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Bring the mercenaries home, too
February 8, 2008To a woman and man, both Democratic presidential candidates pledge to bring our troops home. It is a question of when, not if. That’s cautious good news for the families of 160,000 U.S. military personnel in...
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Letters – Feb. 9, 2008
February 8, 2008Disappointed on ‘Juno’ Reading the review of “Juno” (PWW 1/26-2/1) I was disappointed to see a couple major issues not addressed. This movie seems to prove that “well-received and cute” have little to do with the...
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Seeking justice after Suharto
February 8, 2008Indonesia’s former dictator General Suharto died in bed last month and not in jail, escaping justice for his numerous crimes in Indonesia and East Timor, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) charged. One of...
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In sanctuary, Mexican mother fights for dignity
February 8, 2008CHICAGO — Josué, 14, Juan, 11 and Paloma, 9, live with their grandmother in a small rural town in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. They have not seen their mother, Flor Crisostomo, 28, since she crossed...
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Bush budget proposal: Feed the Pentagon, starve the people
February 8, 2008President Bush proposed a record $3.1 trillion budget Feb. 4 that hands a whopping $515 billion to the military and slashes health care for seniors and other human needs programs. Opposition is boiling over in Congress,...
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