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US Stance On Syria Reveals Our Ever-Shifting Definitions Of ‘Terrorism’

Although the Syrian opposition includes citizens of Syria and defectors from the Assad regime, a large portion of the fighters are blacklisted by US officials.

Edward Rhymes
Par Edward Rhymes

Britain is set to introduce a United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing military action in Syria as the United States and it’s allies gear up for expected strikes on the Assad regime. The British resolution condemns the Syrian government for allegedly using chemical weapons in Ghouta last week and authorizes "necessary measures for

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Missouri’s Poorest Residents Won’t Benefit From Obamacare

Missouri’s low income residents can’t get free or low-cost health coverage through Medicaid, nor can they get federal tax credits to help pay for private insurance.

virginia young
Par virginia young

JEFFERSON CITY  -- Cathy Hattey, 59, a former factory worker from Warsaw, Mo., isn’t pinning her hopes for affordable health insurance on the online marketplace that opens Oct. 1. Though the insurance exchange is supposed to bring down costs for people without job-sponsored coverage, it won’t help Hattey and an estimated 226,525 other uninsured

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Colombia’s Nationwide Strike Against ‘Free Trade,’ Privatization, Poverty

Ignored by English-language media, rural uprisings spread across industries as hundreds of thousands protest the U.S.-backed government.

Sarah Lazare
Par Sarah Lazare
Riot police detain protesters in Ubate, north of Bogota, Colombia, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. Hundreds of protesters clashed with police in support of farmers who have being blockading highways for a week for an assortment of demands that include reduced gasoline prices, increased subsidies and the cancellation of free trade agreements. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)

A nationwide strike in Colombia—which started as a rural peasant uprising and spread to miners, teachers, medical professionals, truckers, and students—reached its 7th day Sunday as at least 200,000 people blocked roads and launched protests against a U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement and devastating policies of poverty and privatization pushed by

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Egyptian Military-Enforced Nighttime Curfew Sparks Defiance After Violent Week

« The curfew is not for security reasons, » one Egyptian said. « It is purely to make people feel that the army is in charge. »

CAIRO — In every corner of the Egyptian capital, a bustling city of 18 million that rarely sleeps, people are locked up in their homes at night under a military-imposed curfew that has driven people up the walls, sometimes literally. To kill time, one said he spent the night counting flowers on his wallpaper — a staggering 865. Another tested

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Report: Scammers Are Taking Advantage Of America’s Marijuana Boom

As marijuana becomes more and more lucrative, a new investor alert warns of an increase in marijuana stock scams.

Katie Rucke
Par Katie Rucke

As the legalization of marijuana -- for medical or even recreational use -- increasingly appears inevitable across the U.S., more and more Americans have begun to express interest in investing in the emerging ganja industry, which is projected to be worth about $9 billion in the next five years. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA),

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