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World Notes: Sept. 20, 2008
September 17, 2008Afghanistan: EU envoy issues warning Ending six years as EU ambassador to Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell told reporters Aug. 31 that a NATO military victory against the Taliban is “impossible” and that a “change of strategy,” a...
Read moreWhy Bolivia said Yankee go home!
September 17, 2008As the struggle sharpened to uphold national authority and oppose forces for autonomy in Bolivia’s East, Washington’s role in weeks of conflict there led the government of Evo Morales to eject U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg on...
Read moreVote suppression, ‘dirty tricks’ target key states
September 17, 2008The AFL-CIO has launched a new voting rights protection program to help protect working-class voters against dirty tricks in the fall elections. My Vote, My Right aims 'to ensure votes cast at the ballot box are...
Read moreHillary Clinton in Ohio: No way, no how, no McCain, no Palin
September 17, 2008ELYRIA, Ohio — Hammering “failed Republican economic policies,” Sen. Hillary Clinton rallied 1,000 cheering residents of Lorain County to go all out to elect Barack Obama president. Speaking in the packed lobby of Lorain Community College...
Read moreI dont like Ike
September 15, 2008HOUSTON – Hurricane Ike slammed into the Houston-Galveston area at about 2:10 a.m. CDT on Sept. 13. At the time of landfall, it was a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 110 mph. By comparison,...
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