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Calif. education and health on chopping block
May 28, 2004Across California, students and those who depend on publicly-funded health care programs will be among the hardest hit if the draconian cuts in programs and services proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger survive in the final budget...
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More bad news for Bush: his budget stalls
May 28, 2004WASHINGTON – A rebellion by four Republican senators against George W. Bush’s tax giveaways to the rich has forced the GOP leadership to postpone a vote on Bush’s 2005 budget for at least a month. Senate...
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International notes
May 28, 2004Greenland: U.S. base to expand The U.S. is “close to an agreement” with Greenland and Denmark to expand Thule Air Base for use in the Pentagon’s missile defense program, Nordic Business Report said May 17. A...
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HAITI: Police shoot pro-Aristide marchers
May 28, 2004PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Special Forces units of the Haitian National Police, acting as part of a larger U.S. Marine “peacekeeping” force, killed at least nine Fanmi Lavalas demonstrators here May 18, as U.S. troops stood by...
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Parliamentary elections called in Canada
May 28, 2004VANCOUVER, Canada – On May 23 Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin called new elections for June 28. While eight parties are competing, polls show the Liberal and Conservative parties as frontrunners. Liberal Party leader Martin promises...
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