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World trip underscores Bolivians historic win
January 13, 2006Indigenous leader Evo Morales gained 54 percent of the popular vote in Bolivia’s Dec. 18 presidential election, and his totals would have been more had election officials not decertified a million poor people before the voting....
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Sharons stroke raises big question marks
January 13, 2006Commentary Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a cerebral hemorrhage Jan. 4, resulting in a severe stroke. Paramedics rushed Sharon from his ranch in the Negev Desert to a Jerusalem hospital for life-saving surgery. Three operations...
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Bay Area hurricane evacuees still need help
January 13, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. — More than four months after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast, hundreds of evacuees continue to live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Some plan to return home as soon as...
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Stop the war meet calls for worldwide demos
January 13, 2006The international peace movement took another step forward last month when some 1,200 people gathered in London for the Dec. 10 “Stop the War” conference. The delegates, many from the United Kingdom, included representatives from about...
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National Clips
January 13, 2006CHICAGO: ‘Make steel not war’ President Bush got a surprise on his visit to the Windy City, Jan 6. His motorcade was met by nearly 1,000 peace, faith and community activists, with a vocal union contingent...
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