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Giant tollway to bisect Texas
July 28, 2006DALLAS — Although a conspiratorial secrecy shrouds much of the plan, Texans are beginning to find out that tens of thousands of acres will be taken from them to create an incredibly wide transportation corridor running...
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Groups returning from Cuba face U.S. govt harassment
July 28, 2006“We won’t pay any fines, and we will demand our rights at Washington hearings, and we’ll kick up a fuss for a change in the policy to Cuba.” That was Ellen Bernstein, spokesperson for the New...
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Despite stem cell veto, scientists and patients fight on
July 28, 2006Stem cell therapy holds awesome potential to cure many of humanity’s most debilitating diseases — Parkinson’s, diabetes, Alzheimer’s and spinal injuries — but promising research was dealt a devastating setback July 19 when President Bush exercised...
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World protests over Israeli assault
July 28, 2006Demonstrations against Israel’s war on Lebanon and its continuing assault on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took place in at least 15 countries and in scores of cities on July 22-23. In Tel Aviv, up to...
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Mideast death toll renews call for cease-fire
July 28, 2006U.S., Israel block peace efforts for Lebanon, Gaza His body riddled with shrapnel, Wissam Abdullah, 14, spoke from his hospital bed in the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon. Wissam is one of the few survivors...
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