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May 5, 2006India: West Bengal gears up for elections Election workers for the Left Front campaigned house to house in preparation for the fourth phase of elections May 3 in the northeast Indian state of West Bengal. The...
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Puerto Ricos workers resist govt layoffs
May 5, 2006Marches, picket lines and other demonstrations are shaking Puerto Rico as the colonial administration closed down government agencies and schools, ironically enough, on May 1 — International Workers Day — in response to the island nation’s...
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Israel plans fence for Jerusalem
May 5, 2006Israel’s cabinet voted April 30 to lay temporary fencing around areas of Jerusalem where the West Bank apartheid wall has not yet been built. Ir Amim, an Israeli group that campaigns for Palestinian rights, said the...
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Nepals new government takes the reins
May 5, 2006At its meeting April 30, Nepal’s newly reconvened House of Representatives unanimously approved Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s proposal for elections to a constituent assembly which will prepare a new constitution determining the fate of the...
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Haiti leader faces political challenges
May 5, 2006Official results show that President-elect Rene Preval’s left-leaning Lespwa Party, while winning a significant share of the vote in runoff legislative elections April 21, fell short of the number it needs to govern Haiti by itself....
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