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Oregon Militia Agrees To Surrender, Cliven Bundy Arrested

FBI arrests Cliven Bundy just as he arrives, while last four individuals remaining inside the wildlife refuge have said they will give up despite earlier proclamations which included “We’re not leaving without our weapons.”

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This Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 booking photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff shows Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy. Bundy, the father of the jailed leader of the Oregon refuge occupation, and who was the center of a standoff with federal officials in Nevada in 2014, was arrested in Portland, the FBI said Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. (Maricopa County Sheriff via AP)

Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who last year engaged in a standoff with federal agents over his use of public lands for grazing in the southwest, was arrested by FBI agents on Wednesday night just after landing in Oregon where a tense standoff that has been ongoing since the beginning of the year appears to be reaching its final

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‘Diplomacy Works’: Peace Groups Hail Iran Deal; Clinton Talks Like A Hawk

‘The implementation of the agreement proves that diplomacy works’

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gestures as she speaks at a town hall at the Toledo Civic Center in Toledo, Iowa, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suggested Sunday that the Obama administration's deal struck with Iran would never have happened had Hillary Clinton been president instead of Barack Obama. Speaking on Meet the Press Sunday morning, Sanders said: “If you think back to, I think it was 2007, during the campaign in

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‘Yeeeeehaw!’ Obama Administration Rejects Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

Long-awaited decision comes after years of people-powered organizing.

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President Barack Obama arriving at the TransCanada Stillwater Pipe Yard in Cushing, Okla.

The Obama administration has rejected the Keystone XL pipeline, saying that to approve the project would have "undercut" U.S. climate goals and leadership. "America is now a global leader when it comes to taking serious action on climate change," Obama said in remarks at the White House. "Frankly, approving this project would have

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Hundreds Of Thousands March In Berlin Against TTIP Trade Deal

TTIP, activists fear, would erode labor and environmental standards.

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Tens of thousands of protestors attend a demonstration against the free trade agreements TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Hundreds of thousands of people rallied on Saturday afternoon in the German capital against the massive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) accord being negotiated by the European Union and the United States. Critics say the trade deal will benefit large corporations at the expense of average Europeans. Trade unions,

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US Anti-Islam Rallies ‘Fizzle’ Nationwide

Interfaith support quashes anti-Muslim rallies.

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Lone, Possibly Illiterate Anti-Islam Protester in Oklahoma City

A series of planned anti-Islam rallies targeting more than 20 U.S. cities Saturday fizzled out despite extensive social media promotion; morphing instead into a welcomed show of support and tolerance. In Armarillo, Texas, police department Cpl. Cody Lavery told the Amarillo Globe News “All of these people are supporters of the center.

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Bernie Sanders Attracts 10,000 In South Carolina Campaign Swing

It was the Vermont senator’s first visit to the state since announcing his candidacy in late April, in a challenge to Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.

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Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, speaks during a town hall meeting

Sen. Bernie Sanders brought his progressive populism to deeply Republican South Carolina and found enthusiastic crowds totaling 10,000 during a two-day campaign swing as he made a pitch to connect with the black voters that provide most of the Democratic support in the early primary state. It was the Vermont senator's first visit to the state

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Protesters Forcibly Removed By Police As Arctic Drilling Ship Escapes Blockade

After blocking vessel for nearly two days, activists said to be ‘tired and hot, but filled with gratitude’.

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The Royal Dutch Shell PLC icebreaker Fennica heads up the Willamette River under protesters hanging from the St. Johns Bridge on its' way to Alaska in Portland, Ore., Thursday, July 30, 2015.

Ending a nearly two-day standoff, Greenpeace activists who had successfully blocked passage of a Shell Oil drilling vessel were dramatically removed from their positions on the St. Johns Bridge in Portland, Oregon on Thurdsay evening as a special team of law enforcement officers cut them away to allow passage of the ship. As the local KOIN

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