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  • Continuity and change in Caribbean immigration

    Continuity and change in Caribbean immigration

    July 8, 2005

    NEW YORK — On June 27 the House of Representatives passed a bill introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) to designate a national “Caribbean American Heritage Month.” “Establishing Caribbean American Heritage Month will celebrate the contributions...

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  • World Notes

    World Notes

    July 8, 2005

    Australia: Protest vs. gov’t labor proposals The week of protest starting June 26 against the government’s proposed new workplace laws has brought hundreds of thousands of unionists and their supporters into the streets in communities throughout...

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  • In Berlin, a weird vote and an old specter

    In Berlin, a weird vote and an old specter

    July 8, 2005

    News Analysis BERLIN — Weird was the best way to describe German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder’s tactic: to urge his parliament to vote “no confidence” in his own government. He succeeded. Now, if President Horst Koehler goes...

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  • National Clips

    National Clips

    July 8, 2005

    MORGANTOWN, W.Va.: ‘War begins with Dubya’ Grills and fireworks were the order of the day July 4, but over 300 residents braved police and heat and brought their handmade signs demanding impeachment when Bush stopped here...

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  • Neighbors denounce anti-gay hate crime

    Neighbors denounce anti-gay hate crime

    July 8, 2005

    NEW YORK — After a vicious anti-gay hate crime that left a young Brooklyn man, Dwan Prince, comatose and clinging to life, friends and community residents gathered for a June 28 vigil in front of Brookdale...

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