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WORLD NOTES
March 4, 2005Iraq: Workers strike top hotel Some 400 hotel workers are on strike at a leading Baghdad hotel, the Palestine Hotel, after talks with management for a wage increase failed. Talks later resumed, but according to a...
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Iranian people oppose foreign intervention
March 4, 2005The Bush administration has begun a new round of aggressive posturing towards Iran’s regime. Under the pretext of the “war against terror” and “spreading democracy,” the U.S. is attempting to rally international support for its policy...
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Communists meet at World Social Forum
March 4, 2005A fascinating panel at the recent World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, was hosted by the Mauricio Grabois Institute, a theoretical and research center associated with the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB). The Jan. 30...
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2 jailed Haitian leaders go on hunger strike
March 4, 2005After surviving an attack by gunmen that left one prison guard dead, Haiti’s ousted and jailed Prime Minister Yvon Neptune and Interior Minister Jocelerme Privert have gone on a hunger strike to force the U.S.-imposed interim...
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Lawyers assail chilling effect of Stewart conviction
March 4, 2005NEW YORK — In a case that civil libertarians say will have a chilling effect on lawyers representing unpopular clients, a jury has convicted civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart of conspiring to aid terrorists and lying...
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