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Changes are happening to your World/Mundo
May 16, 2003CHICAGO – I was talking to a subscriber today and mentioned that our editorial office – the place where these very pages get put together week-after-week – was moving from New York City to Chicago.
Read moreUnemployed to Congress: Give us our jobless pay
May 16, 2003WASHINGTON – Hundreds of jobless workers picketed the Labor Department and then marched to Capitol Hill on May 13 to demand that Congress approve another 26-week extension in unemployment compensation for 4.5 million workers who are...
Read moreTexas Democrats defy GOP power grab
May 16, 2003ARDMORE, Okla. – The power grab by President George W. Bush, his advisor Karl Rove, and U.S. Majority Leader Tom DeLay to redraw Texas congressional districts in order to send up to seven new right-wing extremists...
Read moreAttacks on journalists prompt call for inquiry
May 15, 2003As Operation Iraqi Freedom shifts to an occupation plan, international concern is being raised over the deaths of journalists in the course of the fighting. A total of 14 international reporters died in Iraq in just...
Read moreInternational notes
May 15, 2003Iraq: Agriculture in danger Agriculture in Iraq is on the verge of collapse, raising fears that many of the country’s 24.5 million people will go hungry this summer, the London Observer said this week. The Observer...
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