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Music

The Weekend Music Thread-Independence

KillgoreTrout - July 5, 2014 172

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The Weekend Music Thread-As You Please

KillgoreTrout - March 15, 2014 99

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The Weekend Music Thread-LOVE

KillgoreTrout - February 15, 2014 102

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The Weekend Music Thread -The Family of Man

KillgoreTrout - November 30, 2013 44

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Weekend Music Thread-Let’s Try To Save The World

KillgoreTrout - June 15, 2013 29

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The Weekend Music Thread-Lights, Camera, Music

KillgoreTrout - May 11, 2013 37

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Weekend Music Thread-Up Up and Away

KillgoreTrout - April 27, 2013 50

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Weekend Music Thread- Springtime and Change of Seasons

KillgoreTrout - April 6, 2013 26

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Weekend Music Thread-A Whole Lot of Love

KillgoreTrout - March 23, 2013 77

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Weekend Music Thread-Social Conscience and Togetherness

KillgoreTrout - January 26, 2013 71

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France to Pull Its Troops From Niger After Military Coup

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The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

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Screenwriters hail an "exceptional" tentative deal to end a strike that has halted film and TV production. [...]

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A Kosovan policeman and three ethnic Serb gunmen are dead after a siege of a monastery in Kosovo. [...]

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A capsule carrying debris from asteroid Bennu lands safely in the Utah desert. [...]

Canada row over parliament praise for Ukrainian Nazi war veteran

The speaker of Canada's House of Commons apologises for honouring a man who served in a Nazi unit. [...]

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France's president says the ambassador will leave and all military co-operation will end in the coming months. [...]

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Azerbaijan took full control of the territory in a flash operation, saying it would integrate residents. [...]

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The Philippines says the barrier prevents fishermen from entering a shoal in the South China Sea. [...]