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No child left behind?
December 13, 2002News Analysis As Americans focused on the Thanksgiving holiday and anti-war activities, the U.S. Dept. of Education held a press conference to clarify its policies on the final regulations for the No Child Left Behind Act,...
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International notes
December 13, 2002Venezuela: WFTU condemns ‘unconstitutional’ efforts to oust president / Turkey: Tens of thousands say ‘No!’ to war / Portugal: General strike against government assault on living conditions / South Africa: Minimum wage set for farm workers...
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S. Korean protest arrogant Bush
December 13, 2002Reeling from a court martial acquittal of two U.S. soldiers in the deaths of Korean teenagers mown down by a U.S. military vehicle, South Korea warned U.S. Deputy Secretary Richard Armitage, Dec. 10, that public anger...
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Caribbean leaders: end blockade vs Cuba
December 13, 2002Caribbean heads of state called for the “immediate lifting” of U.S. economic sanctions imposed four decades ago on socialist Cuba, at a 15-nation Caribbean Community summit hosted for the first time in Havana. The U.S.-imposed sanctions...
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Israeli forces increase collective punishment
December 13, 2002TEL AVIV – “Razing houses of terrorists is an effective deterrent for averting terrorist attacks,” a senior officer of the occupation army, told the Ha’arett daily. “It is a grave penalty for the next-of-kin of terrorists....
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