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  • Making connections on terrorism

    Making connections on terrorism

    December 15, 2006

    Charged with possessing deadly weapons, Santiago Alvarez of Florida plea-bargained, dodged a potential 50-year sentence, and now goes to jail for four years. Alvarez, like some other right-wing Cuban Americans, has paid for, organized and carried...

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  • LETTERS

    LETTERS

    December 15, 2006

    Pinochet I think that it is a shame that the courts allowed Augusto Pinochet to escape punishment because of alleged, and real, medical problems. Former dictators should not be immune from prosecution for torture, murder, war...

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  • Shameful anti-Semitism

    Shameful anti-Semitism

    December 15, 2006

    “Shameful!” That summarizes reactions — in Iran and around the world — to the Tehran-hosted conference debating whether the Holocaust happened or not. Iran’s Jewish community called it a “huge insult.” Iranian student protesters called it...

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  • Death of a mass murderer

    Death of a mass murderer

    December 15, 2006

    The death of Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, criminal dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990, aroused mixed feelings among human rights defenders. While rejoicing that this incredibly evil person is gone from this Earth, they also wanted...

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  • Gulf Coast Update

    Gulf Coast Update

    December 15, 2006

    Labor steps up for ‘young men of color’ Two court wins for Katrina survivors Government to raze public housing

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