Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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Iran's Protests: Why Twitter is the Medium of the Movement

By LEV GROSSMAN

Easy for the average citizen to use and hard for any central authority to control, Twitter is practically ideal for a mass protest movement. But its strengths are also its weaknesses

As Congress Starts Writing Health Reform, Kennedy's Absence is Felt

By KAREN TUMULTY / WASHINGTON

With the legendary Senator and champion of universal health care battling cancer, there are few indications that his Committee will come up with a strong bi-partisan bill

A Year After the Flood, Cedar Rapids Struggles

By BETSY RUBNER / CEDAR RAPIDS

Huge amounts of money have been allocated to help victims of last year's disastrous Iowa floods but little has been dispersed

Will Offshore Searches Slow North Korean Nukes?

By MARK THOMPSON / WASHINGTON

The U.S. and its allies develop seaborne plans to challenge North Korea's arms shipments

New Climate Change Report: From Bad to Worse

By BRYAN WALSH

A federal assessment by the United States Global Change Research Program lays out the alarming effects of warming in the U.S. — those that have occurred and are yet to come

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Top 10 Privatization Plans

This land is your land — if you can afford it. From sea to shining sea, states are privatizing government assets from airports to prisons to toll roads to raise badly-needed cash

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"They have a right to be in Belfast. They are part of the fabric of this city."
NAOMI LONG,
Lord Mayor for Belfast, condemning the racist attacks that forced more than 100 Romanian immigrants from their homes in the city
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Kabul

Afghanistan's Real Strongmen

By Jason Motlagh

Bodybuilding is all the rage in a society where the state is a little short on muscle

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