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U.S. strategic interests on Korean peninsula
December 19, 2002The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea this week called on the U.S. to negotiate a nonaggression pact between the two nations, saying it is the only way to avoid war. The statement was the latest in...
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Afghan refugees face unbearable conditions
December 19, 2002Afghanistan is bracing for the repatriation of 1.5 million refugees from Pakistan, according to an agreement to be signed in Geneva next month, which was announced Dec. 13. Beginning this spring, 400,000 refugees will be repatriated...
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As racism pervades the body politic, A new civil rights movement grows
December 19, 2002Trent Lott’s racist remarks earlier this month may have served to strengthen a growing civil rights movement to defend affirmative action. The Supreme Court agreed on Dec. 2 to hear Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v....
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Poetry: Top carpenter
December 19, 2002Top carpenter Hello, Jesus, have we met before? You’re a carpenter. So am I. I’ve been building shelters ever since you came. And long before. I’ve built some stables ... In Jerusalem? Hell, yes! Some in...
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Films worth seeing
December 19, 2002Movie reviewsReal Women Have Curves It’s not often that Hollywood gives us a film that presents working-class folk as real people dealing with the realities of life – in this case a Mexican-American family in Los...
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