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Colombian political prisoner holds Bush prosecutors at bay
December 6, 2006An extraordinary trial, remarkable among other things for a novel legal doctrine unveiled by the Bush administration during the course of it, ended as a mistrial Nov. 21 in Washington. The jury could not reach a...
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Oakland Airport workers rally for union rights
December 2, 2006OAKLAND, Calif. — In a pre-Thanksgiving outpouring of solidarity, over 200 union and community activists gathered at Oakland International Airport Nov. 22 to demand union rights and fair treatment for workers who provide Southwest Airlines passengers...
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Play reveals struggles of South Asian women
December 1, 2006NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — In response to Eve Enseler’s feminist “Vagina Monologues,” a series of theatrical vignettes on the theme of contemporary women’s gender and social oppression, South Asian Sisters, a California-based group, developed “Yoni Ki...
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LETTERS
December 1, 2006Thank you to voters This Election Day for me was one of the most important in my 50 years. I have been a consistent voter since I turned 18. In those 32 years I have never...
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EDITORIAL: Middle East questions
December 1, 2006More than 200 killed in a Baghdad neighborhood. Is Iraq in a civil war? Another Lebanese politician is assassinated. Will Lebanon restart its civil war? Violence, questions, violence, questions swirl around the Middle East in a...
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