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Texas judge rules against Posada extradition
October 7, 2005“It’s bad enough when the world knows that we’re rendering suspected Islamic terrorists to countries that routinely use terror,” said an unnamed State Department official to a reporter on Sept. 26. “But here we have someone...
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Tucson unites behind miners
October 7, 2005TUCSON, Ariz. — Workers in Mexico are “standing strong” with the 1,500 copper miners on strike against multinational giant ASARCO corporation, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Linda Chavez-Thompson told a Sept. 29 rally here. Two hundred supporters...
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Bloomberg: the education mayor?
October 7, 2005NEW YORK — Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg is campaigning for re-election as an “education mayor,” but many say the current state of city schools — overcrowded, in disrepair, with abysmal graduation rates — proves him to...
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California special election heats up
October 7, 2005LOS ANGELES — “If you don’t vote, people like Bush get elected,” proclaimed a protest sign at a recent antiwar rally here. With his poll numbers slipping, people not voting is what California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger...
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National Clips
October 7, 2005CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: Students protest military recruiters There were 140 would-be employers at the annual Harvard Career Forum Oct. 3, among them the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Army and the Marines. They were met head-on...
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