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8 May 2009 - Headlines for May 8, 2009 Friday
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Backtracking on Initial Claims, Pentagon Admits Afghan Civilians Killed by US Bombs Cost of Occupying Afghanistan to Exceed Iraq UN: 500,000 Flee Pakistan Fighting Ex-Soldier Convicted in Iraq Rape, Murder Case Blackwater Remains in Iraq Despite Contract's Expiration Fed: Bank Losses Could Approach $600BDespite Campaign Pledge, Obama Shuns Needle Exchange Health advocates are criticizing a budget item that would reverse an Obama campaign pledge to combat the spread of HIV and AIDS by lifting the federal ban on needle exchange programs. The Obama budget includes language that bans any federal spending on needle exchange. Chair of NY Fed Resigns over Sachs Shares Documents Show Pelosi Briefed on Torture in 2002 Group Calls for Probe of APA's Role in Torture Burmese Junta Arrests US Citizen for Suu Kyi Visit Pro-Independence Puerto Rico Activists Arrested for Capitol Protest Study: 17% of US Children Face Hunger Risk NY Activists Protest Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners Kerrey to End New School Tenure in 2011
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