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Study: Immigrants Not Hurting U.S. Jobs

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A new study released on Thursday indicates that a massive increase in immigration since 1990 has not hurt employment prospects for American workers. The report comes on the heels of Congress and the entire country's heated debated on the immigration policy - an issue which is front and center in...

IAEA Says Poland Returns Atom Fuel To Russia

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As part of a global effort to secure high-risk nuclear material, Poland has returned to Russia close to 88 pounds of highly enriched uranium, a U.N. watchdog confirmed on Thursday. The mentioned uranium which was enough to create an atom bomb was airlifted from Poland's Otwock-Swierk research...

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Lebanese oil spill could rival Exxon Valdez disaster: UN

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AFP - An oil spill caused by Israeli raids on a Lebanese power plant could rival the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster that despoiled the Alaskan coast if not urgently addressed, the United Nations has said.

Political order upended as Democrats slam, Republicans praise Lieberman

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AFP - Republicans had words of praise for Democrat Joe Lieberman, whose longtime support of the US administration on the Iraq war was seen as causing his US Senate primary election defeat.

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Joe Lieberman in the Democratic primary, said Wednesday he wasn't worried about Lieberman's continuing campaign or his petition to get on the November ballot as an independent. Sources: YAHOO Hillary Clinton Squares Off With Donald Rumsfeld In Capitol Hill AHN Possible 2008 Democratic nominee for the White House, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) faced off against the Bush Administrations' Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, on Capitol Hill. Clinton grilled Rumsfeld on a list of what she saw as Administration failures in the War on Terror, while the... Sources: AHN Sugar Land mayor to seek DeLay's seat YAHOO AP - The mayor of former Majority Leader Tom DeLay's hometown said Wednesday he will run as a write-in candidate for his House seat after the scandal-scarred DeLay moved to withdraw from the November ballot. Sources: YAHOO N.Y. GOP Republicans have heated debate YAHOO AP - The two Republicans vying to challenge Sen. 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