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Venezuela to debate constitutional changes
August 24, 2007August 15 is important in Venezuela. It’s the day Simon Bolivar dedicated himself to Venezuelan independence in 1805, the day President Hugo Chavez won a presidential recall vote by a 59 percent majority in 2004, and...
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LETTERS: August 25
August 24, 2007On Conyers and impeachment I appreciated the article on John Conyers and impeachment (“A tribute and the way forward” by Joelle Fishman PWW 8/11-17). I have heard Conyers at public meetings explain that we could tie...
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The night Max Roach conquered Havana
August 24, 2007When U.S. jazz great Max Roach came to the Havana International Jazz Plaza Festival in 1989, he spoke to Cuban writer Leonardo Acosta about his first trip to Cuba in the mid-1950s. The legendary drummer said...
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Roche puts profits first
August 24, 2007Early in June, Roche Pharmaceuticals announced a global recall of nelfinavir (marketed as Viracept) after discovering batches were contaminated with a carcinogen at its Swiss manufacturing plant in March. In the announcement, Roche recalled in Europe...
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NATIONAL CLIPS: August 25
August 24, 2007CHARLESTON, W.Va.: War costs could pay for kids’ health care JENA, La.: Hundreds demand justice for Jena 6 students KALAMAZOO, Mich.: Town hall meets ‘take a stand’ vs. war MEMPHIS, Tenn.: Heat kills 13 in state,...
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