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World Notes
September 30, 2005United Kingdom: TUC elects Black woman president At its general council meeting in mid-September, the Trades Union Congress of the United Kingdom elected Gloria Mills to be the next TUC president. Mills, a senior official with...
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London marchers: How many more people must die?
September 30, 2005LONDON — Antiwar protesters sent a stark message to Prime Minister Tony Blair over the weekend: “How many more must die before you listen?” Over 80,000 people took to the streets here Sept. 24 for the...
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Report says Israeli wall helps land grab
September 30, 2005The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem released a report Sept. 15 titled “Under the guise of security: Routing the separation barrier as to enable Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank.” The Israeli government has claimed...
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Guantanamo hunger strike
September 30, 2005Despite conflicting reports from the Pentagon and total silence from the Red Cross, prisoners at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have held several hunger strikes since 2002, protesting conditions and their prolonged confinement...
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Bush administration isolated at World Summit
September 30, 2005News Analysis UNITED NATIONS — President Bush’s policies drew heavy condemnation from leaders of dozens of countries at the World Summit here, Sept. 14-16. Despite strenuous efforts by his new UN representative John Bolton, the Bush...
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