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Helvi Savola, Communist leader, 91
January 12, 2007Longtime political activist and Communist Helvi Savola died at the age of 91 on Nov. 20 in Wausau, Wis. She had lived in Wausau since 2000, after retiring from many years of leadership in the Minnesota/Dakotas...
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LETTERS
January 12, 2007Costs of the war An Associated Press web story reported that the U.S. expects to spend $170,000,000,000 (that’s $170 billion!) on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the coming year. I began to try to...
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Colombian journalist, press freedom under siege
January 12, 2007“It’s very worrying for us,” said Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, referring to the Nov. 19 arrest by Colombian secret police of journalist Fredy Munoz on charges of terrorism and “rebellion.” Apparently, Maduro said, “they are...
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NATIONAL CLIPS
January 12, 2007NEW ORLEANS: Residents say ‘Fix the levees’ Nearly two years and several billion dollars later, residents and former residents of the Crescent City are still not convinced that the levees are safe — and with good...
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In Norway, does U.S. or Norwegian law prevail?
January 11, 2007A delegation from Cuba’s Tourism Ministry planning to be in Norway for the annual Lillestroem Tourism Fair on Jan. 11-13 learned in December that its 14 members weren’t welcome at the Edderkoppen Hotel in Olso where...
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