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Occupy Wall Street: start of a new protest era?

When Paul Friedman met the rag-tag youth camped out near Wall Street to protest inequality in the American economy, he felt he was witnessing the start of a protest movement not seen in America since the 1960s.
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10 Years into Afghanistan War, U.S. is Only Halfway Done

Exactly 10 years ago Friday, the United States entered into a war with Afghanistan. And, despite President Barack Obama's plan to completely remove American troops from the country by 2014, the U.S. could be in Afghanistan for decades to come.
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Obesity Debate Rages on Talk of Christie White House Bid

Speculation that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will enter the U.S. presidential race has led to a feverish debate about the possibility of having the fattest man in the White House since the corpulent William Howard Taft squeezed behind the big desk in the Oval Office.
Sarah Shourd looks up at Josh Fattal as he delivers a statement about his release from detention in Iran with Shane Bauer at a news conference in New York September 25, 2011

U.S. Hikers Back Home From a World of 'Lies and False Hope'

From the very start, the only reason we've been held hostage is because we're American - These are the words of Josh Fattal, one of the three American hikers who were arrested by the Iranian forces while hiking in the Kurdish region along the Iraq-Iran border in July, 2009.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks to the media as he stands next to the U.S. actor Sean Penn after their meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas

Actor Sean Penn Worked to Get Americans from Iran

U.S. actor Sean Penn engaged in attempts to secure the release of two Americans freed by Iran this week, flying to Venezuela to ask President Hugo Chavez to intervene with Iran's leader, a source close to the release process said on Friday.

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