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Marchers demand freedom of Cuban 5
September 29, 2006WASHINGTON — The struggle for the freedom of the Cuban Five reached a new level Sept. 23 when activists from 30 U.S. cities across the nation marched on the White House to demand their release. The...
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Alarming election results in Germany
September 29, 2006NewsAnalysis How would the national coalition between Social Democrats and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats fare in her home state, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania (often known as Meck-Pom) or in the nation’s capital, Berlin. How would the Left...
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WORLD NOTES
September 29, 2006South Africa: Militants step up struggle against AIDS Meeting in Johannesburg, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has denounced the government’s handling of the AIDS pandemic that kills 900 people in South Africa every...
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Arms control takes center stage at UN meeting
September 29, 2006UNITED NATIONS — Convening under the theme of “Unfinished business: effective partnerships for human security and sustainable development,” the 59th annual UN Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations met here Sept. 6-8. The conference drew representatives from more...
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Puerto Ricans rally for independence
September 29, 2006Thousands of people in Lares, Puerto Rico, lashed out at the United States last weekend while marking the anniversary of the colony’s first call for independence and denouncing the FBI for the shooting death of independence...
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