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N.Y. drug laws slightly reformed

January 14, 2005

NEW YORK — In what is seen to be a small, forced step forward, Gov. George Pataki signed into law Dec. 14 a bill that slightly modifies the state’s notorious Rockefeller Drug Laws (RDL), which impose...

WORLD NOTES

January 14, 2005

Haiti: Paychecks for death squad killers The U.S.-backed Haitian government has begun to hand out paychecks to former members of Haiti’s brutal military who helped overthrow democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. David Bazile, secretary for public...

Venezuela and Cuba announce economic pact

January 14, 2005

At ceremonies in Havana, Dec. 14, presidents Fidel Castro of Cuba and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela signed agreements calling for closer integration of their nations’ economies and announced new cooperative ventures in health care, education, and...

Calif. governor unveils Bush-like proposals

January 14, 2005

Labor and people’s organizations are expressing outrage over the proposals made by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the “State of the State” address he delivered Jan. 5, and the budget he introduced Jan. 10. Among key proposals:...

Neighborhood rallies against developers greed

January 14, 2005

NewsAnalysis NEW HAVEN, Conn. — This city’s communities have had enough of real estate developers coming into their neighborhoods, taking over their property and leaving them with little or no voice in the matter. On Dec....