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  • Canada passes marriage equality law

    Canada passes marriage equality law

    July 29, 2005

    VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canada now joins Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain as the fourth country in the world to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. On July 19, the Canadian Senate passed Bill C-38 that...

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  • Pastors for Peace arrive in Cuba

    Pastors for Peace arrive in Cuba

    July 29, 2005

    Pastors for Peace claimed a huge victory July 22 as a tired but excited group of 130 U.S. citizens crossed the U.S./Mexico border just before daybreak en route to Cuba with almost all of the 140...

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  • Caribbean banana farmers: livelihoods on the line

    Caribbean banana farmers: livelihoods on the line

    July 29, 2005

    “Come Mr. Tallyman tally me banana, Daylight come and me wan go home.” Harry Belafonte’s “Day O” lament typifies the plight of the banana worker who labors long, arduous hours and receives some of the lowest...

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    July 29, 2005

    LAS CRUCES, N.M.: Hundreds defend immigrant workers Chants of “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Minutemen have got to go,” rang through the downtown here, July 23, as hundreds of pro-democracy demonstrators marched to evict the “Minuteman Civil...

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  • NY subway riders wary of searches

    NY subway riders wary of searches

    July 29, 2005

    NEW YORK — Under a new policy that many say is unconstitutional and sure to lead to greatly increased racial profiling, anyone entering New York City’s subway system is now subject to random police searches. The...

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