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House to vote again on bill to aid 9/11 …

The House is expected to reconsider a bill this month to provide up to $7.4 billion to workers sickened during cleanup of World Trade Center site after the Sept.

Alexander says Tennessee to get coal ash hearing

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander says the Environmental Protection Agency has added Tennessee to the lineup of states where the agency is holding public hearings on proposed coal ash disposal regulations.

For Alaska’s restive right, it’s Joe Miller time

Reporting from Fairbanks, Alaska – For campaign volunteer Amy Walker, the Republican U.S. Senate race in Alaska never was about money, so it didn’t matter that Sen.

Still Hope Versus Fear

In the last days of the 2008 election, Barack Obama visited Cleveland for one of the final rallies of his presidential campaign. Today he returned for a major address on his plans for moving the economy forward. While much has changed since 2008, some things remain the same as we stand faced with another important [...]

Americans’ Turn to Choose

Today, DNC Chairman Tim Kaine traveled to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he was joined by Governor Ed Rendell for an event kicking off the Democratic Party’s fall campaign. In front of a cheering crowd of University of Pennsylvania students and energized Democrats, Kaine delivered a major address outlining the choice voters face [...]

Tim Kaine: "We can beat them"

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine sent the following message to supporters on our Vote 2010 campaign:
From the day President Obama took office, Democrats have worked to rebuild our country’s economy, put into place the basic financial reforms needed to empower and protect consumers, and lay down a new foundation for growth.
Republicans made a different choice: [...]

Arrests of human rights activists in Swaziland condemned

Nearly 50 people were arrested when police broke up a meeting organized by a broad coalition of groups campaigning for political change in the country.

Japan urged to protect right to protest after anti-whaling activists convicted

Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki of Greenpeace were found guilty of theft and trespass and sentenced to one-year jail terms, suspended for three years.

Fair trial urged for ethnic Uzbeks accused of police killing in Kyrgyzstan

Amnesty International has urged Kyrgyzstani authorities to ensure a fair trial for eight ethnic Uzbeks facing charges over the death of a police officer during mass violence across southern parts of the country in June.

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