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Live 8 concerts demand Change, not charity
July 8, 2005More than 1 million fans jammed into 10 venues across four continents for the Live 8, 24-hour concert extravaganza July 2 weekend. Two billion television viewers were estimated to have tuned in worldwide. The music marathon...
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Editorial: Media chill
July 8, 2005A chill is spreading through the media and a cold shadow is falling over the right of the people to know. In July 2003, The New York Times ran an op-ed piece by former U.S. ambassador...
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Editorial: Make poverty history
July 8, 2005At their meeting this week near Edinburgh, Scotland, leaders of the Group of 8 industrial nations — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the U.S. — focused on two themes: coping with climate change...
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Continuity and change in Caribbean immigration
July 8, 2005NEW YORK — On June 27 the House of Representatives passed a bill introduced by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) to designate a national “Caribbean American Heritage Month.” “Establishing Caribbean American Heritage Month will celebrate the contributions...
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World Notes
July 8, 2005Australia: Protest vs. gov’t labor proposals The week of protest starting June 26 against the government’s proposed new workplace laws has brought hundreds of thousands of unionists and their supporters into the streets in communities throughout...
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