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WOLRD NOTES
June 22, 2007Brazil: Landless workers weigh in on biofuels The Fifth Congress of Brazil’s Rural Workers Without Land, the MST, ended June 14 with a march through Brasilia protesting transnational land grabs and mining privatization. President Luiz Inacio...
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N. Korea to shut reactor, rejects missile defense
June 22, 2007North Korea announced June 16 that it plans to shut down and seal its Yongbyon nuclear facilities in accordance with an agreement reached at the six-party talks aimed at addressing the Korean nuclear issue. At the...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
June 22, 2007ARROWSIC, Maine: Town meeting adopts antiwar stance The town meeting is a democratic assembly unique to the New England region that brings voters together to determine the direction of their community for a year. Their decisions...
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Marchers uphold immigrant rights
June 22, 2007NEW HAVEN, Conn. — After residents were terrorized by a federal immigration raid, the usually busy streets of this city’s Fair Haven neighborhood were silent for a week and a half. The silence was broken June...
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Sicko energizes health care debate
June 22, 2007Even before it officially opens in thousands of theaters across the country on June 29, Michael Moore’s latest documentary “Sicko” is already impacting the national health care debate. Over 1,000 nurses and supporters braved sweltering heat...
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