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Truthout's Matt Renner reports the White House email system may have allowed
users to erase messages in violation of Federal law; US stepping up
deportation of immigrants; soaring gas prices posing threat to family budgets;
conflict brewing in Sudan complicated by oil; Maggie Mahar writes about the
Army's withholding of mental health treatment at Fort Drum; UN envoy blames
Israeli trade and travel restrictions for deteriorating living conditions in
Gaza; and more... Browse our continually updating front page at



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Matt Renner | White House Email Users Could Have Erased Records
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Matt Renner, writing for Truthout, reports, "During a technical and tense
Congressional hearing, the testimony of current and former White House
officials and the head of the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) revealed a possible explanation for the loss of millions of White House
email records."

US Steps Up Deportation of Immigrants
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Ernesto Londono, writing for The Washington Post, reports, "Immigration
officials are increasingly scouring jails and courts nationwide and reviewing
years-old criminal records to identify deportable immigrants, efforts that
have contributed to a steep rise in deportations and strained the immigration
court system."

Gas Prices Soar, Posing a Threat to Family Budget
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Jad Mouawad, reporting for The New York Times, writes, "Gasoline prices, which
for months lagged behind the big run-up in the price of oil, are suddenly
rising quickly, with some experts saying they could approach $4 a gallon by
spring."

In Sudan, Another Conflict Could Eclipse Darfur
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Scott Baldauf, writing for The Christian Science Monitor, reports from
Khartoum, Sudan, "Darfur is the more recognizable conflict, but another,
arguably more explosive, battle is brewing in Sudan."

Maggie Mahar | As the Army Approaches a Breaking Point
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From Health Beat, Maggie Mahar writes, "Since 9/11, one Army division has
spent more time in Iraq than any other group of soldiers: the 10th Mountain
Division, based at Fort Drum, New York."

UN Envoy Critical of Gaza Living Conditions
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Colum Lynch reports in The Washington Post, "Living conditions in the Gaza
Strip have deteriorated significantly as a result of Israeli restrictions on
travel and trade, threatening the health of Gazans and impeding the peace
initiative the Bush administration launched three months ago in Annapolis,
according to the United Nations' top Middle East envoy and humanitarian relief
official."

Serge Truffaut | Phony Maneuver
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Le Devoir's Serge Truffaut highlights how Ankara has been less than candid in
its assertions about the projected duration and objectives of its army's
latest incursion into Iraq.

Katrina Vanden Heuvel | Stopping the New Arms Race
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Katrina Vanden Heuvel writes in The New York Times: "The White House will do
everything it can to push its reckless, European-based missile defense plan
forward. Not only is there growing citizen opposition in the host countries to
the proposed ten interceptor missiles in Poland and radar military base in the
Czech Republic, but the system fuels a new arms race and militarism that is a
far greater threat to our national security than any nuclear missile from Iran
it would purportedly defend against."


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