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With Latin American Leftists Vying For The Spotlight, Where Will Snowden Go?

Ecuador and Venezuela seem to be tripping over each other to offer refuge to Snowden, the NSA leaker.

Simeon Tegel
Por Simeon Tegel

LIMA, Peru — Thought to be holed up in the transit area of Moscow's airport, US National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden could really use tropical getaway. Leaders of several Latin American destinations seem to be tripping over each other to receive him. He's charged in the United States with espionage and other offenses for leaking

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Peace Group Barred From Fourth Of July Parade

The Santa Barbara, Calif. Veterans For Peace chapter’s request for a float was rejected by parade organizers.

Katie Rucke
Por Katie Rucke

Absent from the lineup at this year’s Fourth of July parade in Santa Barbara, Calif., will be the city’s Veterans For Peace chapter, whose request for a float was rejected by parade organizers. Ron Dexter, a member of VFP’s Santa Barbara chapter, said the group was given only a vague reason for their float’s rejection. However, parade organizers

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Dollar Doldrums: World Seeks Alternative To Greenback As International Currency

Since the global banking collapse, many in the international community have sought an escape from the U.S. dollar as the primary reserve currency.

Frederick Reese
Por Frederick Reese

Since the 2008-2009 global banking collapse -- which drew the vast majority of the world economy into a lingering recession alongside the United States -- many in the international community have sought an escape from the American dollar as the primary global reserve currency. Fears of continuing fiscal instability, a desire to make global finances

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Spotlight Hits Indiana Officer Over Allegation Of Police Brutality

Allegations of police brutality in the U.S. are rampant. Between April 2009 and June 2010 nearly 6,000 cases were filed.

Trisha Marczak
Por Trisha Marczak

An Evansville, Ind., police officer is getting plenty of support from his department after taking down an unarmed man with an “arm bar” technique, forcefully arresting him, and allegedly handcuffing him to a police bed while taunting him. Allegations of police brutality in the U.S. are rampant. Between April 2009 and June 2010 -- the most recent

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Soweto Grapples With Apartheid Memories As It Prepares For A Presidential Visit

As Nelson Mandela remains in critical condition, Soweto resigns itself to its hometown hero’s fate.

Frederick Reese
Por Frederick Reese

As the world waits and prays for the recovery of Nelson Mandela, the first post-apartheid president of South Africa and revered freedom fighter, the nation is coming to terms with the realities of its past. Thirty-seven years after the June 16 protests in the South Western Townships -- Soweto -- the scars of more violent times are still felt as the

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Changing Attitudes About NYPD’s Stop-And-Frisk, One Tweet At A Time

The ACLU has reported that nearly 9 out of 10 people stopped by NYPD officers are completely innocent.

Katie Rucke
Por Katie Rucke

Hoping to bring a public face to the 5 million people who have been subjected to the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program, New York-based developer Simon Lawrence and journalist Michele Lent Hirsch have created a Twitter account to document every search NYPD officers conduct. “People think, 'Oh, they stopped 600 people, that's

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