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Torture victim fights for freedom
August 19, 2008Every day Mark Clements prays to God in his prison cell that one day he will be a free man. He has been incarcerated since 1981–27 years–for a crime he says he did not commit. A...
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Cubas health care: A continuing success story
August 16, 2008Health care Cuban style has many admirers. One reason is favorable statistical measures of health outcome vying with those of wealthy nations. Preventative strategies, health education, and universal access through a unique primary care system all...
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Picket line fun in the sun
August 16, 2008Jugglers, a stilt-walker, kids’ games and bright summer gear livened the scene Aug. 14 as dozens of labor activists picketed the Woodfin Suites Hotel in Emeryville, Calif. The carnival-themed demonstration organized by the East Bay Alliance...
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John Rujevcic Gerlach, 1915-2008
August 16, 2008At the ripe age of 93, John R. Gerlach, the former Intelligence Officer of the Legendary 15th Brigade that included the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, passed away on August 12th, in Camarillo, California—having lived a very long...
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War or peace? U.S. faces a choice in the Georgia-Russia conflict and beyond
August 16, 2008Commentary Georgia, in a geo-political sense, is an outpost of the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that sits directly on the border of Russia on one side and close to the Middle...
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