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The Other 98% Urges Wall Street to Donate $91 Billion in Bonuses to Victims of Financial Crisis The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 both hit record highs on Thursday while the NASDAQ surged to its highest level in over 13 years. The year-end rally is expected to ... Read More →

U.S. Rushes Weapons to Iraq Amidst Bloody Sectarian Conflict Set Off by 2003 Invasion A series of attacks in Iraq over Christmas left at least 42 people dead and dozens more wounded. As Iraq faces its worst violence in years, the United States has rushed a new shipment of Hellfire ... Read More →

How Can the Philippines Recover from Typhoon Haiyan While Forced to Pay Off Ex-Dictator's Old Debt? While the Philippines struggles to rebuild after Typhoon Haiyan, the country is being forced to continue paying out billions of dollars in debt to the World Bank and other lenders. Haiyan, the ... Read More →

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Ex-Minister Among 5 Dead in Lebanon Bombing U.S. Drone Strike Kills 4 in Pakistan African Leaders Mediate Talks in South Sudan Dozens Killed, Mass Grave Uncovered in Central African Republic Egypt Arrests Dozens of Muslim Brotherhood Members Following "Terrorism" Designation Israel Bombs Gaza; Closure Threatens Power Plant 44 Killed, 60,000 Displaced in Brazil Flooding Kidnapped U.S. Citizen Issues Video Plea to Obama U.N. Seeks Answers from U.S., Yemen on Drone Strike Okinawa Approves Relocation of U.S. Base Ice Storm Toll Hits 27 in U.S., Canada

Obama Signs Pentagon, Budget Laws

U.S. Appeals Court Overturns Conviction of Clergy Official for Hiding Child Abuse