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Battle for democracy reaches new stage in Iran
August 21, 2004The strategy and tactics of Iran’s “reformists” allied with President Mohammad Khatami suffered a crushing defeat during the parliamentary elections last February, in part because thousands of their candidates were disqualified by the country’s ultra-conservative Guardian...
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Why Puerto Ricans were celebrating
August 21, 2004The defeat of the U.S. Olympic basketball team by the Puerto Rican team was cause for great jubilation in Puerto Rico. The loss by a lopsided score of 92-73 was declared “historic” by the press because...
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The strange twists of U.S. refugee policy
August 21, 2004Citing terrorist dangers, Federal immigration authorities announced a crackdown at U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico Aug. 11. Refugees who are detained will no longer have access to U.S. courts for rulings as to whether they...
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One family’s courage remembered
August 21, 2004LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On June 27, 1954, just after midnight, a dynamite bomb exploded under the bedroom floorboards of Rosemary Wade, age 2, in nearby Shively, Ky. Rosemary and her parents, Andrew and Charlotte Wade, were...
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Calif. hotel workers rally for contracts
August 21, 2004Thousands of California hotel workers rallied in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego Aug. 13 to press their contract demands, with health care, pensions, contracting out, workload and wages heading the list. UNITE HERE, which...
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