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Rescue efforts continue for earthquake victims
October 14, 2005Days after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake sent tremors across much of South Asia, rescue efforts intensified in the hardest hit area of the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir in the Himalayas. The quake hit on...
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Residents heated up over lack of gas
October 14, 2005CHICAGO — With 52,000 households’ gas shut off and home-heating costs breaking records, Chicagoans are tired of being cold in their own homes. And fingers are being pointed at Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Protesters on Sept. 30...
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The peace lobbys in the House (and the Senate)
October 14, 2005WASHINGTON — Some 1,000 peace activists from 40 states lobbied over 300 senators and representatives on Sept. 26, the Monday after the huge antiwar march here. It was an unprecedented peace lobby, seeking to flex its...
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Cindy Sheehan welcomed home to Bay Area
October 14, 2005‘America is ready to end the war’ OAKLAND, Calif. — Cindy Sheehan “came home” to a loving welcome Oct. 5 as hundreds of supporters gathered here to give her standing ovation after ovation. Every ear was...
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National Clips
October 14, 2005WASHINGTON: Millions More Movement marches Along with Hurricane Katrina came the reality that racism and poverty are still very evident in the U.S. It fueled outrage and charged up civil rights and justice activists and leaders....
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