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WORLDNOTES
March 18, 2005Lebanon: Thousands rally for democracy and peace Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Beirut’s Riad Solh Square March 13 under auspices of the Communist Party, to call for “the truth” about the assassination of former Prime Minister...
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Momentum builds for world youth festival
March 18, 2005An “invasion” is about to engulf Caracas, Venezuela. An estimated 20,000 progressive and radical youth will be pouring into the Venezuelan capital Aug. 7-15. The occasion? The 16th World Festival of Youth and Students. Venezuela, the...
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CPUSA condemns anti-Semitism
March 18, 2005In January 2005, some 500 prominent Russians calling themselves “Orthodox Christian patriots” signed a letter calling on the Russian prosecutor general to launch proceedings to ban all religious and ethnic Jewish organizations as “extremist.” Among the...
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Ousted Haitian leaders continue hunger strike
March 18, 2005United Nations forces have moved deposed and jailed Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune, who launched a hunger strike three weeks ago to force the Haitian government to guarantee his safety, to a UN-run hospital in Port-au-Prince...
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Vietnams victims of Agent Orange to appeal ruling
March 18, 2005Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange, the highly toxic defoliant used by the U.S. during the Vietnam War, have vowed to appeal the March 10 ruling by a U.S. federal judge dismissing their lawsuit against Dow Chemical,...
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