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No troop surge: As 110th Congress gets to work, the call is raise minimum wage, end Iraq war!
January 12, 2007WASHINGTON — Barely a week after convening, the 110th Congress moved to enact a bipartisan resolution condemning President George W. Bush’s plan to escalate the Iraq war by sending thousands more troops into the deadly quagmire....
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Texas town pushes through racist ordinance
January 11, 2007FARMERS BRANCH, Texas - Travelers drive through Farmers Branch without realizing it, because the tiny town of 27,508 is crammed into bustling North Dallas. Thanks to its aggressively racist city council and protests by its 37...
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In Norway, does U.S. or Norwegian law prevail?
January 11, 2007A delegation from Cuba’s Tourism Ministry planning to be in Norway for the annual Lillestroem Tourism Fair on Jan. 11-13 learned in December that its 14 members weren’t welcome at the Edderkoppen Hotel in Olso where...
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Greeks march to save public higher education
January 11, 2007ATHENS, Greece — Pro-education forces throughout Greece geared up this week for an all-out offensive of marches and demonstrations to block a parliamentary vote on privatizing the higher education system. The vote was set for Jan.10,...
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Time to unite against Bush administrations anti-immigrant surge
January 11, 2007News Analysis Now that the Democratic majority 110th Congress is seated, the immigrant rights movement has an opportunity to move forward on several fronts. In the first half of 2006, millions of undocumented immigrants and their...
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