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cover up stories: 5 news summaries

Alaska Democrats Complain of Palin Email Cover-Up

Year-old requests still unfilled

Oct 8, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats have been waiting more than a year for officials to release the thousands of Sarah Palin’s emails, and they’re starting to get suspicious. “I think they’re hiding something, I think this is a travesty of justice,” says the state’s Democratic Party chairwoman. “... More »

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Alaska • email • cover up • Sarah Palin • public records

Tillman Parents No Fans of New Afghan General

Blame McChrystal for covering up NFL star's death; call for vetting

May 13, 09 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pat Tillman's parents say Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal helped cover up the circumstances of their son's death and they want his record carefully considered before he takes charge of the Afghan war, the AP reports. McChrystal approved a citation for Tillman stating he was killed "in the line of... More »

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Afghanistan • Pat Tillman • Mary Tillman • US military • friendly fire • cover up • Stanley McChrystal • Jay-ZTV

'Rape' Girl's Death Sparks Chinese Riots

Family charges teen 'suicide' was killed
by official's son

Jun 29, 08 6:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Furious Chinese mobs claiming authorities are covering up the murder of a teenage girl yesterday stormed government buildings in southwest China. Several thousand people set fire to county and party buildings and police stations in Wengan county in Guizhou, the BBC reports. Authorities have ruled the death of the girl... More »

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China • rape • Chinese • riots • cover up

Rumsfeld Dodged Early
Iraq Failures: Sanchez

Former general speaks out in new book, describes lies and 'total BS'

May 4, 08 11:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Early mistakes in Iraq—and the extent of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's involvement in them—are the subject of a Time excerpt from a book by the former commander of US forces in Iraq, Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. Sanchez details an effort by Rumsfeld to get him to agree, on paper,... More »

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Abu Ghraib • Donald Rumsfeld • Department of Defense • US Army • Ricardo Sanchez • cover up • Iraq war • CentCom • post-war reconstruction

Abortion Pill Maker in Tainted Drug Scandal

Paralyzing meds made by Chinese firm that sells all RU-486 in US

Jan 31, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - A Chinese pharmaceutical giant which exports the abortion pill RU-486 to the US is accused of producing tainted cancer medication and of attempting a cover-up.  Shanghai Hualian's tainted drugs left 200 Chinese leukemia patients hospitalized, some paralyzed, reports the New York Times. There's no indication US shipments of RU-486... More »

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FDA • Pfizer • leukemia • Shanghai Hualian • mifepristone • abortion pill • Danco Laboratories • cover up • contaminated drugs

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