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New York Nuke Waste in Limbo as Concerns Rise
Indian Point is classified as a potential target for terrorist attacks, due to its proximity…
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U.S. Increasing Solitary Confinement, Impact Uncertain
WASHINGTON, Jun 3 2013 (IPS) - The U.S. federal prison system’s use of solitary confinement…
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Opponents Question Proposed Trans-Atlantic Trade Deal
Critics of a potential free trade agreement between the United States and European Union worry…
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Govt, Energy Industry Accused of Suppressing Fracking Dangers
Map depicting United States groundwater aquifers that intersect known shale gas extraction areas (as of…
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400 Million Children Mired in Extreme Poverty
A family living in an urban slum in Sonagachi, Kolkata, India. Credit: UN Photo/Kibae ParkWASHINGTON,…
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Uruguay Not a ‘Pirate’
Diego Cánepa. Credit: Office of the Presidency of UruguayVIENNA, Apr 17 2014 (IPS) - The…
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Ukraine Crackdown Hits Fight Against AIDS
A social worker providing clean syringes to injection drug users in Dnipropetrovsk in eastern Ukraine.…
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To Spy To Live
The mother and father of Fadi Al-Qutshan beside their son's framed picture outside their home…
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World Bank Finds Huge Hole in Social Safety Nets
Manes Feston, flanked by her children, holds her four-month-old son Fedson. He was one of…
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Amid Scepticism, U.N. Trumpets Successes in Cutting Poverty
A woman from Pune, Timor-Leste, collects water for her home. The U.N. study singles out…