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St. Louis mobilizes against home foreclosures
December 7, 2007ST. LOUIS — Housing activists, religious leaders and concerned homeowners launched a campaign in this city’s 18th Ward on Nov. 28 to stop predatory lenders and “fringe financial institutions” from taking advantage of low-income, working-class families...
Read moreCalif. legislators respond to mortgage crisis
December 7, 2007OAKLAND, Calif. — As the mortgage foreclosure crisis tightened its grip on California homeowners and threatened to impact the state’s budget, legislative leaders in Sacramento last week announced proposals to address the current crisis and to...
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December 7, 2007Tanzania: ‘Helsinki Process’ deals with globalization Finland and Tanzania set up the “Helsinki Process on globalization and democracy” in 2003 to provide “a new kind of equal forum” for the North and South, according to Inter...
Read moreCommunists upbeat at world meeting in Minsk
December 7, 2007MINSK, Belarus — The mood was upbeat as representatives from communist and workers’ parties around the world gathered here Nov. 3-5 to exchange experiences and observe the 90th anniversary of the Great October Revolution and its...
Read moreMilitary leaders: end dont ask, dont tell
December 7, 2007Opposition to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy regarding the service of gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals in the U.S. armed forces is gaining momentum — this time from within the military community. Marking the 14th...
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