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16 Jun 2009 - Headlines for June 16, 2009
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Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Iran; Seven Killed Report: Kennedy Health Bill Would Leave 36 Million Uninsured Supreme Court Won't Review Cuban Five Case Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Border Wall Case Pelosi Pressures Antiwar Democrats to Back War Funding Bill Pakistan to Expand Offensive Against Taliban UK to Conduct Private Inquiry into Iraq War Report: CIA Director Initially Backed Truth Commission KSM Says He Gave False Info After Being Tortured Carter: Netanyahu Blocking Peace with Palestinians Campaigners Urge Caterpillar to Halt Bulldozer Sales to Israel Hundreds of Thousands Protest in Tehran Accusing Ahmadinejad of Stealing Election; Guardian Council Orders Partial Recount Report: Senator Max Baucus Received More Campaign Money from Health and Insurance Industry Interests than Any Other Member of Congress * Montana Senator Max Baucus, the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, is the Senate's point man on healthcare reform.http://www.freetheslaves.net/Page.aspx?pid=183 There are 27 million slaves in the world today. People forced to work without pay, under threat of violence and unable to walk away. Most Americans believe that slavery in our country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. They are wrong. "The Slave Next Door" exposes slavery in today's America in all its forms, and sounds a call to arms to government, corporations, and private citizens alike." -Kerry Kennedy, Founder, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights
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