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  • Kidnapping of FARC leader provokes turmoil

    Kidnapping of FARC leader provokes turmoil

    January 21, 2005

    News Analysis A major storm is brewing between two of South America’s most important countries, and the Bush administration seems to be exploring how to use it for its own ends. On Dec. 13, rogue elements...

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  • Peace deal in Sudan ends 21-year civil war

    Peace deal in Sudan ends 21-year civil war

    January 21, 2005

    The recent peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), headed by rebel leader John Garang, has effectively ended a 21-year-old civil war that claimed more than 1.5 million lives, most...

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  • Good news for Cuba  the Chinese are coming!

    Good news for Cuba the Chinese are coming!

    January 21, 2005

    Two socialist nations intent upon expanding their productive capacities recently reached agreements for expanding trade relationships and cooperation over a range of mutually beneficial endeavors. Cuba is seeking alternatives to dependency on the capitalist global economy...

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  • On King holiday weekend: Northern California labor raises the ante

    On King holiday weekend: Northern California labor raises the ante

    January 21, 2005

    SAN FRANCISCO — As their latest contract extension ended last week, hundreds of San Francisco Bay Area grocery workers gathered for a press conference outside the Oakland hotel where their union, the UFCW, is in tense...

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  • New Yorkers mobilize against Wal-Mart

    New Yorkers mobilize against Wal-Mart

    January 21, 2005

    NEW YORK — The people of this city have plunged into the growing international fight against Wal-Mart’s unfair business practices by forming the “Wal-Mart Free NYC Coalition.” This comes in response to the department store chain’s...

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