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Hundreds of thousands march across US for immigrant rights

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Hundreds of thousands of immigrant workers and their supporters took part in marches and protests in Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Chicago, Denver, Detroit and other major cities across the United States on May

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Tape ‘reveals order’ to shoot Vietnam protesters

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- 37-year-old recording of Kent State killings found  - National Guard always denied order to fire Suzanne Goldenberg  The command, as Alan Canfora heard it on a 37-year-old audio recording recently discovered in a government

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MI5 ‘had six photos of 7/7 bomber’

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Pressure on MI5 intensified as it was claimed that the security service did not reveal the full extent of its surveillance of the ringleader of the July 7 bombers to the official body investigating

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Taped conversation between 7 July bombers casts doubt on MI5 account

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THE row over MI5′s handling of the London suicide bombings escalated sharply last night as the Conservatives openly questioned the honesty of the Security Service’s account of events leading up to 7 July, 2005.

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Senators Wary of Bush’s Wiretap Proposal

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Citing FBI abuses and the attorney general’s troubles, senators peppered top Justice and intelligence officials Tuesday with skeptical questions about their proposal to revise the rules for spying on Americans.Senate Intelligence Committee members said

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Bush vetoes Iraq withdrawal bill

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The US president has vetoed a bill that would have set a timetable for US troops to pull out of Iraq, saying a hasty exit would turn Iraq into “a cauldron of chaos”. George

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