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World Notes
August 19, 2005Haiti: Members of Congress write Bush Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and 28 other members of Congress are calling on President Bush to urge Haiti’s interim government to immediately and unconditionally release Father Gerard Jean-Juste from prison...
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UN spotlights challenges facing worlds youth
August 19, 2005UNITED NATIONS — International Youth Day was commemorated here Aug. 12 with activities celebrating youth culture in all of its diversity — from Brooklyn to China — as well as more poignant reminders of the desperate...
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Court decision signifies new day for Cuban 5
August 19, 2005News Analysis Geoff Bottoms of the UK’s Cuba Solidarity Campaign heads up the fight for the Cuban Five in that country. Commenting on the Aug. 9 decision of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that awarded...
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Calif. labor walking and talking with voters
August 19, 2005Among California labor councils getting a running start for the Nov. 8 special election is the Sacramento Central Labor Council, with affiliates in six counties stretching from the Central Valley into the Sierras. The SCLC started...
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National Clips
August 19, 2005ZEB MOUNTAIN, Tenn.: Activists take over mountain Stopping a strip mine company from blasting off the top of a mountain is just what over 30 environmental activists and scientists accomplished Aug. 15 when they occupied the...
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