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Move over CNN Here comes Telesur

May 20, 2005

The Venezuelan government of President Hugo Chavez, along with the left-leaning governments of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, will be launching Televisora del Sur (Telesur), a continent-wide TV station, by late June or early July to counter...

Voters lash out at Blair over Iraq war

May 20, 2005

LONDON — It wasn’t long ago that a visibly annoyed British Prime Minister Tony Blair called on people in the country to “move on” from the issue of the Iraq war. Unfortunately for him, the results...

Activists slam remark by Mexicos president

May 20, 2005

NEW YORK — The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) has strongly objected to a recent remark by Mexican President Vicente Fox that Mexican immigrants in the United States do jobs “that not even Blacks want to...

Calif. gov finds money, but not for human needs

May 20, 2005

When he announced revised budget proposals on May 13, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was looking at $4 billion in revenue that wasn’t in the original budget last January. But instead of returning $2 billion borrowed last year...

Villaraigosa scores historic win in L.A.

May 20, 2005

LOS ANGELES — Antonio Villaraigosa became the first labor organizer ever elected mayor of Los Angeles, winning a whopping 58.66 percent of the May 17 vote to defeat incumbent Mayor James Hahn. He will be the...