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CIA spins spiders web vs. Cuba, Venezuela
September 8, 2006U.S. intelligence head John Negroponte announced Aug. 18 the creation of a new Central Intelligence Agency mission to oversee intelligence operations in Venezuela and Cuba at the strategic level. J. Patrick Maher, a 32-year CIA veteran...
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Lebanon, after blockade, haltingly starts to rebuild
September 8, 2006While a fragile and not-fully-honored truce continues to hold sway in Lebanon, and despite the Israeli government’s three-week-long blockade of the country, initial steps are being taken in Lebanon to rebuild. The legacy of the U.S.-backed...
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Mexican leftist remains defiant after court ruling
September 8, 2006Despite evidence of electoral fraud, Mexico’s Federal Electoral Tribunal declared Felipe Calderon, candidate of the National Action Party (PAN), president of Mexico on Sept. 5. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the left-wing Coalition for...
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Key Senate races could turn on immigrant rights
September 8, 2006NewsAnalysis With precious little else to run on, the GOP has decided to base its midterm election campaign largely on the bogey of “illegal immigration” as a domestic equivalent to Bush’s pro-war and fear propaganda. But...
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Network combats police harassment
September 8, 2006SAN FRANCISCO — Immigrant rights organizations are forming a new network to demand an end to police actions they say violate the city’s values of dignity, respect and equality for immigrants. Representatives gathered on the steps...
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