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Peace deal in Sudan ends 21-year civil war

January 21, 2005

The 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...

NATIONAL CLIPS

January 21, 2005

This 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...

Peace groups assail Gonzales on torture

January 21, 2005

WASHINGTON — 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...

King Day events call for peace, equality

January 21, 2005

LOS ANGELES — Inspired by the example of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., tens of thousands in California, Texas, and across the nation marched and rallied, calling for peace, social justice, and workers’ rights. Thousands of...

Groups charge Bush is lying: Social Security crisis is phony

January 21, 2005

Huge coalition moves to stop privatization “Social Security ain’t broke and Wall Street won’t fix it!” shouted hundreds of marchers in front of the Stock Exchange, Chamber of Commerce and Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office in San...