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  • Hundreds of thousands demand: Rumsfeld must go!

    Hundreds of thousands demand: Rumsfeld must go!

    May 21, 2004

    WASHINGTON – The Rev. Graylan Hagler, pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church here and a leader of United for Peace and Justice, says it is time for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to go. He is one voice...

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  • Conductor criticizes Israeli policy

    Conductor criticizes Israeli policy

    May 14, 2004

    JERUSALEM (AP) – Symphony conductor Daniel Barenboim angered Israeli officials May 9 when he criticized the country’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza as he accepted a prestigious Israeli award. In his acceptance speech for...

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  • Stateside

    Stateside

    May 14, 2004

    Film review Stateside Based on a true story, “Stateside” follows an outlaw rich kid, Mark Deloach (Jonathan Tucker), who lands in the Marine Corps to avoid jail. When on leave, he meets and falls in love...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    May 14, 2004

    Uzbekistan: U.S. base worries neighbors In fall 2001 Uzbekistan let the Pentagon use a former Soviet airbase at Karshi-Khanabad – K2 for short – the first U.S. deployment in the former USSR. Since then the U.S....

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  • Lawyer for Cuban 5 seeks world support

    Lawyer for Cuban 5 seeks world support

    May 14, 2004

    BERLIN – In a whirlwind visit, U.S. civil rights lawyer Leonard Weinglass spoke to several audiences here about the case of the Cuban Five. The five men – Gerardo Hernández, Antonio Guerrero, René González, Fernando González...

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