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  • 20,000 protest war in Los Angeles

    20,000 protest war in Los Angeles

    January 16, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    LOS ANGELES – Twenty thousand people of every race and nationality filled the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Jan. 11 in what many are calling the largest city protest against the war in Iraq in...

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  • Navy still bombing Vieques

    Navy still bombing Vieques

    January 16, 2003

    The U.S. Navy started another round of military maneuvers and bombing on the island municipality of Vieques, Jan. 13, even though they have officially announced they will leave Vieques by May 1, 2003 Before the new...

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  • International notes

    International notes

    January 16, 2003 By Evelina Alarcon

    Britain: Train drivers refuse war cargo / Iraq: ‘Confidential’ UN document cites humanitarian crisis / Venezuela: Transport workers won’t strike / Haiti: Aristide urges release of loan funds / Canada: Kyoto Climate Protocol ratified / Italy:...

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  • Sharon faces trouble; Supreme Court reverses racist decision

    Sharon faces trouble; Supreme Court reverses racist decision

    January 16, 2003

    TEL AVIV – Remarkable developments abound as people prepare to go to the polls Jan. 28 to elect a new government and Prime Minister. Incumbent Prime Minister and warhawk Ariel Sharon continues to face major challenges...

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  • Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. and the struggle for peace

    Rev. Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. and the struggle for peace

    January 16, 2003

    Exactly one year before his death, on April 4, 1967, Dr. King spoke out against the war in Vietnam at Riverside Church in New York City. Though this speech is not the first time his views...

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