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  • Google News puts PWW on top

    Google News puts PWW on top

    January 14, 2005

    Online news hounds clicked with fury to the People’s Weekly World web site last Friday, Jan. 7, to read Tim Wheeler’s story “Memo reveals Bush OK’d torture,” which appeared as the top U.S. news story on...

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  • Turn your back on Bush

    Turn your back on Bush

    January 14, 2005

    Want to send President Bush a message during his inauguration? You can turn your back. That’s right. Simple. No signs needed.

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  • World unions denounce murder of Iraqi labor leader

    World unions denounce murder of Iraqi labor leader

    January 14, 2005 By Susan Webb

    News Analysis Hadi Saleh, international secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions, was murdered in his Baghdad home, Jan. 4. His hands and feet were tied, he was blindfolded and beaten, forced to kneel, and...

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  • Civil rights, Latino groups charge Gonzales unfit for office

    Civil rights, Latino groups charge Gonzales unfit for office

    January 14, 2005 By Marilyn Bechtel

    Torture role condemned, ‘No’ vote urged In Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings, senators mostly held their punches on Alberto R. Gonzales’ role in the torture of Iraq war detainees. But defenders of democratic rights branded Gonzales unfit...

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  • Russian oil titan auctioned off for taxes

    Russian oil titan auctioned off for taxes

    January 7, 2005

    NewsAnalysis HOUSTON — The most important subsidiary of the Russian oil company Yukos was auctioned off on Dec. 19 to a little-known company, BaikalFinansGroup, for failure to pay its tax bills. According to the New York...

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