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Palestinians face punishment for election choice
March 3, 2006NewsAnalysis The victory of Hamas, the Islamic Resistance Movement, in the Palestinian legislative elections Jan. 25 has precipitated a new stage in the U.S.-Israeli policy of doling out short rations to the Palestinian Authority so as...
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Illinois school agency backs immigrant students
March 3, 2006ELMWOOD PARK, Ill. — The school board in this western suburb of Chicago achieved national notoriety last week in a case involving its denial of the right of an immigrant youth to enroll in its high...
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In Texas and California: Demonstrators demand defeat of anti-immigrant bill
March 3, 2006Some 1,500 demonstrators marched from Houston’s Galleria shopping center to Grady Park Feb. 26 in a “March for Dignity and Respect” opposing Rep. James Sensenbrenner’s (R-Wis.) virulently anti-immigrant HR 4437, many provisions of which are included...
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March 3, 2006ST. PAUL, Minn.: ‘Public services not for sale’ Hundreds of state workers, members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), clogged the halls of the State House March 1, lobbying to prevent...
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Key congressional race shaping up in Illinois
March 3, 2006LOMBARD, Ill. — The 6th Congressional District covers the western suburbs of Chicago. With its sprawling housing developments, warehouses, office complexes, light manufacturing plants and endless malls, it has become a national battleground to fill the...
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