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WORLD NOTES
April 6, 2007Venezuela: Gov’t redistributes agricultural land Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez used his weekly radio program March 25 to announce the expropriation of 815,000 acres from 16 large estates — all idle, he said —for use primarily as...
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Mexico City poised to legalize abortion
April 6, 2007MEXICO CITY — A legislative proposal to legalize abortion in Mexico’s Federal District (D.F.), the area that encompasses Mexico City, is encountering strong resistance from right-wing forces here. But its passage seems likely. Abortion is generally...
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UN rights council deliberates on Cuban 5
April 6, 2007Cuba is determined to keep the case of the Cuban Five before the world. Its diplomats were in Geneva, Switzerland, from March 12-30 at the fourth session of the United Nation’s Human Rights Council. Facing a...
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Northern Ireland plan greeted as step forward
April 6, 2007The dramatic March 26 announcement of a deal to share power by the leaders of Northern Ireland’s major Protestant and Catholic parties — historical archenemies Ian Paisley of the Democratic Unionist Party and Gerry Adams of...
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Judge resigns from Trinidad case
April 6, 2007Colombian left-wing leader Ricardo Palmera, also known as Simon Trinidad, was about to go on trial in Washington, D.C., for supporting terrorism and conspiring to take hostages, when on March 26 Judge Thomas Hogan unexpectedly removed...
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