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Letters
July 15, 2004Saluting the courage of Lila Lipscomb I just saw Lila Lipscomb, [featured in “Fahrenheit 9/11”] on “Good Morning America.” I don’t know if you know how to reach her. Your web page popped up when I...
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Editorials
July 15, 2004Bush fiddles while AIDS burns The United Nations opens its 15th World AIDS Conference in Bangkok July 11, just days after a grim UN report that 5 million more people have become infected with the deadly...
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National Clips
July 15, 2004LEXINGTON, Ky.: Miners march for health care, pensions “There is something wrong in America when 40 million Americans lack health care, millions of children are living in poverty, 3 million good paying manufacturing jobs have left...
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New policies on Cuba create backlash
July 15, 2004New regulations affecting Cuban Americans who go to Cuba to visit family there have backfired. The Bush administration is facing both divisions within the U.S. Cuban community and opposition in Congress. In early May, a Bush-appointed...
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Cold numbers show heavy price of Iraq war
July 15, 2004Nearly 900 U.S. troops killed, more than 16,000 ill and injured. Some 9,000-11,000 Iraqis killed and an estimated 40,000 injured. The bill to U.S. taxpayers: $151 billion and counting.
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