UN Authorizes Military Action Against Kadafi

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UN Authorizes Military Action Against Kadafi

Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times
Paul Richter writes: "US and allied forces prepared to conduct military operations against Libya after the United Nations Security Council authorized international action to prevent Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi from using indiscriminate slaughter to quell a month-long revolt."
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Paul Krugman | The Forgotten Millions
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Paul Krugman writes: "More than three years after we entered the worst economic slump since the 1930s, a strange and disturbing thing has happened to our political discourse: Washington has lost interest in the unemployed."
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Frances Fox Piven and Cornel West | Debt, Austerity and How to Fight Back
Frances Fox Piven and Cornel West, The Nation
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Tim Dickinson | California's Fukushima in Waiting?
Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
Tim Dickinson reports: "Scarier still, Diablo Canyon was built with the Hosgri Fault, 4.5 kilometers offshore, in mind. But in 2008, scientists discovered a second major fault - the Shoreline Fault - only 1 kilometer offshore from the nuclear plant."
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