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World notes: Feb. 23, 2008
February 22, 2008South Korea: Opposition delays trade pact Eight South Korean opposition legislators occupied a key parliamentary office Feb. 11, delaying preparations for full parliamentary consideration of a free trade agreement signed last June with the United States...
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The history of the progress of humankind in the Yucatan
February 22, 2008MERIDA, Mexico – Why is it that wherever you travel you can trace the footprints of the progress of mankind? I recently visited Merida, Mexico and found great monuments to progressive struggles and leaders everywhere. On...
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In Iraq forever? Impending battle in Congress over Bushs long-term Iraq stay
February 22, 2008The online activism group MoveOn.org has launched an “Iraq/Recession” campaign, aiming to “make sure that politicians and pundits understand what voters already know: As long as we keep pouring that money down the drain in Iraq,...
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Kosovo declaration sets world on edge
February 21, 2008UNITED NATIONS—The declaration of independence by Kosovo, a breakaway Serbian province that has been under UN control since 1999, caused an uproar here in a Feb. 18 emergency meeting of the Security Council, and around the...
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With U.S. aid, El Salvador cranks up repression
February 20, 2008As El Salvador enters a presidential election campaign that may well end in victory for the left, the government in power is relying on U.S. help to wield the weapon of repression once more. During the...
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