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: New Rule Puts Brakes on U.S. Public Housing Demolitions
Matthew Cardinale

ATLANTA, Georgia - Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the publication of a new notice which significantly tightens its procedures for the processing of public housing demolition applications by local housing authorities.

: Lawmakers, "Experts" Spin Tales of Iranian Terror in Latin America
Analysis by Charles Davis
WASHINGTON - Through its ties with Venezuela and other nations in Latin America, Iran is building an anti-U.S. alliance in the Western Hemisphere that poses a direct, imminent threat to the United States, an influential U.S. lawmaker said Thursday.

: Early End to U.S. Combat Role in Afghanistan Draws Cheers, Jeers, Confusion
Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON - U.S. Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's surprise announcement Wednesday that U.S. troops will phase out their combat role in Afghanistan by mid-2013 is drawing mixed reactions, as well as a fair bit of confusion, from both critics and supporters of the 11-year-old war here.

Bush at War Part II

In Focus: Iraq

Economy and Trade

> New Rule Puts Brakes on U.S. Public Housing Demolitions
> Once a Food Chain, Now a Corporate Supply Chain – Part 2
> "Kitchen Nightmares" Alleged at World's Largest Restaurant Group
> Building Communities Around Sustainable Food

> Lawmakers, "Experts" Spin Tales of Iranian Terror in Latin America
> Early End to U.S. Combat Role in Afghanistan Draws Cheers, Jeers, Confusion
> Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won't Join Their War on Iran
> U.S. Group Urges "More Credible" Military Threat Against Iran

> Occupy DC Protesters Stay Put Amid Eviction Threats
> Rights Groups Oppose Smaller Arms Transfer
> "Money Isn't Speech, Corporations Aren't People"
> A Credit Union to Bail Out People, Not Big Banks

> Shale Gas a Bridge to More Global Warming
> Obama Rejects Giant Keystone Pipeline Scheme
> Melting Ice Makes Arctic Access a Hot Commodity
> Rio+20: The Moment When Everything Changed?

> Opposition Builds to New "Tar Sands" Pipeline
> Report Exposes "Survival Sex Trade" in Post-Earthquake Haiti
> Rio+20: The Moment When Everything Changed?
> When a Quick Fix Gets the Deep Six

> Rights Groups Denounce Duvalier Ruling, U.S. Urges Appeal
> Occupy DC Protesters Stay Put Amid Eviction Threats
> Rights Groups Oppose Smaller Arms Transfer
> Forced Marriages Still an Ugly Secret

> 38 Attacks a Day Take Their Toll
> U.S. Limits Mercury Pollution as Big Coal Retreats
> Despite Obesity Crisis, Govt Slow to Rein in Fast Food Industry
> Greater Oversight Urged for Human Research in Wake of Scandal

Media & Communications

> Websites Black Out over "SOPA Censorship"
> "Arab Spring" Dominated TV Foreign News in 2011
> Deconstructing Thomas Friedman
> Opening Virtual Doors for People with Disabilities

Multilateralism Under Siege

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More North American News

Once a Food Chain, Now a Corporate Supply Chain – Part 2

Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won't Join Their War on Iran

U.S. Group Urges "More Credible" Military Threat Against Iran

"Kitchen Nightmares" Alleged at World's Largest Restaurant Group

Pakistan Denies "Intimate" Taliban Links

Rights Groups Denounce Duvalier Ruling, U.S. Urges Appeal

U.S.: Building Communities Around Sustainable Food

Indian Retailers on Edge as 800-Pound Gorillas Come Knocking - Part 1

Occupy DC Protesters Stay Put Amid Eviction Threats

US-BAHRAIN: Rights Groups Oppose Smaller Arms Transfer

Latest Global News

New Rule Puts Brakes on U.S. Public Housing Demolitions

ARGENTINA: Fair Trade Going Strong Amid Global Crisis

UNICEF Funding Falls Short Leaving Millions of Children at Risk

Photos of Armed Children Ignite Scandal in Venezuela

Latin America Takes a New Look at Neglected Diseases

Lawmakers, "Experts" Spin Tales of Iranian Terror in Latin America

Social Media Saved Africa's Oldest Community Station

Finnish Contest No More Between Right and Left

INDIA-PAKISTAN: Food Heals Historic Hostility

Malawi's Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market

More than 300 million strong, the world's indigenous peoples are beginning to make themselves heard, in international arenas like the new United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and at the national level, where their growing numbers are translating into political muscle. Via its local writers, IPS endeavours to transmit these indigenous voices and untangle their issues for a global audience

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