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S.F. hotel owners defy mayors ultimatum

October 29, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO — The fat was in the fire Oct. 26 as operators of 14 large downtown hotels defied San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s demand to end a four-week lockout of their workers and accept a...

Letters

October 22, 2004

What’s wrong with being a lesbian? Enough. The Bush-Cheney campaign has succeeded — yet again — in using a gay matter to distract voters from the real issues facing our nation. Simply put, there is nothing...

Editorials

October 22, 2004

Soldiers say no to ‘suicide’ Knowing they faced possible court martial, it was an act of great courage for 18 Army Reservists in Iraq to refuse to obey an order that they viewed as “suicidal.” The...

China moves to reduce rural poverty

October 22, 2004

At the first-ever China Poverty Eradication Award ceremony on Oct. 17 — the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty — China announced with great pride that the poor population in the country’s rural areas had...

Soldiers refuse suicide mission in Iraq

October 22, 2004

Nineteen members of the 343rd Quartermaster Company were arrested last week for refusing a direct order to go on what they characterized as a “suicide mission” or “death sentence” in Iraq. The soldiers are members of...