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Pressures on Bolivian leader mount
October 6, 2006Prior to a recent soccer match in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 40,000 spectators intoned the state’s hymn and then chanted “Autonomy!” They ended by shouting obscenities aimed at President Evo Morales, the recently elected former peasant leader...
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WHATS REALLY GOOD
October 6, 2006Schools need ‘more classrooms, books and teachers’ In Rochester, N.Y., hundreds of public school students marched to the Liberty Pole, Oct. 2, demanding more money for city schools. Flor Salame, 14, told the Democrat and Chronicle...
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Calif. election contests at high pitch
October 6, 2006Two northern California Republican congressmen are increasingly vulnerable, with polls showing their Democratic challengers running neck-and-neck. President Bush visited their districts this week to bolster their sliding fortunes. In the 4th Congressional District, running from the...
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National Clips
October 6, 2006BANGOR, Maine: 1,500 march to ‘Bring the troops home’ Over 1,500 people marched here Sept. 30 demanding that Bush bring the troops home from Iraq. Richard Clement and his son Brian marched behind the Veterans for...
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The Swift-boating of John Murtha?
October 6, 2006PITTSBURGH — One thing Congressman John Murtha (D-Pa.) has learned from 32 years in the House of Representatives and 37 years in the Marine Corps is how to fight. Facing a challenge from well-funded Republican Diana...
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