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International notes
October 22, 2004Global: Youth unemployment soaring The International Labor Organization (ILO) said last week that half the world’s unemployed are between 15 and 24 years of age. The ILO’s report, “Global Unemployment Trends for Youth, 2004,” said the...
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Huge antiwar rally floods Londons streets
October 22, 2004LONDON — Over 100,000 peace campaigners from across Europe converged on Trafalgar Square Oct. 17 to demand an end to the illegal occupation of Iraq. Hordes of activists, many of whom had spent the weekend in...
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The Cubans are coming! Or are they?
October 22, 2004This is a story about traveling Cubans — one group to Haiti, the other (or so they hoped) to the United States. Over 500 Cuban doctors have been working in Haiti, helping the people of that...
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China moves to reduce rural poverty
October 22, 2004At the first-ever China Poverty Eradication Award ceremony on Oct. 17 — the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — China announced with great pride that the poor population in the country’s rural areas had...
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Oct. 25: Protect Ohios votes!
October 22, 2004Republicans peddle terrorist fear, but they mainly fear the American people. As this week’s PWW cover stories point out, GOP operatives are trying to steal or block the anti-Bush vote in Florida, Nevada, and elsewhere. In...
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