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U.S. spends millions in Ukraine politics
December 17, 2004While the Cold War officially ended over a decade ago, the current political crisis in Ukraine suggests that Washington is still in a Cold War mode, trying to “encircle” Russia and helping to install governments that...
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Wash. governors race margin razor-thin
December 17, 2004SEATTLE — It’s already one for the record books: the Washington state governor’s race is the closest in the history of the United States. The battle over a second recount is one front of the national...
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National Clips
December 17, 2004PHILADELPHIA: A decent job is a human right Hundreds marched through a driving rain here on Human Rights Day, Dec. 10, demanding that the proposed layoff of city workers be halted, public transportation be fully funded,...
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Working Families Party reshapes N.Y. politics
December 17, 2004NEW YORK — As 2004 comes to a close, New York’s Working Families Party has a lot to celebrate. Through effective grassroots organizing, the party has helped shatter the right-wing myth that you can’t gain victories...
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Send greetings to the Cuban 5
December 17, 2004Five Cuban men are in U.S. jails, three of them for the rest of their lives. Their “crime” was defending their country from terrorism by monitoring the activities of violent, right-wing, anti-Cuba groups based in Miami....
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