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Six months after famine was declared, 4 million Somalis were in need of aid and the UN said the number now stood at 2.34m. \"The gains are fragile and will be reversed without continued support,\" said Mark Bowden, the UN humanitarian co-ordinator for Somalia. \"There are 1.7 million people in southern Somalia still in crisis. Millions of people still need food, clean water, shelter and other assistance to survive and the situation is expected ...","authors":null,"source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"The Guardian","framebuster":false,"id":"the_guardian","ownership":"ind","type":"newspaper","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.1","num_reviews":"3","title":"Romney Isn\u2019t Concerned","url":"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/krugman-romney-isnt-concerned.html","date":"2012/02/02","id":8546155,"story_type":"Opinion","quote":"If you\u2019re an American down on your luck, Mitt Romney has a message for you: He doesn\u2019t feel your pain. Earlier this week, Mr. Romney told a startled CNN interviewer, \u201cI\u2019m not concerned about the very poor. We have a safety net there.\u201d Faced with criticis","authors":"Paul Krugman","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"New York Times","framebuster":true,"id":"new_york_times","ownership":"ind","type":"newspaper","is_public":true}},{"rating":"3.8","num_reviews":"2","title":"\"Gasland\" Director Josh Fox Fires Back at Republicans After His Unfair Arrest","url":"http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/769681/\"gasland\"_director_josh_fox_fires_back_at_republicans_after_his_unfair_arrest/","date":"2012/02/02","id":8545138,"story_type":"Interview","quote":"Gasland director Josh Fox, ... was arrested this week, in violation of his first amendment rights, while covering a Congressional hearing on fracking. In the interview, Fox fires back at the Republicans who have been targeting him","authors":"Ed Schultz","source":{"rating":"3.7","name":"AlterNet","framebuster":false,"id":"alternet","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}},{"rating":"3.5","num_reviews":"1","title":"Unions Shocked By American Airlines Proposed Cuts","url":"http://www.npr.org/2012/02/02/146265431/unions-shocked-by-american-airlines-proposed-cuts?ft=1&f=3","date":"2012/02/02","id":8545137,"story_type":"News Report","quote":"American Airlines is looking to cut 13,00 jobs as part of a restructuring. The company \u2014 which is in bankruptcy \u2014 also wants to reduce salaries by 20 percent and end its pension plan.","authors":"Wade Goodwyn","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"All Things Considered","framebuster":true,"id":"all_things_considered","ownership":"ind","type":"radio","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.0","num_reviews":"2","title":"2012: The Year of the Cooperative","url":"http://www.nationofchange.org/2012-year-cooperative-1328196076","date":"2012/02/02","id":8545140,"story_type":"Special Report","quote":"What do coffee growers in Ethiopia, hardware store owners in America, and Basque entrepreneurs have in common? For one thing, many of them belong to cooperatives. By pooling their money and resources, and voting democratically on how those resources will be used, they can compete in business and reinvest the benefits in their communities.","authors":"Jessica Reeder","source":{"rating":"0.0","name":"nationofchange.org","framebuster":false,"id":"nationofchange_org","ownership":"","type":""}},{"rating":"1.0","num_reviews":"0","title":"Romney\u2019s 1 Percent Nation Under God","url":"http://www.nationofchange.org/romney-s-1-percent-nation-under-god-1328200310","date":"2012/02/02","id":8545141,"story_type":"News Analysis","quote":"Although Mitt Romney has yet to win a majority in a Republican primary, he won big in Florida. After he and the pro-Romney super PACs flooded the airwaves with millions of dollars\u2019 worth of ads.","authors":"Amy Goodman","source":{"rating":"0.0","name":"nationofchange.org","framebuster":false,"id":"nationofchange_org","ownership":"","type":""}},{"rating":"4.4","num_reviews":"4","title":"6 Shocking Ways Capitalism Is Failing Working America","url":"http://www.alternet.org/story/153901/6_shocking_ways_capitalism_is_failing_working_america","date":"2012/02/01","id":8542455,"story_type":"News Analysis","quote":"Capitalism is coming apart at the seams and the middle-class is paying the price.","authors":"Les Leopold","source":{"rating":"3.7","name":"AlterNet","framebuster":false,"id":"alternet","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}},{"rating":"4.1","num_reviews":"1","title":"Breasts Yes, Vaginas No? Race for the Cure Group's Bizarre Capitulation to Right-Wingers (And How to Hit Them Where it Hurts)","url":"http://www.alternet.org/story/153976/breasts_yes,_vaginas_no_race_for_the_cure_group's_bizarre_capitulation_to_right-wingers_(and_how_to_hit_them_where_it_hurts)","date":"2012/02/01","id":8545142,"story_type":"News Report","quote":"Despite Komen\u2019s lame attempts to claim otherwise, it was widely understood that this was about Komen aligning itself with the anti-choice movement, despite the anti-choice movement\u2019s long history of opposing not just safe and legal abortion, but also access to contraception and even the prevention of cervical cancer through the use of the HPV vaccine.","authors":"Amanda Marcotte","source":{"rating":"3.7","name":"AlterNet","framebuster":false,"id":"alternet","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}},{"rating":"3.9","num_reviews":"2","title":"In Florida Romney Trounces Competitors, But Gingrich Steals Thunder With Bizarre Speech","url":"http://www.alternet.org/story/153967/in_florida_romney_trounces_competitors,_but_gingrich_steals_thunder_with_bizarre_speech_","date":"2012/02/01","id":8542456,"story_type":"News Analysis","quote":"After citing remarks made by President Abraham Lincoln at the 1863 dedication of a Civil War cemetery, Gingrich, a highly compensated historian, contended that he would continue to fight for the nomination by waging \"a people's campaign -- not a Republican campaign, not an establishment campaign, not a Wall Street-funded campaign...\"\n\nWith those remarks, Gingrich effectively declared war on the Republican Party.","authors":"","source":{"rating":"3.7","name":"AlterNet","framebuster":false,"id":"alternet","ownership":"ind","type":"online","is_public":true}},{"rating":"2.5","num_reviews":"1","title":"Acta goes too far, says MEP","url":"http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/01/acta-goes-too-far-kader-arif","date":"2012/02/01","id":8544495,"story_type":null,"quote":"Kader Arif, the lead Acta negotiator in the European Parliament, says Acta potentially cuts access to lifesaving generic drugs and restricts online freedom The French MEP who resigned his position in charge of negotiating the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) has said it \"goes too far\" by potentially cutting access to lifesaving generic drugs and restricting internet freedom. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Kader Arif \u2013 a member of the European Parliament's international trade group, who was the lead negotiator over Acta \u2013 said that despite talks over the agreement having begun in 2007, \"the European Parliament, which represents the rights of the people, had no access to this mandate, neither had it information of the position defended by the commission or the demands of the other parties to the agreement\". Arif resigned in protest on 26 January as the EU signed the treaty, saying that he wished to \"denounce in the strongest manner the process that led ...","authors":"Charles Arthur","source":{"rating":"3.6","name":"The Guardian","framebuster":false,"id":"the_guardian","ownership":"ind","type":"newspaper","is_public":true}}]