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June 10, 2005Palestine: Workers’ situation worsening While domestic output grew in 2004 following four years of recession in the Palestinian economy, the International Labor Office (ILO) said in a May 31 report that fewer than half the men...
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Haitian regime aiming to disenfranchise poor
June 10, 2005With five months to go before elections are held in Haiti, its Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) is planning to disenfranchise many voters by refusing to register residents in poorer neighborhoods. CEP President Max Mathurin announced that...
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Japanese veterans reach out to China
June 10, 2005While the Japanese government, under pressure from the Bush administration, continues to step up militarization and threaten other nations in the region, Japanese people have increasingly taken the stage to express a desire for peaceful relations...
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Segregation still the norm in Philadelphia schools
June 10, 2005PHILADELPHIA — In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that segregation in schools was unconstitutional. It took another 25 years to make any changes in the educational system in some cities, even in the North. The...
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Protesters confront Bush at posh fundraiser
June 10, 2005ST. LOUIS — More than 500 trade unionists, community activists and students protested outside a $2,000-a-plate fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Jim Talent here June 2. President Bush was the fundraiser’s guest of honor. The Republicans’ attacks...
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