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Mali: Life Under Al Qaeda

Malian soldiers guard suspecteMalian soldiers guard suspected Islamist extremists after throwing them in the back of the army truck in Gao, northern Mali, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Four suspects were arrested after being found by a youth militia calling themselves the “Gao Patrolmen.” Malian soldiers prevented the mob from lynching them. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)d Islamist […]

Tristan McConnell
بواسطة Tristan McConnell

BAMAKO, Mali — The amputation of Suleiman Traore was agonizingly slow, bloody and painful. The 25-year-old truck driver was living in northern Mali when, in March, a coalition of tribal Tuareg separatists and Islamic militants overran the town of Gao. A month later, Traore was at home in the afternoon playing with his 3-year-old daughter as

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Donald Trump Denied A Tax Break To Build New Luxury Hotel

Donald Trump is pictured here on Jan. 9, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) Donald Trump asked District of Columbia officials for millions of dollars in tax breaks to develop the Old Post Office Pavilion into a new luxury hotel. DC officials considered The Donald’s proposal and said, um, no. Trump and his […]

Kaitlin Funaro
بواسطة Kaitlin Funaro

Donald Trump asked District of Columbia officials for millions of dollars in tax breaks to develop the Old Post Office Pavilion into a new luxury hotel. DC officials considered The Donald's proposal and said, um, no. Trump and his daughter Ivanka Trump hoped the district would give them a multi-million dollar tax break to help with the

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Egypt Army Chief Warns State Could Collapse

An Egyptian protester displays used ordnance as others, not pictured, celebrate the capture of a state security armored vehicle that demonstrators commandeered during clashes with security forces and brought to Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. Egypt’s army chief warned Tuesday of the “the collapse of the state” if the political crisis […]

Associated Press
بواسطة Associated Press

Egypt's army chief warned Tuesday that the state could collapse if the latest political crisis roiling the nation drags on but also defended the right of people to protest. Troops deployed in the two riot-torn Suez Canal cities of Port Said and Suez stood by and watched Monday night as thousands took to the streets in direct defiance of a night

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Union Membership Declines to 100-Year Low in US

A small group of picketers from the Bakery and Confectioners Workers Union Local 9 walk past a closed Hostess plant Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, in Seattle. Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of iconic childhood treats including Ding Dongs, Wonder Bread and Drakes, is winding down its operations after struggling to keep up with rising labor […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

(Mint Press) - Union membership is at a 100-year low, according to a recent report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. With just 11.3 percent of the workforce represented by unions, the reports illustrates the strength of anti-labor legislation, including “right to work” laws limiting collective bargaining power in 24 states. Historically,

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Liquid Cannabis Becoming Option For Ill Children

Cancer, multiple sclerosis and seizure syndromes represent just a few medical conditions that can be treated with liquid medicinal marijuana. (Photo/Medithrive) (MintPress)—Of the 54,600 patients in Oregon undergoing medicinal marijuana treatments, more than 50 of them have not yet reached the age of 18. The ways medicinal marijuana is used in the state vary, but include […]

Trisha Marczak
بواسطة Trisha Marczak

(MintPress)—Of the 54,600 patients in Oregon undergoing medicinal marijuana treatments, more than 50 of them have not yet reached the age of 18. The ways medicinal marijuana is used in the state vary, but include a number of diseases and conditions that afflict children in the same way they afflict adults. Cancer, multiple sclerosis and seizure

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Sanctions To Blame For North Korean Famine, New Cannibalism

In this image made from KRT video, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claps before giving his first public speech during a massive celebration marking the 100th birthday of national founder Kim Il Sung, Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Kim Il Sung Square, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim praised his grandfather, as tens of thousands […]

Martin Michaels
بواسطة Martin Michaels

(MintPress) - A North Korean man was executed last week for reportedly murdering his children for food — confirming the possibility of a widespread famine in the East Asian dictatorship. Unconfirmed reports by citizen journalists working covertly for Asia Press estimate that as many as 10,000 in North and South Hwanghae have died as a result of

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