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  • Cardinal calls for immigrant rights

    Cardinal calls for immigrant rights

    February 17, 2006

    LOS ANGELES — A leading member of the Catholic Church has condemned a congressional resolution that, he said, further victimizes immigrants. He also took the occasion to initiate a campaign for immigrant rights.

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  • U.S. allegations thwart six-party talks

    U.S. allegations thwart six-party talks

    February 17, 2006

    While the Sept. 19 round of the six-party talks aimed at resolving the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula ended successfully after the U.S. government agreed on paper to respect the sovereignty of the Democratic People’s...

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  • The Feminine Mystique of Betty Friedan

    The Feminine Mystique of Betty Friedan

    February 17, 2006

    Betty Friedan, known as the mother of modern feminism, said she was once characterized as “more of a threat to the United States than the Russians.” Friedan died of congestive heart failure on her 85th birthday,...

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  • MovieREVIEW: Three noteworthy films

    MovieREVIEW: Three noteworthy films

    February 17, 2006

    When laughing hurts The premise that’s not just in the title but in every frame of Albert Brooks’ “Finding Humor in the Muslim World” is perfectly mediocre and outrageous. It’s a great match. Brooks is an...

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  • MovieREVIEW: Munich a Powerful moral thriller

    MovieREVIEW: Munich a Powerful moral thriller

    February 17, 2006 By Susan Webb

    Steven Spielberg’s “Munich” takes a shocking, emotionally fraught historical event — the 1972 kidnapping and killing of 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team by the shadowy Palestinian “Black September” group in Munich, Germany — as...

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