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McKinney supporters hold fundraiser
August 16, 2002PHILADELPHIA – Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-Ga.), running in an August 20 Democratic primary to represent her district after five terms in office and another vicious fight against her, announced at a fundraiser held in the Mount...
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Four plead guilty in racist conspiracy
August 16, 2002YORK, Pa. – Four white men pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges Aug. 14 in the shooting death of a Black woman during a 1969 lynch attack on the city’s African-American community. The four were among 10...
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Peace groups hail Armey, blast Iraq war plan
August 16, 2002Republican House Majority Leader Dick Armey’s statements condemning George W. Bush’s rush toward a unilateral war on Iraq hit Washington like a thunderclap, drawing praise from peace groups that usually hammer him for his extreme rightwing...
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International notes
August 16, 2002Israel: Public workers protest budget cuts/Slovakia: Civil liberties at stake/China: Low-cost housing to improve/Bangladesh: Jute workers strike to reopen factory/Uruguay: WFTU urges solidarity with workers
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Bush summit: All show, no go
August 16, 2002It was “all show and no go” at George W. Bush’s economic summit in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, a stage-managed production with a handpicked cast of Republican loyalists dutifully applauding Bush’s trite line that all is...
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