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Wealthy right-winger bankrolls anti-gay measure
May 18, 2002YPSILANTI, Mich. - In a press conference May 8, the co-chair of the Ypsilanti Campaign for Equality (YCFE), Lisa Zuber, exposed the source of funding for a ballot initiative forced into this November's election that would...
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Illinois: Panel proposes changes in death penalty
May 18, 2002The report of a special panel appointed by Illinois Governor George Ryan to study application of the death penalty was released last month. Although the report's 80 recommendations for change stop short of recommending abolition, many...
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Demand at rally: ‘No cuts in education’
May 18, 2002SACRAMENTO - Students, teachers and parents came to the state capitol here May 9 to demand that there be no cuts in state funding for education in the state's budget for 2003. The crowd of 1,000...
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In Tel Aviv: 100,000 rally for peace
May 18, 2002TEL AVIV - Over 100,000 demonstrators filled Rabin Square here May 11 under the slogans, 'End the occupation that kills us all,' and 'Sharon leads us to a catastrophe.' The protest was initiated by Peace Now,...
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Death penalty foes win in Maryland
May 18, 2002BALTIMORE - Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening's May 9 decision to halt executions pending completion of a study of racial bias in capital punishment drew strong praise from death penalty opponents this week. In announcing his decision,...
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