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Chavez makes world tour
August 11, 2006Fresh from the Mercosur Summit in Argentina, where his country was admitted to full membership, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez left July 23 on a world trip to strengthen alliances, secure trade deals and gain support for...
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Israelis march for peace
August 11, 2006TEL AVIV, Israel — The biggest Israeli demonstration against the war to date took place here Aug. 5 in the heart of the city’s downtown. Close to 10,000 demonstrators from all over the country, among them...
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100,000 rally for peace in London
August 11, 2006LONDON — On only a week’s notice, over 100,000 people took to the streets here Aug. 5 to demand an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon. Having assembled at Hyde Park’s Speakers’ Corner under the midday sun, the...
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Hammer on ballot
August 11, 2006HOUSTON — Tina Benkiser, chair of the Texas Republican Party, lost in her attempt to remove former GOP Rep. Tom DeLay from November’s ballot. The GOP argued that he would not be a resident of Texas...
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Hiroshima commemorated
August 11, 2006LIVERMORE, Calif. — Demonstrations across the country this week remembered the victims of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945. Organizers said over 80 events coordinated by United for...
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