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  • Toronto International Film Festival 2002  Part 5

    Toronto International Film Festival 2002 Part 5

    January 9, 2003

    Progressive Cinema Although the all-encompassing Toronto International Film Festival, with 265 feature films, has its share of Hollywood blockbusters and a seemingly endless array of celebrities, it’s the stunning collection of socially conscious films that attracts...

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  • Looking at the past and fighting for the future

    Looking at the past and fighting for the future

    January 9, 2003 By John Gilman

    Opinion Fortunately for me, my strength to survive is derived from my knowledge of dialectical materialism. Dialectical materialism has proven time and again that when the chips are down, historical events and movements make history turn...

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  • A Green Party victory shakes up Providence politics

    A Green Party victory shakes up Providence politics

    January 9, 2003

    While most of the country was taken over by the far-right on Election Day in November, Providence, R.I., moved in the opposite direction, as David Segal was elected to the City Council from the First Ward....

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  • Venezuela receives gas, food shipments

    Venezuela receives gas, food shipments

    January 9, 2003

    CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela received its first shipment of 525,000 barrels of oil from Brazil to help relieve the shortages because of a strike against President Hugo Chavez and the Venezuelan Constitution. Brazil’s new president, Luis...

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  • Bush forced to talk with North Korea

    Bush forced to talk with North Korea

    January 9, 2003

    Retreating under intense pressure from South Korea, China and Japan, the Bush administration announced Jan. 7 that they are willing to hold face-to-face talks with government leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

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