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NATIONALCLIPS
May 26, 2006NEW ORLEANS: Nagin re-elected Mayor Ray Nagin won a second term May 20, beating out Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu 52-48 percent. Nagin begins his second term on May 31 — a day before the start of...
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Immigrant rights activists vow to press forward
May 26, 2006Led by President Bush and the right-wing Heritage Foundation, Senate Republicans closed ranks and turned their backs this week on the millions who demonstrated for immigrant rights this spring. As the World was going to press,...
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WHATSREALLYGOOD
May 26, 2006Student walkout protests teacher cuts On May 11, 100 students at Plum High School in a Pittsburgh suburb walked out of classes to protest a proposed budget that would eliminate teachers, cut middle school programs, impose...
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U.S. mulling peace treaty with North Korea
May 24, 2006The Bush administration is reportedly considering the possibility of concluding a peace treaty with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea), even as it participates in six-party talks aimed at resolving nuclear issues....
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Castro denounces slanders about personal wealth
May 20, 2006The news was supposed to have been a shocker. Forbes magazine reported in its May 4 issue that behind a revolutionary and socialist veneer, Cuban President Fidel Castro is now the seventh richest ruler in the...
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