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White House seeks to block food sales to Cuba
March 11, 2005The Bush administration wants to close a hole in the U.S. economic blockade against Cuba. Congress passed legislation in 2000 opening up sales of U.S. farm products to the island nation, but machinations at U.S ports...
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Italian reporter: My truth and consequences of a dirty war
March 11, 2005Little did Giuliana Sgrena know that after she had been released by her captors in Iraq she faced a bigger obstacle to her freedom: the U.S. occupation forces.
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Town hall meetings criticize privatization
March 11, 2005DALLAS — Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) spoke at four town hall meetings on Social Security here during the weekend of March 4-6. Three were held in union halls. At each event, a speaker from the...
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Union vigil at Harlem Hospital: Stop Medicaid cuts
March 11, 2005NEW YORK — It was bitterly cold outside Harlem Hospital here March 4, but protesters were fired up. Their malfunctioning bullhorn, intermittently sounding like the Emergency Broadcast System, provided an appropriate signal: Harlem Hospital, Medicaid and...
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Bush budget forces horrific cuts on Connecticut
March 11, 2005NEW HAVEN, Conn. — New Haveners gathered to learn and express growing concerns about the devastation the Bush administration’s federal budget cuts would cause in Connecticut at a Feb. 16 public hearing sponsored by the city...
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