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Cuba prepares for UN vote on blockade
October 21, 2006On Nov. 8 the United Nations General Assembly will vote on a Cuban resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. In preparation for the vote, Deputy Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held...
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GULF COAST UPDATE
October 21, 2006Black colleges fight to recover Black/Brown unity meeting Rents skyrocket Sewage may save wetlands
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NATIONAL CLIPS
October 21, 2006BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Fighting to preserve desegregated schools The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has joined with hundreds of African American parents and others in the Vestavia Hills School District, just south of here, to halt school board...
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Court blocks Arizona voter ID
October 21, 2006CommentaryTUCSON, Ariz. — In a victory for democratic elections, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has granted an injunction that bars enforcement of Arizona’s oppressive voter identification requirements during the Nov. 7 election. The Arizona...
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Illinois town resists anti-immigrant law
October 21, 2006CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. — When nearly 3,000 demonstrators showed up outside a village board meeting here on Oct. 3, mostly to oppose the “Illegal Alien Immigration Relief Act,” town leaders tabled the measure in order to facilitate...
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