghanistan as though it were under the control of the Taliban. The facts on the ground, however, ...
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AT&T Plans to Reduce 12,000 Jobs, Spending as Slump Deepens (Amy Thomson)
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc., the largest U.S. phone company, will cut 12,000 jobs and reduce spending next year, striving to become leaner as the U.S. economy falters.
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Gaza: Salvation in a News Broadcast (Ramzy Baroud)
Dec. 1, 2008 (World News Trust) -- When Gaza's electricity is in working order, most Palestinians in the impoverished and overcrowded Strip huddle around their television screens. It's neither ...
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OPEC Failure Foretells Decline 10 Years After $10 Oil (Anthony DiPaola, Mark Shenk)
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- A decade after OPEC failed to prevent oil from collapsing to $10 a barrel, the world’s biggest producers are delaying actions needed to arrest the steepest slide in energy ...
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Senators Meet To Plan Health Care Reform -- Without Hillary (William Chirolas)
Nov. 19, 2008 (World News Trust) -- Despite Ted Kennedy's offer of that "important part in the health care debate," the seven senators meeting to discuss the future health care plan did not include ...
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Does Mr. O Know? (James Kunstler)
Dec. 1, 2008 (World News Trust) -- A lot of readers are twanging on me for refraining to castigate President-elect Obama for deeds yet undone. They're discouraged by the advisors and cabinet ...
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The Gutting of our Civil Service- A Prelude to Fascism (Dale Tavris MD, MPH)
One of the most striking hallmarks of the Bush/Cheney administration has been the privatization of as many formerly government jobs as it could get away with. This effort has sometimes been referred ...
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Americans' Food Stamp Use Nears All-Time High (Jane Black)
Wednesday, November 26, 2008- Fueled by rising unemployment and food prices, the number of Americans on food stamps is poised to exceed 30 million for the first time this month, surpassing the ...
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VIDEO: Thanksgiving Prayer (William S. Burroughs)
This poem resonates today as exposing what has gone horribly wrong in the USA, or maybe what has always been wrong. This is a short film by Gus Van Sant of Mr. Burroughs reading his poem called ...
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Restoring Food Security And A Dying Way Of Life: Getting To Know Your Local Farmer (Carolyn Baker)
Nov. 26, 2008 (World News Trust) -- The U.S. financial system is in collapse, and energy costs are likely to come back again next spring and summer with a vengeance that we can't imagine. This will ...
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