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February 24, 2006Algeria: Saharawi refugees homeless The worst rains in 12 years washed out mud brick homes and schools and damaged hospitals and markets in Saharawi refugee settlements in western Algeria last week. An estimated 150,000 Saharawi refugees...
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Haitis Preval prevails after mass demonstrations
February 24, 2006Rene Preval, presidential candidate of Haiti’s Platform of Hope (Lespwa) party and a longtime ally of ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was declared winner of the Feb. 7 elections after more than a week’s delay. Preval’s victory,...
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Frankenstein directive passes European Union Parliament
February 24, 2006The “Directive on Services in the Internal Market,” otherwise known as the Bolkestein Directive, passed in a European Parliament vote Feb. 16. Despite mass protest and mobilizations by trade unions and grassroots organizations, the European Union...
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South Africans gear up for local elections
February 24, 2006South Africa is preparing for local elections March 1, the fourth set of elections since the demise of the country’s notoriously racist system of apartheid a little over a decade ago. From about 1948 to 1994,...
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WHATS REALLY GOOD
February 24, 2006Washington: Students lobby on tuition aid NATIONAL: ‘Another World in Production’ Chicago: Catholic university offers minor in queer studies NEW YORK: YCL fundraising party draws hundreds
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