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First Stem Cell-Based Therapy Gets Approved – In Canada
A medical treatment that uses stem cells derived from bone marrow has just been approved in Canada. The drug, Prochymal, has already been used to
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Women, children among 18 Afghans dead in NATO wedding strike
A NATO airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Logar has killed 18 people, including women and children, local officials report. A NATO spokesperson said
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Senate Republicans block pay equity bill
(CNN) — An election-year Democratic measure designed to ensure that women don’t face pay discrimination was blocked Tuesday by Republicans who complained that the bill
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Court rejects appeal to overturn Proposition 8 ruling—case could head to Supreme Court
A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that it will not review a three-judge panel’s decision to overturn California’s Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage.
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CIA Claims Release of its History of the Bay of Pigs Debacle Would “Confuse the Public.”
17 April 2012 UPDATE: Fifty-one years after the failed attempt to invade Cuba, the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Justice continue to claim that
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Woman unhappy with care at St. Mary’s hospital is arrested for trespassing, dies in jail
Anna Brown wasn’t leaving the emergency room quietly. She yelled from a wheelchair at St. Mary’s Health Center security personnel and Richmond Heights police officers
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US Drone Strikes Kill 33 in Past 24 Hours in Pakistan
Attack Targeted ‘Associate’ of Maulvi Nazir A pair of US drone strikes against Pakistan’s South Waziristan Agency have killed at least 33 people, 16 in
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Bill Clinton, the genocider who just might get away
by Aimable Mugara There are some who will claim that Bill Clinton was the first African president of the United States. Those people clearly do
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Defense: George Zimmerman in police custody
MIAMI (AP) — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, surrendered to police Sunday and was booked
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Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin and the protection of police murder in America
Once again another young Black man has been shot and killed, under highly questionable circumstances, by a representative of law enforcement. Also once again, African
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