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March 3, 2006Iraq: Healing the past and present The Iraqi Mobile Communist Clinic brought its medical expertise to the people in a special way on Communist Martyr Day, Feb. 14. The clinic set up shop in Baghdad at...
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Voices rising worldwide: Free the Cuban 5
March 3, 2006On Feb. 14 attorneys in the case of the Cuban Five took judges’ questions for an hour before the full 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Meanwhile demonstrations of support for Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino,...
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UN mulls eradication of global poverty
March 3, 2006UNITED NATIONS — The UN Commission for Social Development wrapped up its 44th session Feb. 17 after reviewing poverty eradication efforts over the past decade, reaffirming the Millennium Development goals and urging all countries to adopt...
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Forum urges probe of FBI raids in Puerto Rico
March 3, 2006NEW YORK — Recent tactics of the FBI, which include military-style assaults and home raids on people in Puerto Rico who favor independence — as well as the pepper spraying of journalists — have provoked public...
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Illinois school agency backs immigrant students
March 3, 2006ELMWOOD PARK, Ill. — The school board in this western suburb of Chicago achieved national notoriety last week in a case involving its denial of the right of an immigrant youth to enroll in its high...
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