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Israelis, Palestinians rally for peace at Gaza border
January 30, 2008In an emotional rally at the Gaza border Jan. 26, some 2,000 Israelis demonstrated for peace and an end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza. The demonstration was organized by Israeli Jewish and Arab groups, and was...
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Voices from South Carolina
January 28, 2008The following is based on four blogs Wheeler wrote from South Carolina. COLUMBIA, S.C.- It’s primary election day here and the army of volunteers who have flooded into the state to campaign for Barack Obama have...
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Different Drummers: indigenous rights and corporate free trade in South America
January 27, 2008Indigenous rights renewal in Latin America flourishes in some quarters, but there are many reminders of the continued misery of first peoples at the hands of propertied and commercial classes. In Brazil, especially in Mato Grosso...
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New efforts for peace dialogue in Colombia
January 27, 2008Democratic Reps. William Delahunt and James McGovern, both of Massachusetts, and George Miller of California, recently spent four days in Colombia looking into longstanding U.S. corporate complicity with terrorists. Delahunt, head of the Subcommittee on International...
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China, Cuba by the numbers
January 27, 2008Public health statistics reflect overall social well being. Educational levels, nutrition, housing, preventative health care, access to urgent care, and hopes for a decent life are all big factors in what overall health looks like. That...
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