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UN spotlights continuing scourge of AIDS
June 9, 2006UNITED NATIONS — Twenty-five years after AIDS was first detected, in Los Angeles, and five years after the UN General Assembly adopted the “Declaration on Commitment on HIV/AIDS,” heads of state, ambassadors, representatives of nongovernmental organizations...
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Cuba, Venezuela bring medical care to Bolivia
June 9, 2006In early February, a week after Evo Morales was sworn in as Bolivia’s president, Cuban doctors arrived in the country to care for survivors of devastating floods. Seven hundred Cuban medical professionals are still there. They’ve...
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EU negotiator presents new proposals to Iran
June 9, 2006Moving to break the stalemate over Iran’s nuclear program, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana met in Tehran June 6 with top Iranian officials to present new proposals agreed on last week by the U.S.,...
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Massachusetts gubernatorial race heats up
June 9, 2006WORCESTER, Mass. — Massachusetts may be well on its way to getting its first African American governor after the state Democratic Party convention endorsed Deval Patrick, with 58 percent of the delegates’ votes, on June 3....
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Pro-labor candidate to oppose Schwarzenegger
June 9, 2006Labor and progressive forces scored significant victories and mounted important challenges in California’s June 6 primary election. A strong grassroots campaign by labor and its allies was the biggest factor in State Treasurer Phil Angelides’ 48-43...
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