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  • Striking stagehands shut down Broadway

    Striking stagehands shut down Broadway

    November 16, 2007

    NEW YORK — On Saturday, Nov. 10, this city’s “Great White Way” dimmed a bit as the lights of most Broadway theaters went dark. The theater district’s stagehands, members of Local 1 of International Alliance of...

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  • From Oregon to Virginia, voters reject Republican right

    From Oregon to Virginia, voters reject Republican right

    November 16, 2007

    Voters in the Nov. 6 off-year election made clear once again that they are fed up with the pro-corporate policies of the Republican right and looking for positive changes like ending the Iraq war, rooting out...

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  • WORLD NOTES: November 17

    WORLD NOTES: November 17

    November 16, 2007

    Dominican Republic: UN report condemns racial oppression After a visit to the Dominican Republic, UN investigators Gay McDougall and Doudou Diene, the latter a special rapporteur on racism, issued a preliminary report in Geneva, Switzerland, on...

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  • Call to Free the Five resounds in Toronto

    Call to Free the Five resounds in Toronto

    November 16, 2007

    TORONTO, Canada — Over 200 friends of Cuba from throughout North America gathered here, Nov. 9-11, to hear legal updates, retool strategies and rededicate themselves to the liberation of five Cuban men jailed in the United...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS: November 17

    NATIONAL CLIPS: November 17

    November 16, 2007 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards

    LONG BEACH, Calif.: Antiwar vets barred from parade OLYMPIA, Wash.: Peace activists arrested for blocking military gear PALO ALTO, Calif.: Stanford students say no to Rumsfeld LEWISTON, Maine: Somali American runner charges foul play

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