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The Obama administration has reacted to news that the US poverty rate has returned to the levels of the 1960s by ruling out any anti-poverty measures.
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The German defence ministry’s proposed restructuring of the military represents the greatest change in the army since the founding of the German Federal Republic.
Sharp diplomatic exchanges have erupted between Japan and China after two Japanese Coast Guard vessels reportedly collided with a Chinese fishing trawler in the waters off the disputed Diaoyu Islands last week.
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The government’s new energy policy has delivered the nuclear energy lobby an initial victory.
In a scene reminiscent of the food lines of the 1930s, thousands of Detroiters lined up for free groceries and school supplies on Saturday.
Census figures for 2009, to be released Thursday, will show that the poverty rate soared last year to nearly 15 percent. One out of every seven Americans is now living below the official poverty level, the highest proportion since the 1960s.
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The Hargraves, residents of Robinwood Street on Detroit's east side, repeatedly reported electrical arcing and power malfunctioning to DTE days before the eruption of the firestorm that devasted the city.
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Anti-government protests in the northern city of Thessaloniki in Greece last weekend were met by a massive police response.
Union leaders were chased out of a meeting in Johannesburg when they told striking public service workers that their three-week strike was over.
The US Department of Defense is seeking to buy and destroy all 10,000 copies of a book written by a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer about his experiences in Afghanistan.
The Sri Lankan government has rammed through constitutional changes entrenching President Mahinda Rajapakse, by enabling him to run for office indefinitely and handing him considerable control over key state institutions.
On Tuesday afternoon, Soran Rahman Taleh Wali, a Kurdish Iraqi soldier, opened fire on US troops at an Iraqi commando base near the city of Tuz Khurmatu.