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Tortilla tossing protested at graduation
May 31, 2002Schoolteacher Ray Siquieros and a group of his pupils protested “disrespectful” tortilla tossing by graduates at the University of Arizona (UA) commencement ceremony in Tucson May 11.
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Milwaukee kicks off campaign to free Cuban Five
May 31, 2002MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Committee to Free the Cuban Five kicked off its efforts with a gathering here May 19 of about 30 activists and a discussion with special guest Esperanza Luzbert, head of the United...
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Health care: Mill closes but problems stay
May 31, 2002The fortunes of Sterling, Ill., a small town of 14,000-plus, due west of Chicago, have moved up and down with the fortunes of Northwestern Steel & Wire (NW Steel). Today the fortunes of both are scraping...
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International notes
May 31, 2002Leaders highlight poverty, inequality/Nepal emergency extended over strong opposition/Germans don’t like euro/Cuban, South African CPs sign agreement/Panama wants U.S. to clear explosives
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War clouds loom in South Asia
May 31, 2002NEW DEHLI, India – The Indian subcontinent is again on the edge of a war. India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers, are at loggerheads. Heavy exchange of fire is going on at the border, where thousands...
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