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The Complexity of Caring for California's Uninsured Pregnant Women

Spot Us Region: California

By Deborah Stokol Images by P. Kim Bui As long as she is pregnant, a woman living in the United States may receive medical care. So even the homeless, the undocumented, “the tired [and] poor,” may visit a doc... more

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University of Phoenix’s Curious Take on the Law

ProPublica Region: Arizona

The University of Phoenix has 190 campuses operating in 39 states [1], the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. The school says it has 420,000 students and tens of thousands of employees at its schools of nursing, busines... more

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Psychiatrist Was Paid $500Kto Promote Antipsychotic Drug, Despite Doubts

ProPublica Region: United States

  Chanile Hayes came under Dr. Michael Reinstein's care after suffering a nervous breakdown. Hayes went from 140 pounds to nearly 300 in two years after taking Seroquel, a drug that Reinstein was paid to promote by... more

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U.N. Can’t Account for Millions Sent to Afghan Election Board

ProPublica Region: Afghanistan

  Afghan employees from the Independent Election Commission load election materials into a truck to be sent to provinces on Oct. 22, 2009. Afghanistan's presidential rivals are reigniting their campaigns for a se... more

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Ethiopian Premier accused aid donors of manipulating starvation

Alemseged Negash Region: Ethiopia

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has lashed out at aid donors, accusing them of manipulating his country's food crisis and failing to deliver on pledges of assistance. Televised live Saturday on state media, the Ethi... more

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Dead Aid Book Could Invigorate Africa

Richard Cooper Region: United States

Dambisa Moyo's book Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working And How There Is A Better Way For Africa, contends that development aid from the West to Africa not only has not worked but is detrimental to the Africans.  See www... more

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The American Foreign Policy Shell Game: Free Trade It Is Not

Betsy Ross Region: United States

While most Americans have been caught up since the election of Barack Obama with the increasingly downward spiraling economy, and Mr. Obama's solutions, which haven't been solutions at all merely attempts to supposedly bul... more

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Seven Workers Killed in Cracker Factory Accident

Selvam Nallamuthu Region: India

Sivakasi : Tamilnadu : A fire accident occured this afternoon (IST) and it is feared that many might have perished in the fire.  As of this moment, the official death figure stands at 7. More information will be avail... more

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Pakistan is not a failed state: Richard Holbrooke

Imran Shah Region: Pakistan

Washington: The U.S special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke said that Pakistan is not a failed state and any delay in the approval of emergency aid to Pakistan would only benefit the enemies of United... more

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In Sudan, Activists Mount Legal Challenge to NGO Closures

IWPR Region: Sudan

Civil society groups attempt to resist government crackdown in wake of ICC’s indictment of Bashir. By Amy Stillman in London (AR No. 209, 9-Apr-09) It was late in the afternoon when the letter arrived at the Sud... more

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Tags: Sudan , Darfur , Aid , Eufor




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