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U.S. may beef up security role in Afghanistan
March 1, 2002In both word and deed, the Bush administration indicated this week that it is escalating its military role in Afghanistan amid signs that increased clashes among competing warlords and challenges by rival militias to the U.S-installed...
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U.S. expanding war to Philippines
March 1, 2002Last week another contingent of the expected 660 U.S. soldiers arrived in the Philippines. Their arrival was greeted by an explosion that killed five Filipino civilians. Being called “the biggest expansion of Washington’s war” since the...
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Du Bois conference views media
March 1, 2002NEW YORK – Activists gathered at New York University (NYU) Law School Feb. 22-24 for a conference dedicated to applying the legacy of scholar W.E.B. Du Bois to contemporary struggles of racism, culture, the environment, media...
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Enrons thievery hit India hard
March 1, 2002HOUSTON – A detailed report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on brutality at Enron’s $3 billion Dabhol Power Company (DPC) project in India may be one reason President George Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney have...
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Schomburg Library honors Burnham
March 1, 2002NEW YORK – On Feb. 18, the auditorium was packed at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem in tribute to Louis Burnham and the inauguration of the Louis E. Burnham Award. Burnham,...
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