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Rally denounces White House role in Haiti coup
March 12, 2004WASHINGTON – Protesters rallied in front of the White House, March 6, chanting “U.S. out of Haiti, Aristide in” and holding placards proclaiming, “End the U.S. coup in Haiti!” Haitian American Marx Aristide, a leader of...
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One year after U.S. attack on Iraq: March 20 peace actions set
March 12, 2004Beginning March 19 with nationwide lobbying of members of Congress, moving to vigils, marches and demonstrations on March 20, and culminating in a national call-in to Congress on March 24, Americans across the nation are mobilizing...
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AFL-CIO president: Bush AWOL on jobs crisis
March 12, 2004BAL HARBOR, Fla. – “The jobs crisis has become a national disaster,” said AFL-CIO President John Sweeney. And during this crisis, “George Bush has been AWOL,” he added. Sweeney spoke at the federation’s annual winter conference...
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Specter of Iraq haunts Tony Blair
March 11, 2004Iraq has become Banquo’s ghost at the feast for Tony Blair, but unlike Macbeth, this time Blair cannot see the ghost and everyone else can. Despite trying to shift the agenda of British politics back to...
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Leftist seeks Salvadoran presidency
March 11, 2004As El Salvador’s March 21 presidential election draws closer, recent polls indicate that Schafik Handal, the candidate of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), has a chance of winning the presidency. Handal, 73, is the...
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