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By Fidel Castro When I was writing one of my previous reflections, as a disaster for humanity was rapidly approaching, my greatest concern was to

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By Michael Snyder Are you sure that you want to help clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico?  In a previous article

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A leading Mexican gubernatorial candidate was killed early Monday in a state bordering Texas, in the highest-level assassination of a politician here since President Felipe

By Alexa Olesen China, Taiwan sign trade deal further linking their economies 6 decades since split A historic trade deal between China and Taiwan will

By Poornima Gupta Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc(TSLA.O) priced shares in its initial public offering above the expected range on Monday, according to a market

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By Dean Baker New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman is well known for pretentious columns that consist of letters that he suggests some prominent person

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