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  • Philadelphia parents hit Bennett school contract

    Philadelphia parents hit Bennett school contract

    October 14, 2005

    Philadelphia parents and education advocates are incensed that science curriculum materials in the city’s kindergarten through third grade are supplied under a $3 million contract by a company run by William Bennett, former secretary of education...

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  • Texans oppose marriage-ban amendment

    Texans oppose marriage-ban amendment

    October 14, 2005

    HOUSTON — A state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages will be voted on Nov. 8 in Texas. If passed, Proposition 2 could eliminate gay unions all together. Progressive activists, advocates, and some politicians are outraged at...

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  • World Notes

    World Notes

    October 14, 2005

    Japan: Court rules shrine visits ‘unconstitutional’ The Osaka High Court ruled Sept. 30 that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s visits to Yasukuni Shrine, a religious institution honoring Japanese World War II dead, including the worst war criminals,...

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  • Haiti elections turning into a farce, critics charge

    Haiti elections turning into a farce, critics charge

    October 14, 2005

    The Bush administration is ignoring serious structural defects that threaten to turn Haiti’s upcoming elections into a farce, critics charge. Haiti’s interim government, headed by U.S.-installed Prime Minister Gerard Latortue, is planning to hold local, legislative...

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  • Venezuelas health care revolution

    Venezuelas health care revolution

    October 14, 2005

    In late August President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela announced a new stage in his country’s fight for health care. The government will spend $2.5 billion. “The first and most important use [of the money] is to...

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