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  • Bush administration stiffs UN population agency

    Bush administration stiffs UN population agency

    July 22, 2005

    UNITED NATIONS — In a move that could cost the lives of tens of thousands of people, the Bush administration has refused to give a penny to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the agency’s recently...

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  • Stolen Childhoods: a real-life horror on film

    Stolen Childhoods: a real-life horror on film

    July 22, 2005

    There’s a scene in “Stolen Childhoods,” directed by Len Morris, where a 9-year-old is picking coffee on a plantation in Kenya. On her back is her baby sister, wrapped and secure. She’s picking the green and...

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  • World youth festival  a carnival of culture

    World youth festival a carnival of culture

    July 22, 2005

    Imagine a beautiful song with elements of jazz, hip-hop, reggae, R&B, compa, funk, blues, spoken word, bachata and salsa. This is what it will sound like this summer when thousands of youth and students from over...

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  • The sons and daughters

    The sons and daughters

    July 22, 2005

    The reports of recruiting difficulties by the U.S. Army come as no surprise to many Americans. Indeed, the surprise is that the armed forces did not seem to see it coming. Their response has been to...

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  • Memin Pinguin and Mexicos national myth

    Memin Pinguin and Mexicos national myth

    July 22, 2005

    The Mexican government’s decision to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the comic strip character Memin Pinguin by putting it on a postage stamp demonstrates forcefully the nationalist and racial illusions that the Mexican establishment propagates in...

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