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July 23, 2004Nigeria: U.S. seeks closer security ties General Charles Wald, deputy commander of the U.S. European Command, met with Nigerian government and military officials last week in an effort to build closer security ties in West Africa....
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Palestinians press for UN action on wall
July 23, 2004Palestinians are calling for swift action by the United Nations to enforce the July 9 ruling by the World Court that Israel’s apartheid-like “separation wall” along the West Bank is illegal and should be torn down....
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Groups mount challenge to U.S. travel ban
July 23, 2004BUFFALO, N.Y. – Ninety-plus members of the Venceremos Brigade, the African Awareness Association, and the U.S.-Cuba Labor Exchange triumphantly returned July 19 from Cuba to U.S. soil here in defiance of the Bush administration’s recent tightening...
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Iron Range stands up to threat of scabs
July 23, 2004CHISHOLM, Minn. – A hastily called rally at the Iron Man monument here July 16 drew more than 800 people in the first show of solidarity against Cleveland-Cliffs’ decision to hire replacement workers at four mines...
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Labor, community fight to save health center
July 23, 2004OAKLAND, Calif. – A years-long simmering crisis threatening the existence of the Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) is heating up again, as a “turn-around” management firm’s drive to cut hundreds of workers is challenged by a...
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