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  • WORLD NOTES

    WORLD NOTES

    February 23, 2007

    South Africa: UN studies state’s role in food security A study comparing the effects of unrestrained market mechanisms with the results of state intervention in food production was released in mid-February in Johannesburg, by the UN...

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  • Colombias Uribe mired in paramilitary scandal

    Colombias Uribe mired in paramilitary scandal

    February 23, 2007

    President Alvaro Uribe’s right-wing Colombian government is dealing with a scandal stemming from revelations of ties between the paramilitary United Self Defense Forces of Colombia and ruling elements in Colombian society. According to U.S. government sources,...

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  • Cubas Internet access cramped by U.S. blockade

    Cubas Internet access cramped by U.S. blockade

    February 23, 2007

    The U.S. blockade’s effect on Cuba’s access to the Internet was a topic earlier this month as some 1,650 participants from 58 countries participated in Cuba’s 12th Information Technology Fair, held in Havana, Feb. 12-16. The...

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  • Dr. King showed worker rights are civil rights

    Dr. King showed worker rights are civil rights

    February 23, 2007

    The following is excerpted from the remarks of Roger Toussaint, president of New York City’s Transport Workers Union Local 100, on the occasion of its Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration, Jan. 15.Today is a special...

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  • NATIONAL CLIPS

    NATIONAL CLIPS

    February 23, 2007

    CARSON CITY, Nev.: Do the right thing for homeless Tents and cardboard shelters sprouted up on the lot next to the state’s Legislative Building, Feb. 18, as over 200 homeless people, advocates, religious leaders and three...

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