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International notes
May 15, 2003Iraq: Agriculture in danger Agriculture in Iraq is on the verge of collapse, raising fears that many of the country’s 24.5 million people will go hungry this summer, the London Observer said this week. The Observer...
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Cuba rejects U.S. terrorism claims
May 15, 2003The Cuban Foreign Ministry has strongly rejected Cuba’s inclusion in the list of countries allegedly sponsoring international terrorism the U.S. government issued April 30. “The Bush administration is once again lying to the U.S. and international...
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Israeli troops raid Peoples Party offices
May 15, 2003Israeli troops raided the headquarters of the secretary general of the Palestinian People’s Party in Ramallah on Friday evening, May 9. The Israeli troops searched the headquarters and confiscated a large number of files and documents...
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Extreme poverty up sharply among Black children
May 15, 2003The number of African-American children living in the harshest, most extreme conditions of poverty has climbed to its highest level in 23 years, according to a recent study by the Washington DC-based Children’s Defense Fund (CDF)....
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CBTU stays in the forefront
May 15, 2003“The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) has to be the lightning rod to mobilize labor to formulate actions to turn things around,” stated Lew Moye, chairman of the organization’s St. Louis chapter. Moye expects St....
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