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LETTERS
January 21, 2005What is a moral value? I’d like to thank Stewart Acuff for his opinion piece “Restoring workers’ rights is a moral value.” I don’t speak of it often but everything I do and believe stems from...
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Kidnapping of FARC leader provokes turmoil
January 21, 2005News Analysis A major storm is brewing between two of South America’s most important countries, and the Bush administration seems to be exploring how to use it for its own ends. On Dec. 13, rogue elements...
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Peace deal in Sudan ends 21-year civil war
January 21, 2005The recent peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A), headed by rebel leader John Garang, has effectively ended a 21-year-old civil war that claimed more than 1.5 million lives, most...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
January 21, 2005This week’s clips highlight just a few of the people’s celebrations and struggles honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It took 15 years to establish the federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. After Dr. King was...
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Peace groups assail Gonzales on torture
January 21, 2005WASHINGTON — With the slogan, “Torture is not an American value,” peace groups conducted a “call-in” to senators’ offices Jan. 18, urging them to reject Alberto R. Gonzales as unfit for the post of U.S. attorney...
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