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  • Cuban 5 hearing raises hopes

    Cuban 5 hearing raises hopes

    March 19, 2004

    Supporters and the defense team for the five Cuban political prisoners in the United States expressed guarded optimism after their appeals hearing in Miami on March 10. Although the panel of three judges that heard the...

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  • Whats behind Sharons disengagement?

    Whats behind Sharons disengagement?

    March 19, 2004

    On March 15, Israel’s parliament barely approved the scheme put forward by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, with U.S. approval, to unilaterally “disengage” from the Gaza Strip by evacuating most of the Jewish settlements in the narrow...

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  • Educators challenge No Child law

    Educators challenge No Child law

    March 19, 2004

    PHILADELPHIA – Regardless of what political party they belong to, school district officials and legislators here are challenging the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, calling it the most underfunded mandate in U.S. history. NCLB mandates...

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  • Educators challenge No Child law

    Educators challenge No Child law

    March 19, 2004

    PHILADELPHIA – Regardless of what political party they belong to, school district officials and legislators here are challenging the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law, calling it the most underfunded mandate in U.S. history. NCLB mandates...

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  • Interview: A father speaks out so no more will die

    Interview: A father speaks out so no more will die

    March 19, 2004

    LAWRENCE, Mass. – “My son has to be a symbol of peace,” Fernando Suárez del Solar told this reporter in an interview here March 9. His son Jesús, a lance corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps,...

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